George W. Bennett
was born October 8, 1839, in Grand Rapids, Kent County,
Michigan, the son of Cyrus (b. 1809) and Dianna (Larnes,
b. 1813).
Massachusetts native Cyrus married New York-born Dianna in
Washtenaw County, Michigan in 1834 and by 1839 had
settled in Kent County; he was still living in Grand
Rapids in 1840. By 1850 Cyrus was working as a carpenter
and the family was still living in Grand Rapids where
George was attending school with three of his siblings,
including a younger brother Jonas who would also join
the Third Michigan. By 1860 Cyrus had moved his family
to Brooks, Newaygo County where George and Jonas were
both living with the family and where Cyrus continued to
work as a carpenter. Also living with Cyrus and his
family was George’s brother-in-law Charles Mills, and
his wife Laura (Bennett) and their son Frederick.
In 1878 George quit the restaurant business in Muskegon
and moved his family to Anthony, Kansas where he engaged
in the hotel business, and by 1880 he was running a
hotel in Anthony and living with his wife and children.
By 1889 or 1893 he was living in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma, where his sons operated the Bennett Investment
co. He was apparently back in Anthony, Kansas, in 1898
when he applied for and received a pension (no.
775,092), drawing $21.50 per month by 1914. (His brother
Jonas, who also served in the Old Third lived his last
years in Oklahoma City as well.)
Jonas died on October 21, 1905, possibly in Oklahoma City
and may be buried there.
George was a widower and reportedly deaf in both ears when he died in Oklahoma City of lung disease on September 7, 1914; he was presumably buried in Oklahoma City.
source: Third Michigan Infantry Research Project
http://thirdmichigan.blogspot.com/2007/09/george-w-and-jonas-m-bennett.html
found September 1, 2007 and reviewed November 25, 2008.
The site also contains a slideshow of photos, but I am
unable to ascertain which might be the Bennett Bros. if
any
