Biographical Sketch of

John Bennett

Transcribed by Char Eckman



Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara Counties, Wisconsin, 
published 1890 by Acme Publishing Co., Chicago, Pages 495 - 496

John Bennett, an enterprising and progressive farmer of Marquette County, who resides on section 27, in the town of 
Westfield, has been a resident of this community since 1852, and is therefore numbered among its early settlers.  He 
is a native of Ireland, his birth having occurred in County Down, near Belfast.  His father, Samuel Bennett, accompanied 
by his family, crossed the broad Atlantic to America in 1852, and almost immediately after landing in New York City, 
came to Wisconsin, having determined to make Marquette County the scene of his future operations.  He was only permitted 
to enjoy his new home a short time, dying in 1857, about five years after his arrival.  His wife, the mother of our 
subject, was called to her final rest before the family left their native isle.

John Bennett, whose name heads this sketch, was reared to manhood under the parental roof, and acquired his education 
in the schools of Ireland.  He accompanied his father at the time of his emigration to America, and for more than 
thirty-seven years has now been a resident of Marquette County.  He made his first location in the town of Harris, 
where he remained two years when he settled on section 27, in the town of Westfield.  Having arrived at years of 
maturity, Mr. Bennett led to the marriage altar Miss Agnes Russell, a daughter of Hugh and Isabel (Johnson) Russell.  
This worthy couple are held in the highest regard throughout the community, their home is the abode of hospitality, 
and their circle of friends and acquaintances is quite extensive.

Mr. Bennett is numbered among the most successful farmers of Marquette County, and is one of its well-known citizens.  
His fine farm comprises 200 acres of land under a good state of cultivation, and he also owns considerable land 
elsewhere.  His home with its entire surroundings indicates the care and supervision of a man of enterprising and 
practical ideas, the fields are well tilled, good buildings have been erected, and all the improvements necessary to 
a model farm are there found.  Mr. Bennett is faithful in his discharge of the duties of citizenship, and feels an 
interest and pride in the upbuilding and development of the county which has so long been his home.  He has been a 
witness of much of its growth, for at the time of his arrival the greater part of the land was still unclaimed.  
Indians were frequent visitors in the settlement, and wild game was found in abundance.  The settlements were widely 
scattered, and the pioneer homes were built of logs, but they have long since been replaced by commodious and elegant 
residences, and the county is populated buy a well-educated and contented people, and ranks among the foremost in this 
great commonwealth.  Mr. and Mrs. Bennett are devoted Christian people, belonging to the Presbyterian Church.






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