Elza was born on April 20, 1892 in Wayne Township, Pickaway County, Ohio. Birth record lists "Elsie" and a female, and the parents Henry and Martha are crossed out and Peter and Mabel are written in. See record. The wrong record must have been corrected, as the 1910 census and death record list "Elza" and him being male. During the 1910 census, Elza lived with his brothers and father in Union Township, Ross County, Ohio. He died in Monterey, California on July 9, 1956. He was buried in the Golden Gate National Cemetery, in San Bruno, California.
Death Information-- "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPDK-XVC : 26 November 2014), Elza Bennett, 09 Jul 1956; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
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