FIFTH GENERATION

61. Johan Berndt Bennet Rev ^{(130) (158)} was christened in 1856. He was born on 1 Aug 1856 in Veddige, Halland, Sweden. He immigrated in 1868 to to the U.S.. Providence Valley indicates year as 1867, from Weddige, Halland, Sweden. He was confirmed in 1872 in Geneva, Illinois. He was ordained on 24 Jun 1888 in Galesburg, Illinois. ⁽¹⁶¹⁾ Augustana College, 1880-1886
Seminary 1886-1888
Cloquet, Minnesota, 1888-1889
Chesterton, Indiana, 1889-1895, 1910
Woodhull, Illinois, 1895-1899
Engberg-Holmberg Publishing Co., 1899-1901
Manistique, Michigan,
Providence Valley, Minnesota, 1902-1904
Cokato, 1904-1907
Sparta, Whitehall, Michigan, ?
North Henderson, Illinois 1914 - He died on 14 Nov 1919 in Batavia, Illinois. Residence at death: 82 1/2 Main St. He was buried on 18 Nov 1919 in Fairview cemetery in Batavia, Illinois. Name changed from Bengtson to Bennett.
Received at Providence Valley, Minnesota, on January 19, 1902, from Manistique, Michigan.
Departed to Cokato, Minnesota, December, 1904. Received at Zion Lutheran Church, Mercer County, Illinois on August 1, 1914, arriving from Chesterton, Indiana.

He was married to Carrie Johnson on 27 Jun 1888 in Batavia, Illinois. Carrie Johnson was baptized in 1858. She was born on 5 Nov 1858 in Hä, Kroneb, Sweden. She immigrated in 1872 to from Hä, Sweden. She was confirmed in 1875 in Bernadott, Michigan. Johan Berndt Bennet Rev and Carrie Johnson had the following children:

102 i. Clarence Theodor Laurentius Bennet was born on 18 Sep 1892 in Chesterton, Indiana. He was baptized on 25 Sep 1892. He died on 18 Aug 1918. He was confirmed in Sparta, Michigan.
103 ii. Earl Bernhard Nathanael Bennet was born on 26 Jun 1896 in Woodhull, Illinois. He was baptized on 21 Jul 1896.

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