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Albert was born in Pennsylvania, United States, and was a very "gentle baby and child".
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Bennet"s mother died when he was just seven. His father was a deacon of the Fifth Baptist Church of Philadelphia. Everyday toys were put away at this time.
But best of all, the children had much of their father"s society.
Church Albert was baptized at the age of thirteen, and began to take part in church work. Foreign instance, teaching in a mission school, calling on aged people and invalids, and conducting a weekly neighborhood meeting.
After Albert sailed to Japan he decided to establish a university where all colors of skin could be taught. That was the Baptist Theological Seminary of Yokohama, which later became
Albert was married to Mela Isabel Barrows Bennett and had seven children.
Charles, Andrew, Albert Junior., Bertha, Harriet, Edith and Raymond.
Albert died in Yokohama in 1909. His gravestone bears the epitaph "He Lived to Serve".
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October 12, 1909 (aged 60) -
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United States