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| Name | Horace J. Bennett |
| Photographer | F. LaRoche |
| Highest Rank | Bugler |
| Unit | Co. I, 2nd Iowa Cavalry |
| Born | May 1841 |
| Place Born | New York |
| Died | June 22, 1928 |
| Place Died | Seattle, WA |
| Buried | Evergreen-Washelli (Seattle) |
| Service Record | Residence Okoboji. IA; 22 years old, born New York; enlisted on 12/7/1863 as a Private; on 12/7/1863 he mustered into "I" Co. IA 2nd Cavalry; POW 12/17/1864 Little Harpeth, TN; escaped 12/18/1864 Barnesville, MS; promoted to Bugler 1/1/1865; Mustered Out on 9/19/1865 at Selma, AL |
| Obit/Notes | -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Saturday, June 23, 1928, page 3, column A
G. A. R. Veteran Taken By Death
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Horace J. Bennett, eighty-seven, veteran of the Civil War and prominent in G. A. R. circles, died yesterday morning at his home, 1150 North Eighty-third Street.
Before coming to Seattle ten years ago Bennett was quartermaster at the State Soldiers Home of Iowa. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Syrena E. Bennett; a daughter, Mrs. A. W. Kingsley, and a son, L. P. Bennett, all of Seattle. Bennett was past commander of Stevens Post No. 1, G. A. R., and a member of Marshall Lodge No. 108, F. and A. M., of Marshalltown, Ia.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, at the Butterworth Mortuary, the Rev. M. A. Matthews officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery. |
| Subjects (TGM) | Bennett, Horace J., 1841-1928--Portrait photographs
Grand Army of the Republic. Stevens Post No. 1--People--Washington (State)--Seattle--Portrait photographs
United States--History--Civil War, 1961-1865--Veterans--Washington (State)--Seattle--Portrait photographs
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| Digital Collection | Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Portraits
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| Order Number | GAR085 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission, contact the Hugh and Jane Ferguson Seattle Room in The Seattle Public Library at (206) 386-4633 or send email to sea@spl.org. |
| Photograph Number | 23.4 |
| Repository | Seattle Public Library |
| Repository Collection | Hugh and Jane Ferguson Seattle Room, Local History Collection |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned as 400 ppi TIFF on a Microtek 9800 scanner; derivatives created using Adobe Photoshop (600 pixels wide) and saved as a JPG file using Photoshop's image quality "8". Scanning performed in 1/2007. |
| Studio Location | Seattle, WA |
| Original Creator | Laroche, Frank |
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