Assorted Family Bios

EDWIN B. BENNETT

Edwin B. Bennett (deceased) was a highly esteemed resident of Gibson, Susquehanna county, where he was successfully engaged in agriculture for many years. The family homestead, an attractive place of fifty-three acres, was cleared and improved by him, and his industry and good management brought a fair reward for his declining years. While he did not take an active interest in politics, he was a strong Republican, and for many years he was a leading member of the Freewill Baptist Church in his locality. He was born August 28, 1826, a son of James and Juliette (Sweet) Bennett.

On January 10, 1846, Mr. Bennett married Miss Rosannah M. Kinne, daughter of Alonzo Price and Polly (Manzer) Kinne, and four children were born to their union: (1) Sarah E., born May 10, 1847, married October 6, 1867, John Felton, a farmer in Gibson township, and they have had four children, Edwin, Herbert, Mamie and Bennie. (2) Etta L., born September 5, 1851, married, on July 4, 1876, Charles Ross, a farmer and merchant at Burnwood, now serving as postmaster, and they have had three children, Bertha, Cora and Bessie. (3) Polly E., born March 28, 1854, married, on November 20, 1875, Cornelius Pickering, a well-to-do farmer. (4) Julia M., born April 28, 1858, married, on October 10, 1877, Oscar Hines, a farmer in Ararat township, Susquehanna county, and they have had two children, Estella and Ethel.

Mrs. Bennett, who has had charge of the homestead since the death of her husband, is a most capable business woman, and is much respected in the community. She is a member of the Freewill Baptist Church. Her father, A. P. Kinne, of whom a sketch follows, resides with her, receiving tender and devoted care in his declining years.

(This bio is from Commemorative Biographical Record of Northeastern Pennsylvania including the Counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and many of the Early Settled Families., Beers, J. H. & Co., 1900, Chicago, page 491)