Biographies B
William Bennett
William Bennett was born in Muhlenburg County, January 23, 1821, and is the seventh of eleven children - four boys and seven girls - born to Philip and Nancy (Forster) Bennett, natives of North Carolina.
Philip Bennett is the son of Francis and Lydia (Dossett) Bennett, of Ireland and North Carolina, respectively; the latter of English descent. He came to the United States about 18__; was superintendent of a plantation in South Carolina. The father of our subject came to Muhlenburg County from Tennessee, about 1815, and settled on Pond River. The mother of our subject was a daughter of Edmond Forster, who was born in North Carolina, and came to Muhlenburg County about 1812 or 1815. He was a farmer.
William Bennett received a limited common school education and lived with his parents on a farm till he was twenty years old, when he married America Lewis, of Muhlenburg County, a native of Christian County, and a daughter of Liston and D. (Fuller) Lewis, natives of Virginia and of Irish descent. No children were born to this union.
After his marriage Mr. Bennett engaged in raising and canning fruit. In 1872 he sold and moved to South Carrollton, where he purchased twenty acres and cultivated fruits till 1878, when he engaged in real estate business for three years. He then engaged in the tinning business. In June, 1884, he bought a hardware store in which he is now engaged.
He and wife are members of the Baptist Church, in which he was ordained to preach in 1847.
Source: Battle, J.H., W.H. Perrin, and G.C. Kniffen. Kentucky: A History of the State. Louisville, KY: F.A. Battey, 1885. Page 896-897.
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