Elijah Bennett

Elijah Bennett BIRTH 18 Aug 1795 USA DEATH 20 Nov 1871 (aged 76) Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL John Warner Cemetery Pendleton County, West Virginia

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68760929/elijah-bennett

Elijah's family had Southern sympathies during the CIvil War; his son Henry was in McNeill's Rangers. In 1864 the Swamp Dragons (a violent Union milita group, swonr enemies of McNeill's Rangers) raided Elijah's home in the Bland Hills. The Swamps found another of Elijah's sons, George, at the home, chased him into the yard, tortured and killed him. Elijah chiseled his son's gravestone himself (which see).

Family links:

Children:

 George Washington Bible Bennett (1831 - 1864)*

 Martha Virginia Bennett Schartiger (1837 - 1925)*

*Calculated relationship

Inscription: 1795 ExB BA18 DCxNOV 20x1971 (Final lines not viewable in photo)

Modern translation: E.B. born August 18 1795 Deceased November 20 1871 Age 76 years 3 months two days

Burial: John Warner Cemetery Pendleton County West Virginia, USA

Created by: Barbara Pendleton Record added: Apr 22, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 68760929

Elijah's family had Southern sympathies during the CIvil War; his son Henry was in McNeill's Rangers. In 1864 the Swamp Dragons (a violent Union milita group, swonr enemies of McNeill's Rangers) raided Elijah's home in the Bland Hills. The Swamps found another of Elijah's sons, George, at the home, chased him into the yard, tortured and killed him. Elijah chiseled his son's gravestone himself (which see).

Family links:

Children:

 George Washington Bible Bennett (1831 - 1864)*

 Martha Virginia Bennett Schartiger (1837 - 1925)*

*Calculated relationship

Inscription: 1795 ExB BA18 DCxNOV 20x1971 (Final lines not viewable in photo)

Modern translation: E.B. born August 18 1795 Deceased November 20 1871 Age 76 years 3 months two days

Burial: John Warner Cemetery Pendleton County West Virginia, USA

Created by: Barbara Pendleton Record added: Apr 22, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 68760929

Elijah Bennett BIRTH 18 Aug 1795 USA DEATH 20 Nov 1871 (aged 76) Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL John Warner Cemetery Pendleton County, West Virginia,

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68760929/elijah-bennett

Elijah's family had Southern sympathies during the CIvil War; his son Henry was in McNeill's Rangers. In 1864 the Swamp Dragons (a violent Union milita group, swonr enemies of McNeill's Rangers) raided Elijah's home in the Bland Hills. The Swamps found another of Elijah's sons, George, at the home, chased him into the yard, tortured and killed him. Elijah chiseled his son's gravestone himself

Children Photo Barbara Bennett Lambert 1830 – unknown

Photo George Washington Bible Bennett 1831–1864

Photo Martha Virginia Bennett Schartiger 1837–1925

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68760929/elijah-bennett

Elijah's family had Southern sympathies during the CIvil War; his son Henry was in McNeill's Rangers. In 1864 the Swamp Dragons (a violent Union milita group, swonr enemies of McNeill's Rangers) raided Elijah's home in the Bland Hills. The Swamps found another of Elijah's sons, George, at the home, chased him into the yard, tortured and killed him. Elijah chiseled his son's gravestone himself (which see).

Children Photo Barbara Bennett Lambert 1830 – unknown

Photo George Washington Bible Bennett 1831–1864

Photo Martha Virginia Bennett Schartiger 1837–1925