John Bennett

Background

Bennett, John was born on May 17, 1865 in Chillicothe, Ohio, United States. Son of John Briscoe Henry and Eliza Jane Trimble (McClintock) Bennett.

Education

Student in public schools, Chillicothe, Art Students’ League, New York City. The Doctor of Letters, University South Carolina.

Career

April 2, 1902; children—Jane McClintock (wife of Forrest Hampton Wells, United States Navy), John Henry van Sweringen (United States Naval Reserve), Susan Adger. Began as newspaper reporter Ross County Register, 1883. Editor Chillicothe Daily News, 1885-1890.

Curator South. C. History Society, Museum of Charleston, South Carolina.

Achievements

• John Bennett has been listed as a notable writer, illustrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Doctor to the Dead: Grotesque Legends and Folk Tales of Old Charleston

    (Twice-told tales about historic Charleston and its Africa...)

  • The Doctor To The Dead Grotesque Legends & Folk Tales Of Old Charleston Signed By The Author
  • Doctor to the Dead.
  • (The Doctor to the Dead: Grotesque Legends and Folk Tales of Old Charleston) Author: John Bennett published on (April, 1995)

Membership

Member Huguenot Society South Carolina., History Society Jefferson County (Virginia), History Society Ross County (O.), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Susan Doctorate. A. Smythe. Children: Jane McClintock (wife of Forrest Hampton Wells, United States Navy), John Henry van Sweringen (United States Naval Reserve), Susan Adger.

Father:

John Briscoe Henry Bennett

Mother:

Eliza Jane Trimble (McClintock) Bennett

Spouse:

Susan D. A. Smythe.

child:

John Henry van Sweringen Bennett (United States Naval Reserve)

child:

Jane McClintock (wife of Forrest Hampton Wells Bennett

child:

United States Navy) Bennett

child:

Susan Adger Bennett