Rebecca Elizabeth BENNETT

1848 - 1939  (91 years)

• Name	Rebecca Elizabeth BENNETT
  Birth	23 Mar 1848	Monongalia Co, (W)VA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1850, 1860	Monongalia Co, (W)VA
  Census	1870	West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
  Occupation	1870  [2]
  	apprentice to milliner
  Occupation	1900  [3]
  	wash woman
  Census	1900, 1910, 1920	West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
  Death	22 Nov 1939	West Union, Doddridge Co, WV   [1]
  Burial	West Union, Doddridge Co, WV   [1, 4]
  	Burial given in death record as West Union, while her obituary states "the West Union cemetery." Customarily, this would indicate the IOOF Cemetery at Blockhouse Hill, although some of her family is buried at the Masonic Cemetery at Crystal Lake near West Union. Readings of both cemeteries have failed to locate a grave marker for her.
  Notes	1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Town of West Union), enumerated on Apr 23 1910: R. Elizabeth Bennett, 61, b.WVa, occupation "own income," divorced, no children; nephew Edward Sullivan, 27, b. Pa., single, pipeline laborer; nephew Edgar Sullivan, 27, b. Pa., single; printer (paper); niece Daisy Stephenson, 34, b. WVa, married 13 yrs, mother of 2 children (1 still living); niece Mabel Stephenson, 12 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Town of West Union), enumerated on Jun 16 1920 at 502 Marie Street: Head of Household 1: Rebecca E. Bennett, 71, b. WVa, divorced, no occupation; nephew Edgar Sullivan, 36, b. Pa., single, typesetter at newspaper. Head of Household 2: Thomas M. Bennett, 66, b. WVa, married, carpenter (building).
  Person ID	I124615	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2019

  
  

  Father	Norvel Stuart BENNETT,   b. CA 1820, Monongalia Co, (W)VA d. 10 Mar 1890, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV (Age ~ 70 years)
  Mother	Matilda BOARD,   b. Nov 1821, Pennsylvania d. 30 Dec 1902, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV (Age ~ 81 years)
  Family ID	F44000	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		124616_BENNETT_RebeccaElizabeth_1848-1939_Obit.jpg
  		124615_BENNETTH_RebeccaElizabeth_1848-1939_DeathCertificate.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1440344&Type=Death. [S1999] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union Twp). [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). [S14] Obituary.