Background

Bennett, Thomas Gray was born on March 22, 1845 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Son of Thomas and Mary Ann (Hull) Bennett.

Education

General William H. Russell’s School to 1861. Bachelor of Philosophy, Yale, 1870.

Career

Appointed to drill troops for state of Connecticut, 1861. Commissioned First lieutenant and adjunct, August 28, 1862. Second lieutenant 28th Connecticut Volumes, November 26, 1862.

First lieutenant 29th Connecticut Volumes, January 20, 1864. Wounded at Battle of Chapin’s Farms, September 27, 1864. Promoted to captain 29th Connecticut Volumes, September 27, 1864.

Honorary mustered out November 1865. Entered employ of Winchester Repeating Arm Company, August, 1870. Secretary same 1871-1875.

Director, since 1875, treasurer, 1881-1882, vice president, 1882-1890, president, 1890-1911. Resigned presidency, January 20, 1911, and elected consulting director.

Membership

Member Corporation Yale University, 1884-1902. Member board of managers Observatory, in Yale College Received decoration of the Medjidi, Turkey.

Connections

Married Hannah Jane Winchester, May 9, 1872.

father:

Thomas Bennett

mother:

Mary Ann (Hull) Bennett

spouse:

Hannah Jane Winchester