San Diego County Civil War Veterans (Civil War Veterans who resided in San Diego) JESSE BENNETT Submitted by Michael Harris This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter. All persons donating to this site retain the rights to their own work. BORN: Harlen Co. Ohio, 1841 DIED: April 16, 1919 AGE: 77 BURIAL: Mt. Hope Member Datis Coon Post #172 G.A.R. MUSTER INTO G.A.R.: January 27, 1917, on transfer from E. O. Hord Post #82 Dept. Cal/Nev START MILITARY SERVICE: April 1861 ENTRY RANK, UNIT: Private, Co. E 3 Ia. Inf. END MILITARY SERVICE DATE: January 1863, St Louis, Mo. due to disabiliy DISCHARGE RANK, UNIT: Private, Co. E 3 Ia. Inf. OBITUARY San Diego Union; April 18, 1919 BENNETT-At Encanto, Calif. April 16, 1919, Jesse Bennett, father of Mrs. Hattie Shearer, San Diego; Mrs. Emma Austin, Marshfield, Ore.; Mrs. Nellie King, Eugene, Ore.; Mrs. Eva Campbell, Alma, Neb.; Mrs. Louie Grundy, Carthage, Ore.; W.W. Bennett, Union, Ore.; John Bennett, Boise, Ida.; grandfather of Luella, Ray and Earl Shearer, San Diego; native of Iowa; aged 76 years. Friends and members of the G.A.R. are invited to attend the funeral services at Bradley & Woolman's chapel, C street, corner of Seventh, today (Friday) April 18, 1919 at 2:30 o'clock p.m., under the auspices of Datus E. Coon Post No. 172 G.A.R., assisted by the Rev. R.W. Amonds. Interment G.A.R. cemetery.