Susan Testimony "Tessie" Davis was born in September 1874 most likely in Crawford County, Iowa, the daughter of George William Davis and Susan D. Jones.*
Her father, George William Davis, was born either in NY (1880 census) or Canada (1900 census), her mother Susan D. Jones of Dennison, Crawford County, Iowa, died in childbirth, Tessie's father married Sarah Robbinault of Dennison, shortly thereafter in Feb. 1875.
*Source: family Bible in the possession of a descendant of Eunice (Bennett) Palm.
At the age of five, Tessie lived with her paternal grandparents as she is enumerated as Testimony Davis on the 1880 census.
1880 22 Jun Milford, Crawford, Iowa: Davis, William H. head 52 b 1828 NY/NY/NY; Lovica C. wife 51 b 1829 NY/NY/NY; Testimony granddaughter 5 b IA/NY/IA; Carlson, Charles boarder 15 b SWE laborer
Tessie moved from Iowa, to Nebraska and then from Arcadia to Fanning (near Scottsbluff) Nebraska to Newberg, Oregon by 1935. Susan T. "Tessie" married Jesse Walter Bennett in 1894 when she was 19 and had three children with him. She died on December 5, 1954 in Multnomah, Oregon when she was 80 and was buried in Custer, Nebraska.
Children of Jesse & Tessie Bennett: Norval George Bennett (1895–1982); Phoebe (Bennett) Benthack, (1900–1995); Eunice Bennett (1913–__).
Photograph: Mother's Day, May 1947, Norval, Jesse W, Susan Tess Bennett, Jerry Nelson.
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BENNETT
Jessie W. 1870-1965
Susan 1874-1954
Married Febr 1, 1894
Jessie- Brother of Warren
Parents of Phoebe
Buried Lee Park Cemetery
Source: Cards Copied from Govier Brothers Mortuary, Inc., 542 South 9th Ave., P.O. Box 665, Broken Bow, NE 68822, Tel: (308)-872-2424; Winter 2004
Her father, George William Davis, was born either in NY (1880 census) or Canada (1900 census), her mother Susan D. Jones of Dennison, Crawford County, Iowa, died in childbirth, Tessie's father married Sarah Robbinault of Dennison, shortly thereafter in Feb. 1875.
*Source: family Bible in the possession of a descendant of Eunice (Bennett) Palm.
At the age of five, Tessie lived with her paternal grandparents as she is enumerated as Testimony Davis on the 1880 census.
1880 22 Jun Milford, Crawford, Iowa: Davis, William H. head 52 b 1828 NY/NY/NY; Lovica C. wife 51 b 1829 NY/NY/NY; Testimony granddaughter 5 b IA/NY/IA; Carlson, Charles boarder 15 b SWE laborer
Tessie moved from Iowa, to Nebraska and then from Arcadia to Fanning (near Scottsbluff) Nebraska to Newberg, Oregon by 1935. Susan T. "Tessie" married Jesse Walter Bennett in 1894 when she was 19 and had three children with him. She died on December 5, 1954 in Multnomah, Oregon when she was 80 and was buried in Custer, Nebraska.
Children of Jesse & Tessie Bennett: Norval George Bennett (1895–1982); Phoebe (Bennett) Benthack, (1900–1995); Eunice Bennett (1913–__).
Photograph: Mother's Day, May 1947, Norval, Jesse W, Susan Tess Bennett, Jerry Nelson.
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BENNETT
Jessie W. 1870-1965
Susan 1874-1954
Married Febr 1, 1894
Jessie- Brother of Warren
Parents of Phoebe
Buried Lee Park Cemetery
Source: Cards Copied from Govier Brothers Mortuary, Inc., 542 South 9th Ave., P.O. Box 665, Broken Bow, NE 68822, Tel: (308)-872-2424; Winter 2004
Susan Testimony "Tessie" Davis was born in September 1874 most likely in Crawford County, Iowa, the daughter of George William Davis and Susan D. Jones.*
Her father, George William Davis, was born either in NY (1880 census) or Canada (1900 census), her mother Susan D. Jones of Dennison, Crawford County, Iowa, died in childbirth, Tessie's father married Sarah Robbinault of Dennison, shortly thereafter in Feb. 1875.
*Source: family Bible in the possession of a descendant of Eunice (Bennett) Palm.
At the age of five, Tessie lived with her paternal grandparents as she is enumerated as Testimony Davis on the 1880 census.
1880 22 Jun Milford, Crawford, Iowa: Davis, William H. head 52 b 1828 NY/NY/NY; Lovica C. wife 51 b 1829 NY/NY/NY; Testimony granddaughter 5 b IA/NY/IA; Carlson, Charles boarder 15 b SWE laborer
Tessie moved from Iowa, to Nebraska and then from Arcadia to Fanning (near Scottsbluff) Nebraska to Newberg, Oregon by 1935. Susan T. "Tessie" married Jesse Walter Bennett in 1894 when she was 19 and had three children with him. She died on December 5, 1954 in Multnomah, Oregon when she was 80 and was buried in Custer, Nebraska.
Children of Jesse & Tessie Bennett: Norval George Bennett (1895–1982); Phoebe (Bennett) Benthack, (1900–1995); Eunice Bennett (1913–__).
Photograph: Mother's Day, May 1947, Norval, Jesse W, Susan Tess Bennett, Jerry Nelson.
Funeral Home Card-
BENNETT
Jessie W. 1870-1965
Susan 1874-1954
Married Febr 1, 1894
Jessie- Brother of Warren
Parents of Phoebe
Buried Lee Park Cemetery
Source: Cards Copied from Govier Brothers Mortuary, Inc., 542 South 9th Ave., P.O. Box 665, Broken Bow, NE 68822, Tel: (308)-872-2424; Winter 2004
Her father, George William Davis, was born either in NY (1880 census) or Canada (1900 census), her mother Susan D. Jones of Dennison, Crawford County, Iowa, died in childbirth, Tessie's father married Sarah Robbinault of Dennison, shortly thereafter in Feb. 1875.
*Source: family Bible in the possession of a descendant of Eunice (Bennett) Palm.
At the age of five, Tessie lived with her paternal grandparents as she is enumerated as Testimony Davis on the 1880 census.
1880 22 Jun Milford, Crawford, Iowa: Davis, William H. head 52 b 1828 NY/NY/NY; Lovica C. wife 51 b 1829 NY/NY/NY; Testimony granddaughter 5 b IA/NY/IA; Carlson, Charles boarder 15 b SWE laborer
Tessie moved from Iowa, to Nebraska and then from Arcadia to Fanning (near Scottsbluff) Nebraska to Newberg, Oregon by 1935. Susan T. "Tessie" married Jesse Walter Bennett in 1894 when she was 19 and had three children with him. She died on December 5, 1954 in Multnomah, Oregon when she was 80 and was buried in Custer, Nebraska.
Children of Jesse & Tessie Bennett: Norval George Bennett (1895–1982); Phoebe (Bennett) Benthack, (1900–1995); Eunice Bennett (1913–__).
Photograph: Mother's Day, May 1947, Norval, Jesse W, Susan Tess Bennett, Jerry Nelson.
Funeral Home Card-
BENNETT
Jessie W. 1870-1965
Susan 1874-1954
Married Febr 1, 1894
Jessie- Brother of Warren
Parents of Phoebe
Buried Lee Park Cemetery
Source: Cards Copied from Govier Brothers Mortuary, Inc., 542 South 9th Ave., P.O. Box 665, Broken Bow, NE 68822, Tel: (308)-872-2424; Winter 2004
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BENNETT
Jesse W.
1870 - 1965
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Married Feb. 1, 1894
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Susan T.
1874 - 1954
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