1869 - 1958 (88 years)
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| Name |
Edgar Clark Bennett |
| Prefix |
Dr. |
| Birth |
Aug 1869 |
Nicholas Co., WV  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
27 Jun 1958 |
Richwood, Nicholas Co., WV [2] |
| Burial |
29 Jun 1958 |
Odd Fellows Cemetery, Richwood, Nicholas Co., WV [2] |
| Person ID |
I17293 |
Meadow Bluff Meanderings |
| Last Modified |
12 Nov 2009 |
| Family |
Lucinda Hannah "Cindy" McCutcheon, b. 22 Apr 1876, Nicholas Co., WV d. Aft 1958 (Age 82 years) |
| Marriage |
22 Mar 1895 |
Nicholas Co., WV [3] |
| Children |
| | 1. Erma Beatrice Bennett, b. 2 Feb 1897, Nicholas Co., WV d. 8 Sep 2001, Gaithersburg, Montgomery Co., MD (Age 104 years) |
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| Family ID |
F7449 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
12 Nov 2009 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Death - 27 Jun 1958 - Richwood, Nicholas Co., WV |
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| Notes |
- The Charleston Gazette, 28 June 1958
Dr. Bennett Is Dead at 88
RICHWOOD - Dr. Edgar Clark Bennett, 88, mayor of Richwood for five terms and twice its postmaster, died Friday in Sacred Heart Hospital after a long illness.
DR. BENNETT, who also had served on the Ctiy Council here, came to the city in 1898, three
years before it was incorporated. It was estimated he had delivered more than a thousand babies in this area.
He practiced medicine until he was past 80.
Surviving are his wife Lucinda; one daughter, Mrs. Beatrice Wilson of Brookeville, Md.; one brother, Dr. 0. 0. Bennett of Buckhannon; five grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in the First Methodist Church at Richwood by Rev. Charles Rightmyer. Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery here.
The body: will be taken to the church from Simons mortuary of Richwood one hour before the
service.
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| Sources |
- [S356] Federal Census Record: Nicholas Co., WV 1900.
- [S872] Obituary: The Charleston Gazette.
- [S1070] Dodd, Jordan, West Virginia Marriages, 1863-1900, (Online Database).
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