Husband: Cyrus D. BENNETT
Birthdate: 26 October 1844
Birthplace: Elmira, Chemung, NY
Death date: 9 October 1927
Place of death: Vera, Spokane, WA
Burial: Pines, Cemetery, Opportunity, Spokane, WA
Father: BENNETT, Hiram L.
Mother: BIDWELL, Clarissa

Marriage date: 22 January 1865
Marriage place: Forest, Genesee, MI

Wife: Ellen Jane WILLIAMS
Birthdate: 12 March 1848
Birthplace: NY
Death date: 30 March 1910
Place of death: Sandpoint, Bonner, ID
Burial: Pines Cemetery, Opportunity, Spokane, WA
Father: WILLIAMS, David O.
Mother: , Sarah Elizabeth

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: BENNETT, Charles Orville
Sex: M
Birthdate: Circa 1867
Birthplace: MI
Death date: 6 October 1914
Place of death: Aberdeen, Chehalis, WA
Burial: Pines Cemetery, Opportunity, Spokane, WA
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Child No. 2: BENNETT, Elmer William
Sex: M
Birthdate: 10 September 1868
Birthplace: Millington, Tuscola, MI
Death date: 5 May 1947
Place of death: Opportunity, Spokane, WA
Burial: Pines Cemetery, Opportunity, Spokane, WA
Marriage date: 21 December 1891
Marriage place: Vassar, Tuscola, MI
Spouse's name: DEAN, Mary Jane

Child No. 3: BENNETT, Edward Livingston
Sex: M
Birthdate: Circa 1873
Birthplace: MI
Death date: 21 January 1938
Place of death: Cascade, Valley, ID
Burial: Pines Cemetery, Opportunity, Spokane, WA
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Child No. 4: BENNETT, MAud
Sex: F
Birthdate: 16 September 1881
Birthplace: Vassar, Tuscola, MI
Death date: 30 October 1948
Place of death: Spokane, Spokane, WA
Burial: Pines Cemetery, Opportunity, Spokane, WA
Marriage date: 15 June 1907
Marriage place: Chicago, Cook, IL
Spouse's name: PLATZ, Henry
 

Documentation:
* US Federal Censuses:
1870 & 1880 Tuscola Co., MI,
1900 Iosco Co., MI
1910 Bonner Co., ID.
* Marriage certificates for Cyrus D. Bennett & Ellen Jane Williams, Elmer William Bennett & Mary Jane Dean, & Maud Bennett & Henry Platz.
* Land Purchase Application for Colburn, ID,
* Articles of Incorporation for the Bennett-Ewing Shingle Mill, later the Riverside Shingle Mill & the Ideal
Shingle Mill.
* Death certificates for Ellen Jane Bennett, Cyrus D. Bennett, Charles Orville Bennett, Elmer William Bennett, Mary Jane Bennett, & Maud Platz.
* Obituaries for Cyrus D. Bennett, Charles Orville Bennett, Edward Livingston Bennett, & Mary Jane Bennett.
* Newspapers referenced: Kootenai County Republican, Northern Idaho News, Bonners Ferry Herald, & the Spokesman-Review.
* Pines Cemetery plot map.