History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Inter-State Publishing Co.,
Chicago, 1883.  Reprinted by McDowell Publications, Utica, KY, 1980.  p.
726.

JAMES H. BENNETT, born Sept. 25, 1837, in Ohio (now McLean) County, Ky.,
is a son of Amos Bennett, a native of Ohio County, born Sept. 27, 1807. 
The Bennett family originally came from Maryland.  John Bennett, the
father of Amos, was an old settler of Kentucky, and died in Ohio County,
past seventy years of age.  Amos Bennett was the fourth of a family of
seven children, four sons and three daughters.  He was reared in Ohio
County and lived with his parents till he was eighteen years old.  He
then went to work for Elijah Crow, who had a mill and distillery in Ohio
County, on Barnett's Creek.  He remained there about four years, and
from there went to C. D. Jackson's, in Daviess County, and remained with
him making whisky for a time.  He was married in 1831 to Judith Loyd,
who was born in 1812 in Middle Tennessee, and whose parents were
originally from North Carolina.  She moved to Daviess County, Ky., with
her parents when she was about fourteen years of age.  After his
marriage Mr. Bennett went to farming in Daviess County, and raised his
first crop on the farm now owned by P. P. Ryon.  The next year he moved
to No Creek, Ohio County, where he farmed for two years, and in 1834
bought a farm in Ohio County (now McLean), where he lived till his
death, May 19, 1880.  His widow is still living on the same place, about
seventy-one years of age.  They reared nine children, of whom seven are
living, four sons and three daughters.  James Henry Bennett is the
eldest, now living.  He lived with his father till he was about
twenty-two years old.  He was married Oct. 25, 1860, to Susan C. Riley,
who was born in Daviess County, June 22, 1843.  He then went to teaching
school, and at different intervals has taught four sessions, making
sixteen months.  With this exception he has been farming.  In 1863 he
bought his present farm, moving on to it the last day of February of
that year.  When he was about eighteen years old he joined the Methodist
Episcopal church, South, at Pleasant Hill, McLean County, and now
belongs to the New Bethel Church, Ohio County, and is one of the
Stewards of that church.  Mr. Bennett has never taken any active part in
political matters, but has associated himself with the Democratic
party.  In August, 1882, he was elected to the Magistracy of Daviess
County, for Murray Precinct, term of office taking effect in June,
1883.  With the exception of two or three years he has been School
Trustee ever since he has been in the county.  Mr. and Mrs. Bennett have
ten children--John C., Louisa, Ruth, Amos F., Timothy R., Edward E.,
Virgie, Gertrude, James L. and William W.

Bennett Crow Jackson Loyd Ryon Riley 
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Ohio-KY McLean-KY MD TN NC

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