James Hardy Bennett (1879 - 1935)

Born 25 Apr 1879 in Mocksville, Davie, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Biography

James Bennett was born in Appalachia, in North Carolina.

James Bennett was born in North Carolina.

James Bennett was a Washingtonian.

James Bennett was an Oregonian.

James Bennett was a New Yorker.

This profile is part of the Bennett Name Study.

James Hardy Bennett was born on April 25, 1879 in Mocksville, Davie, North Carolina, United States, son of Jasper Newton Bennett (1832–1909) and Jalie Iola Guillette (1838–1907).

His siblings were:

• Elizabeth Elvira Bennett (1854–1917)
• Mary Jane Bennett (1856–1925)
• William Young Bennett (1856–1909)
• Martha Ann Bennett (1863–1902)
• George Newton Bennett (1866–1901)
• Milas Edward Bennett (1868–1901)
• Thornton Randolph Bennett (1871–1903)
• John Carmine Bennett (1873–1931)

James died on May 27, 1935, aged 56.

In 1910, 1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910"
citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T624; Digital film/folder number: 005157557; FHL microfilm: 1375684; Image number: 265; Sheet number: 17; Sheet letter: B; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N03637-9
FamilySearch Record: MGJT-VTT (accessed 1 January 2024)
FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYBW-4L4
Entry for James H and Jennie A Bennett, 1910.

James registered for the draft for World War I.

Research Notes

Excerpt from History of My Bennett Ancestors: by Mrs. R. T. Messer (Herma Jarrett) James Hardy Bennett insisted from the time he was a very small boy that he was going to be a preacher. He graduated from Weaverville College, which was a two-year Methodist school that was dropped by them several years ago. He was licensed to preach by the WNC Methodist Conference when he was 19 years old. He served several years as a circuit rider, then asked for time off to complete his education. He got his D. D. from a school in Virginia, I can't recall its name. The conference then asked him to transfer to a conference in the state of Washington to help build up the Methodist church there. He did so, and was then given a large church in Seattle. He served about eight years in that city. Then the conference asked him to move to Salem, Oregon, and work with Billy Sunday for a year to try to carry the state for prohibition. He and Billy spoke all over the state, and their cause carried in the election. He then returned to the N. C. Conference and was made Presiding Elder of the Wilkesboro District. Some years later he moved to a large church in Greensboro. He was here when World War I started. He tried to enter the service as chaplain, but failed to pass the physical exam. So he went to N. Y. on his own and worked with the soldiers under the supervision of the YMCA. After the war, he joined a N. Y. conference and served churches in N. Y. City. At the time of his death, he was pastor of the church to which John D. Rockefeller and family belonged. During his days as circuit rider, he married Jennie Armstrong at Mocksville, N.C. No children ever came to them, so she devoted her whole time to helping him in his work. At his death she brought him back to Mocksville and placed him in her family cemetery.

Sources

See also:

• 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880"
  citing Volume: 1; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T9; Affiliate Line Number: 00007; Digital film/folder number: 005161767; FHL microfilm: 1254967; Image number: 417; Sheet number: 206; Sheet letter: C; Packet letter: D
  FamilySearch Record: MCX9-CH5 (accessed 1 January 2024)
  FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YB6-9HFP
  Entry for J. Newton Bennett and Jaley E. Bennett, 1880.
• Marriage: "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979"
  citing Digital film/folder number: 102371846; Image number: 424
  FamilySearch Record: QP9N-ZVTK (accessed 1 January 2024)
  FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSCX-53MB
  Entry for James Hardy Bennett and Jasper N Bennett, 22 Nov 1905.
• Marriage: "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979"
  citing Lincolnton, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 2,447,658
  FamilySearch Record: Q28R-PBMD (accessed 1 January 2024)
  FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C91D-398F-V Image number 00425
  James Hardy Bennett and Jennie Stevens Armstrong, 22 Nov 1905.
• Marriage: "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979"
  citing Digital film/folder number: 102371841; Image number: 47
  FamilySearch Record: QP9F-PQ4Q (accessed 1 January 2024)
  FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSCX-P9KL-P
  Entry for James H Bennett and Jennie S Armstrong, 22 Nov 1905.
• 1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910"
  citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T624; Digital film/folder number: 005157557; FHL microfilm: 1375684; Image number: 265; Sheet number: 17; Sheet letter: B; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N03637-9
  FamilySearch Record: MGJT-VTT (accessed 1 January 2024)
  FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYBW-4L4
  Entry for James H Bennett and Jennie A Bennett, 1910.
• Military: "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
  citing Affiliate Publication Title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards; Affiliate Publication Number: M1509; Digital film/folder number: 005265850; FHL microfilm: 1818613
  FamilySearch Record: KXBQ-H1S (accessed 1 January 2024)
  FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-G1NR-8Y6 Image number 00222
  James Hardy Bennett, 1917-1918.
• Burial: "Find A Grave Index"
  citing record ID 81687117, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com
  FamilySearch Record: QVLS-YLD2 (accessed 1 January 2024)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #81687117
  James Hardy Bennett.
• FamilySearch Person: L8QT-65D