George Washington Bible Bennett

George Washington Bible Bennett BIRTH 1831 USA DEATH May 1864 (aged 32–33) Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL John Warner Cemetery Pendleton County, West Virginia,

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68764264/george-washington_bibl...

George was at his father's house in the Bland Hills when it was raided by the Swamp Dragons, a violent local militia group with loose ties to the Union. The Swamps chased George into the yard where they tortured and killed him. George had Confederate sympathies but was not in uniform. After his death, George's grieving father chiseled this headstone by hand. It reads: HERE+LIES+G.B.B. KILD+BY+THE+SWOMPS MAY+THE+2?+1864 AGE 33+?M 24D MURDERED I SAY

Family links:

Parents:

 Elijah Bennett (1795 - 1871)

Children:

 Martin Decatur Bennett (1862 - 1946)*

 Mary J. Bennett Zickefoose (1865 - 1913)*

Sibling:

 George Washington Bible Bennett (1831 - 1864)

 Martha Virginia Bennett Schartiger (1837 - 1925)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: John Warner Cemetery Pendleton County West Virginia, USA

Created by: Barbara Pendleton Record added: Apr 22, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 68764264

George was at his father's house in the Bland Hills when it was raided by the Swamp Dragons, a violent local militia group with loose ties to the Union. The Swamps chased George into the yard where they tortured and killed him. George had Confederate sympathies but was not in uniform. After his death, George's grieving father chiseled this headstone by hand. It reads: HERE+LIES+G.B.B. KILD+BY+THE+SWOMPS MAY+THE+2?+1864 AGE 33+?M 24D MURDERED I SAY

Family links:

Parents:

 Elijah Bennett (1795 - 1871)

Children:

 Martin Decatur Bennett (1862 - 1946)*

 Mary J. Bennett Zickefoose (1865 - 1913)*

Sibling:

 George Washington Bible Bennett (1831 - 1864)

 Martha Virginia Bennett Schartiger (1837 - 1925)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: John Warner Cemetery Pendleton County West Virginia, USA

Created by: Barbara Pendleton Record added: Apr 22, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 68764264

George Washington Bible Bennett BIRTH 1831 USA DEATH May 1864 (aged 32–33) Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL John Warner Cemetery Pendleton County, West Virginia,

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68764264/george-washington_bibl...

George was at his father's house in the Bland Hills when it was raided by the Swamp Dragons, a violent local militia group with loose ties to the Union. The Swamps chased George into the yard where they tortured and killed him. George had Confederate sympathies but was not in uniform. After his death, George's grieving father chiseled this headstone by hand. It reads: HERE+LIES+G.B.B. KILD+BY+THE+SWOMPS MAY+THE+2?+1864 AGE 33+?M 24D MURDERED I SAY

Children Martin Decatur Bennett 1862–1946

Mary Jane Bennett Zickefoose 1865–1913