Lot 16 and 17, V. D. Bennett lot
Bennett, Glenn Ferris (May 6) 1905 – (October) 16, 2005
Florence M. (Marie) Beckman (October 30) 1903 – 1995 (December 18)
Married 5 – 6 – 1932, Glenn, a schoolteacher farmer was the son of Very Dimock and Mary Lucina Woodruff Bennett. Flo, his wife, also a schoolteacher was born the daughter of George and Anna O'Halloran Beckman in Coudersport, Pennsylvania. Because Flo was a schoolteacher, they had to keep their marriage a secret. In that day and age married women were not allowed to teach!
There is a large family headstone etched BENNETT on the lot. Glenn decided just before Florence died that they would etch their names, dates and marriage date on the base, no need to buy a headstone when one already exists was his remarks to me.
Children: Robert Glenn, Suzanne Mary (Mrs. Alfred Sagrati), Dr. John Very, and James George. All are deceased except Suzanne Sagrati. Dr. John Bennett passed away July 18, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. He was cremated.
The Wyalusing Rocket, just a clipping no date
Mrs. Glenn (Florence Beckman Bennett), 92, a longtime area resident and respected school teacher, died at the family home on clapper Hill, Tuscarora Township, Bradford County, PA, on Monday, Dec. 18, 1995. She was born Florence Marie Beckman in Coudersport, PA. on October 30, 1903 to George and Ann O'Halleran Beckman. She was the fourth in a family of eight children. Florence fondly recalled a happy childhood and cherished her close knit family ties. She was always an excellent student and able to vividly recall the day when she first shockingly became aware of the power of the written word. She was reading a passage out loud fluently when her first-grade teacher and asked her to explain what she had just read. Her embarrassing inability to do so taught her that words hold meaning and started her on a lifelong adventure with learning and education. In 1922, her father died and 17 year old Florence was required to help support her family as she studied at Mansfield State Normal School with some financial support from her brothers. She received her teaching certificate with honors in 1923, and returned to Coudersport to begin her notable career. She taught French and English there for five years and during that time helped her younger brothers and sister complete their high school education. During summers she continued her education at Penn State, and upon receiving her B.A. degree, she accepted a new position at Tyrone High School. During those summers at Penn State she met her future husband Glenn Bennett. They were married in May of 1932. and spent their honey moon in summer school. Florence taught for a year and a half after their marriage and then moved to Glenn's family farm on Clapper Hill outside Laceyville. This remained her primary residence for the remainder of her life. By 1938 they had three little children and needed for Glenn to earn his bachelor's degree. Florence taught in his place at Laceyville High School while he took classes at Mansfield. At this time , Florence and Glenn managed a lunch counter gas station at Powers Corners near Mansfield. When Glenn had completed his requirements Florence remained at home, and one more child completed their family. In 1941, George Warner, the school director at Edinger Hill, asked Florence to assume the responsibilities of the one-room school. Mrs. Bennett accepted and taught grades one through eight while innovating such programs as hot lunches. These creative programs earned commendations from Bradford County, Penn State University and the state Departmet fo Education. When the Edinger Hill school closed during World War II Florence accepted a position with the Laceyville High school, where she taught Latin, French, Spanish, general science literature and chemistry. To illustrate her superb teaching abilities, one has to examine what former students have written about her. In 1984 , an article in the Daily Review, Wes Skillings gave an eloquent testimony to her teaching skills. He called her the "ultimate teacher." She was, he add "a true virtuoso owning both a master of her subjects and her students." Robert Dibble, and educator and former student described her as "one who demanded your utmost respect and expected you to learn what was presented in class." Florence felt that the time would never come "I won't wish to take just one more course." She proved this true by attending sessions in Syracuse University, Penn State and West Chester State College and ultimately earned a Master degree in education at the University of California Long Beach. The honors Florence received were numerous. A partial list of hem includes: 1956: National Science Institute Fellowship at Penn State: 1960 - Pearl Buck Scholarship form Delta Kappa Gamma (an honor-outstanding teacher of the year in Pennsylvania, and she was presented a golden apple by Gov. Shaffer. Mrs. Bennett was active in numerous educational and civic organizations such as : Bradford County Education Association (former treasurer) Wyalusing Valley High School Education Association: Bradford County Science teachers Association; Laceyville Women's club: Wyalusing PTA; American Field Service Program; Board of directors of the Laceyville Public Library; Spring Hill Grange; Rotarian; and Order of the Eastern Star. Florence was proud of her many fundraisers she organized to finance educational trips for her students. The extra-curricular activities she encouraged and sponsored at personal cost and donated time are too numerous to be enumerated here. but will be keenly remembered by whom the students she mentored. Mrs. Bennett was able to couple an intense seriousness and devotion to teaching with a quick wit and a willingness to find humor in the midst of adversity. Her energy and conveyance of the excitement of discovering knowledge will be remembered by those fortunate enough to have known her. Former students will recall her firm conviction that all students could and would master subject matter sufficiently to earn passing grades. Mrs. Bennett was a world-class teacher and devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She has touched thousands of lives and has indelibly impressed the formative minds of those who knew her. She was a unique individual who cannot be replaced. Perhaps her message to those of whom she has left would be in this note she jotted down in her memory book. "time remembered is grief forgotten." Florence survived all her brothers and sister and is survived by a grieving husband following their 63 years of marriage and four children: Robert Glenn Bennett of Camarillo, California, Suzanne Marie Sagrati of Chicago, Illinois, John Very Bennett of Atlanta, Georgia, and James George Bennett of Columbus, Ohio. Twenty-two grandchildren, twenty-seven great grand children, and numerous nieces and nephews also grieve her parting. The funeral will be held on Thursday, Dec. 21, 1995, at 11 a.m. at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Grove Lane, Wyalusing, with Rev. William C. Nelson, pastor of the Beaver Meadows United Methodist Church, and the Rev. Mark King co-officiating. Burial will be at the Beaver Meadows Cemetery. Friends may call at the Homer Funeral home in Wyalusing Wednesday from 2-4 p.m. and from 7-9 p.m. There will be an Eastern Star service at 8 p.m. Wednesday evening at the funeral home by member sof the Meshoppen Chapter 70.O.W.S. The Glenn Bennett family wishes to establish a college scholarship foundation in her memory for the benefit of Wyalusing Valley High School students. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, anyone wishing to remember Florence in this manner can send donations to : Florence Bennett Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Grange National Bank, Attn.: Tom McCullough, 101 E. Main St. Laceyville, PA 18623. RHW 21 Dec.1995 Contributed by Carol Hoose Brotzman
Name: Florence Beckman
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: Philadelphia Ward 39, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 1 Marital Status: Single
Race: White Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1919
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Father's Birthplace: Russia
Mother's Birthplace: Russia
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Harry Beckman Head M 31 Russia
Mollie Beckman Wife F 28 Russia
Katie Beckman Daughter F 7 Pennsylvania
Annie Beckman Daughter F 5 Pennsylvania
Florence Beckman Daughter F 1 Pennsylvania
Name: Glenn Bennett
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Tuscarora Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Birth Year (Estimated): 1906
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
District: 8-57
Family Number: 27
Sheet Number and Letter: 3B
Line Number: 50
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 3443
Digital Folder Number: 005456583
Image Number: 00634
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Glenn Bennett M 34 Pennsylvania
Wife Florence Bennett F 36 Pennsylvania
Son Robert Glen Bennett M 6 Pennsylvania
Daughter Susann Bennett F 5 Pennsylvania
Son John Bennett M 4 Pennsylvania
Hired man Robert Diamond M 23 Pennsylvania
Oh dear...... Carol,
Mother had her best, happiest moments when she was with her own family or in her classroom. She came from a family of eight and they were always so close even though most of them were in California. It was wonderful when she was science teacher of the year
Mother was the world's best grandmother. She just couldn't wait to get our children up on the farm without benifit of parental presence. She gave them snicker-snacks every night before bed and they would come home five pounds heavier.But she was ever the teacher and made them toe the line. They just loved being there with Mom and Dad, but it was the Bolles family that made in really fun and a learning experience for them. Bob and Anne were wonderful to all of them and they still feel close to especially George and Kathy. All the grandchildren, not just mine.
Sue Bennett Sagratti
Bennett, Glenn Ferris (May 6) 1905 – (October) 16, 2005
Florence M. (Marie) Beckman (October 30) 1903 – 1995 (December 18)
Married 5 – 6 – 1932, Glenn, a schoolteacher farmer was the son of Very Dimock and Mary Lucina Woodruff Bennett. Flo, his wife, also a schoolteacher was born the daughter of George and Anna O'Halloran Beckman in Coudersport, Pennsylvania. Because Flo was a schoolteacher, they had to keep their marriage a secret. In that day and age married women were not allowed to teach!
There is a large family headstone etched BENNETT on the lot. Glenn decided just before Florence died that they would etch their names, dates and marriage date on the base, no need to buy a headstone when one already exists was his remarks to me.
Children: Robert Glenn, Suzanne Mary (Mrs. Alfred Sagrati), Dr. John Very, and James George. All are deceased except Suzanne Sagrati. Dr. John Bennett passed away July 18, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. He was cremated.
The Wyalusing Rocket, just a clipping no date
Mrs. Glenn (Florence Beckman Bennett), 92, a longtime area resident and respected school teacher, died at the family home on clapper Hill, Tuscarora Township, Bradford County, PA, on Monday, Dec. 18, 1995. She was born Florence Marie Beckman in Coudersport, PA. on October 30, 1903 to George and Ann O'Halleran Beckman. She was the fourth in a family of eight children. Florence fondly recalled a happy childhood and cherished her close knit family ties. She was always an excellent student and able to vividly recall the day when she first shockingly became aware of the power of the written word. She was reading a passage out loud fluently when her first-grade teacher and asked her to explain what she had just read. Her embarrassing inability to do so taught her that words hold meaning and started her on a lifelong adventure with learning and education. In 1922, her father died and 17 year old Florence was required to help support her family as she studied at Mansfield State Normal School with some financial support from her brothers. She received her teaching certificate with honors in 1923, and returned to Coudersport to begin her notable career. She taught French and English there for five years and during that time helped her younger brothers and sister complete their high school education. During summers she continued her education at Penn State, and upon receiving her B.A. degree, she accepted a new position at Tyrone High School. During those summers at Penn State she met her future husband Glenn Bennett. They were married in May of 1932. and spent their honey moon in summer school. Florence taught for a year and a half after their marriage and then moved to Glenn's family farm on Clapper Hill outside Laceyville. This remained her primary residence for the remainder of her life. By 1938 they had three little children and needed for Glenn to earn his bachelor's degree. Florence taught in his place at Laceyville High School while he took classes at Mansfield. At this time , Florence and Glenn managed a lunch counter gas station at Powers Corners near Mansfield. When Glenn had completed his requirements Florence remained at home, and one more child completed their family. In 1941, George Warner, the school director at Edinger Hill, asked Florence to assume the responsibilities of the one-room school. Mrs. Bennett accepted and taught grades one through eight while innovating such programs as hot lunches. These creative programs earned commendations from Bradford County, Penn State University and the state Departmet fo Education. When the Edinger Hill school closed during World War II Florence accepted a position with the Laceyville High school, where she taught Latin, French, Spanish, general science literature and chemistry. To illustrate her superb teaching abilities, one has to examine what former students have written about her. In 1984 , an article in the Daily Review, Wes Skillings gave an eloquent testimony to her teaching skills. He called her the "ultimate teacher." She was, he add "a true virtuoso owning both a master of her subjects and her students." Robert Dibble, and educator and former student described her as "one who demanded your utmost respect and expected you to learn what was presented in class." Florence felt that the time would never come "I won't wish to take just one more course." She proved this true by attending sessions in Syracuse University, Penn State and West Chester State College and ultimately earned a Master degree in education at the University of California Long Beach. The honors Florence received were numerous. A partial list of hem includes: 1956: National Science Institute Fellowship at Penn State: 1960 - Pearl Buck Scholarship form Delta Kappa Gamma (an honor-outstanding teacher of the year in Pennsylvania, and she was presented a golden apple by Gov. Shaffer. Mrs. Bennett was active in numerous educational and civic organizations such as : Bradford County Education Association (former treasurer) Wyalusing Valley High School Education Association: Bradford County Science teachers Association; Laceyville Women's club: Wyalusing PTA; American Field Service Program; Board of directors of the Laceyville Public Library; Spring Hill Grange; Rotarian; and Order of the Eastern Star. Florence was proud of her many fundraisers she organized to finance educational trips for her students. The extra-curricular activities she encouraged and sponsored at personal cost and donated time are too numerous to be enumerated here. but will be keenly remembered by whom the students she mentored. Mrs. Bennett was able to couple an intense seriousness and devotion to teaching with a quick wit and a willingness to find humor in the midst of adversity. Her energy and conveyance of the excitement of discovering knowledge will be remembered by those fortunate enough to have known her. Former students will recall her firm conviction that all students could and would master subject matter sufficiently to earn passing grades. Mrs. Bennett was a world-class teacher and devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She has touched thousands of lives and has indelibly impressed the formative minds of those who knew her. She was a unique individual who cannot be replaced. Perhaps her message to those of whom she has left would be in this note she jotted down in her memory book. "time remembered is grief forgotten." Florence survived all her brothers and sister and is survived by a grieving husband following their 63 years of marriage and four children: Robert Glenn Bennett of Camarillo, California, Suzanne Marie Sagrati of Chicago, Illinois, John Very Bennett of Atlanta, Georgia, and James George Bennett of Columbus, Ohio. Twenty-two grandchildren, twenty-seven great grand children, and numerous nieces and nephews also grieve her parting. The funeral will be held on Thursday, Dec. 21, 1995, at 11 a.m. at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Grove Lane, Wyalusing, with Rev. William C. Nelson, pastor of the Beaver Meadows United Methodist Church, and the Rev. Mark King co-officiating. Burial will be at the Beaver Meadows Cemetery. Friends may call at the Homer Funeral home in Wyalusing Wednesday from 2-4 p.m. and from 7-9 p.m. There will be an Eastern Star service at 8 p.m. Wednesday evening at the funeral home by member sof the Meshoppen Chapter 70.O.W.S. The Glenn Bennett family wishes to establish a college scholarship foundation in her memory for the benefit of Wyalusing Valley High School students. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, anyone wishing to remember Florence in this manner can send donations to : Florence Bennett Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Grange National Bank, Attn.: Tom McCullough, 101 E. Main St. Laceyville, PA 18623. RHW 21 Dec.1995 Contributed by Carol Hoose Brotzman
Name: Florence Beckman
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: Philadelphia Ward 39, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 1 Marital Status: Single
Race: White Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1919
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Father's Birthplace: Russia
Mother's Birthplace: Russia
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Harry Beckman Head M 31 Russia
Mollie Beckman Wife F 28 Russia
Katie Beckman Daughter F 7 Pennsylvania
Annie Beckman Daughter F 5 Pennsylvania
Florence Beckman Daughter F 1 Pennsylvania
Name: Glenn Bennett
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Tuscarora Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Birth Year (Estimated): 1906
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
District: 8-57
Family Number: 27
Sheet Number and Letter: 3B
Line Number: 50
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 3443
Digital Folder Number: 005456583
Image Number: 00634
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Glenn Bennett M 34 Pennsylvania
Wife Florence Bennett F 36 Pennsylvania
Son Robert Glen Bennett M 6 Pennsylvania
Daughter Susann Bennett F 5 Pennsylvania
Son John Bennett M 4 Pennsylvania
Hired man Robert Diamond M 23 Pennsylvania
Oh dear...... Carol,
Mother had her best, happiest moments when she was with her own family or in her classroom. She came from a family of eight and they were always so close even though most of them were in California. It was wonderful when she was science teacher of the year
Mother was the world's best grandmother. She just couldn't wait to get our children up on the farm without benifit of parental presence. She gave them snicker-snacks every night before bed and they would come home five pounds heavier.But she was ever the teacher and made them toe the line. They just loved being there with Mom and Dad, but it was the Bolles family that made in really fun and a learning experience for them. Bob and Anne were wonderful to all of them and they still feel close to especially George and Kathy. All the grandchildren, not just mine.
Sue Bennett Sagratti
Lot 16 and 17, V. D. Bennett lot
Bennett, Glenn Ferris (May 6) 1905 – (October) 16, 2005
Florence M. (Marie) Beckman (October 30) 1903 – 1995 (December 18)
Married 5 – 6 – 1932, Glenn, a schoolteacher farmer was the son of Very Dimock and Mary Lucina Woodruff Bennett. Flo, his wife, also a schoolteacher was born the daughter of George and Anna O'Halloran Beckman in Coudersport, Pennsylvania. Because Flo was a schoolteacher, they had to keep their marriage a secret. In that day and age married women were not allowed to teach!
There is a large family headstone etched BENNETT on the lot. Glenn decided just before Florence died that they would etch their names, dates and marriage date on the base, no need to buy a headstone when one already exists was his remarks to me.
Children: Robert Glenn, Suzanne Mary (Mrs. Alfred Sagrati), Dr. John Very, and James George. All are deceased except Suzanne Sagrati. Dr. John Bennett passed away July 18, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. He was cremated.
The Wyalusing Rocket, just a clipping no date
Mrs. Glenn (Florence Beckman Bennett), 92, a longtime area resident and respected school teacher, died at the family home on clapper Hill, Tuscarora Township, Bradford County, PA, on Monday, Dec. 18, 1995. She was born Florence Marie Beckman in Coudersport, PA. on October 30, 1903 to George and Ann O'Halleran Beckman. She was the fourth in a family of eight children. Florence fondly recalled a happy childhood and cherished her close knit family ties. She was always an excellent student and able to vividly recall the day when she first shockingly became aware of the power of the written word. She was reading a passage out loud fluently when her first-grade teacher and asked her to explain what she had just read. Her embarrassing inability to do so taught her that words hold meaning and started her on a lifelong adventure with learning and education. In 1922, her father died and 17 year old Florence was required to help support her family as she studied at Mansfield State Normal School with some financial support from her brothers. She received her teaching certificate with honors in 1923, and returned to Coudersport to begin her notable career. She taught French and English there for five years and during that time helped her younger brothers and sister complete their high school education. During summers she continued her education at Penn State, and upon receiving her B.A. degree, she accepted a new position at Tyrone High School. During those summers at Penn State she met her future husband Glenn Bennett. They were married in May of 1932. and spent their honey moon in summer school. Florence taught for a year and a half after their marriage and then moved to Glenn's family farm on Clapper Hill outside Laceyville. This remained her primary residence for the remainder of her life. By 1938 they had three little children and needed for Glenn to earn his bachelor's degree. Florence taught in his place at Laceyville High School while he took classes at Mansfield. At this time , Florence and Glenn managed a lunch counter gas station at Powers Corners near Mansfield. When Glenn had completed his requirements Florence remained at home, and one more child completed their family. In 1941, George Warner, the school director at Edinger Hill, asked Florence to assume the responsibilities of the one-room school. Mrs. Bennett accepted and taught grades one through eight while innovating such programs as hot lunches. These creative programs earned commendations from Bradford County, Penn State University and the state Departmet fo Education. When the Edinger Hill school closed during World War II Florence accepted a position with the Laceyville High school, where she taught Latin, French, Spanish, general science literature and chemistry. To illustrate her superb teaching abilities, one has to examine what former students have written about her. In 1984 , an article in the Daily Review, Wes Skillings gave an eloquent testimony to her teaching skills. He called her the "ultimate teacher." She was, he add "a true virtuoso owning both a master of her subjects and her students." Robert Dibble, and educator and former student described her as "one who demanded your utmost respect and expected you to learn what was presented in class." Florence felt that the time would never come "I won't wish to take just one more course." She proved this true by attending sessions in Syracuse University, Penn State and West Chester State College and ultimately earned a Master degree in education at the University of California Long Beach. The honors Florence received were numerous. A partial list of hem includes: 1956: National Science Institute Fellowship at Penn State: 1960 - Pearl Buck Scholarship form Delta Kappa Gamma (an honor-outstanding teacher of the year in Pennsylvania, and she was presented a golden apple by Gov. Shaffer. Mrs. Bennett was active in numerous educational and civic organizations such as : Bradford County Education Association (former treasurer) Wyalusing Valley High School Education Association: Bradford County Science teachers Association; Laceyville Women's club: Wyalusing PTA; American Field Service Program; Board of directors of the Laceyville Public Library; Spring Hill Grange; Rotarian; and Order of the Eastern Star. Florence was proud of her many fundraisers she organized to finance educational trips for her students. The extra-curricular activities she encouraged and sponsored at personal cost and donated time are too numerous to be enumerated here. but will be keenly remembered by whom the students she mentored. Mrs. Bennett was able to couple an intense seriousness and devotion to teaching with a quick wit and a willingness to find humor in the midst of adversity. Her energy and conveyance of the excitement of discovering knowledge will be remembered by those fortunate enough to have known her. Former students will recall her firm conviction that all students could and would master subject matter sufficiently to earn passing grades. Mrs. Bennett was a world-class teacher and devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She has touched thousands of lives and has indelibly impressed the formative minds of those who knew her. She was a unique individual who cannot be replaced. Perhaps her message to those of whom she has left would be in this note she jotted down in her memory book. "time remembered is grief forgotten." Florence survived all her brothers and sister and is survived by a grieving husband following their 63 years of marriage and four children: Robert Glenn Bennett of Camarillo, California, Suzanne Marie Sagrati of Chicago, Illinois, John Very Bennett of Atlanta, Georgia, and James George Bennett of Columbus, Ohio. Twenty-two grandchildren, twenty-seven great grand children, and numerous nieces and nephews also grieve her parting. The funeral will be held on Thursday, Dec. 21, 1995, at 11 a.m. at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Grove Lane, Wyalusing, with Rev. William C. Nelson, pastor of the Beaver Meadows United Methodist Church, and the Rev. Mark King co-officiating. Burial will be at the Beaver Meadows Cemetery. Friends may call at the Homer Funeral home in Wyalusing Wednesday from 2-4 p.m. and from 7-9 p.m. There will be an Eastern Star service at 8 p.m. Wednesday evening at the funeral home by member sof the Meshoppen Chapter 70.O.W.S. The Glenn Bennett family wishes to establish a college scholarship foundation in her memory for the benefit of Wyalusing Valley High School students. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, anyone wishing to remember Florence in this manner can send donations to : Florence Bennett Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Grange National Bank, Attn.: Tom McCullough, 101 E. Main St. Laceyville, PA 18623. RHW 21 Dec.1995 Contributed by Carol Hoose Brotzman
Name: Florence Beckman
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: Philadelphia Ward 39, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 1 Marital Status: Single
Race: White Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1919
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Father's Birthplace: Russia
Mother's Birthplace: Russia
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Harry Beckman Head M 31 Russia
Mollie Beckman Wife F 28 Russia
Katie Beckman Daughter F 7 Pennsylvania
Annie Beckman Daughter F 5 Pennsylvania
Florence Beckman Daughter F 1 Pennsylvania
Name: Glenn Bennett
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Tuscarora Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Birth Year (Estimated): 1906
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
District: 8-57
Family Number: 27
Sheet Number and Letter: 3B
Line Number: 50
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 3443
Digital Folder Number: 005456583
Image Number: 00634
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Glenn Bennett M 34 Pennsylvania
Wife Florence Bennett F 36 Pennsylvania
Son Robert Glen Bennett M 6 Pennsylvania
Daughter Susann Bennett F 5 Pennsylvania
Son John Bennett M 4 Pennsylvania
Hired man Robert Diamond M 23 Pennsylvania
Oh dear...... Carol,
Mother had her best, happiest moments when she was with her own family or in her classroom. She came from a family of eight and they were always so close even though most of them were in California. It was wonderful when she was science teacher of the year
Mother was the world's best grandmother. She just couldn't wait to get our children up on the farm without benifit of parental presence. She gave them snicker-snacks every night before bed and they would come home five pounds heavier.But she was ever the teacher and made them toe the line. They just loved being there with Mom and Dad, but it was the Bolles family that made in really fun and a learning experience for them. Bob and Anne were wonderful to all of them and they still feel close to especially George and Kathy. All the grandchildren, not just mine.
Sue Bennett Sagratti
Bennett, Glenn Ferris (May 6) 1905 – (October) 16, 2005
Florence M. (Marie) Beckman (October 30) 1903 – 1995 (December 18)
Married 5 – 6 – 1932, Glenn, a schoolteacher farmer was the son of Very Dimock and Mary Lucina Woodruff Bennett. Flo, his wife, also a schoolteacher was born the daughter of George and Anna O'Halloran Beckman in Coudersport, Pennsylvania. Because Flo was a schoolteacher, they had to keep their marriage a secret. In that day and age married women were not allowed to teach!
There is a large family headstone etched BENNETT on the lot. Glenn decided just before Florence died that they would etch their names, dates and marriage date on the base, no need to buy a headstone when one already exists was his remarks to me.
Children: Robert Glenn, Suzanne Mary (Mrs. Alfred Sagrati), Dr. John Very, and James George. All are deceased except Suzanne Sagrati. Dr. John Bennett passed away July 18, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. He was cremated.
The Wyalusing Rocket, just a clipping no date
Mrs. Glenn (Florence Beckman Bennett), 92, a longtime area resident and respected school teacher, died at the family home on clapper Hill, Tuscarora Township, Bradford County, PA, on Monday, Dec. 18, 1995. She was born Florence Marie Beckman in Coudersport, PA. on October 30, 1903 to George and Ann O'Halleran Beckman. She was the fourth in a family of eight children. Florence fondly recalled a happy childhood and cherished her close knit family ties. She was always an excellent student and able to vividly recall the day when she first shockingly became aware of the power of the written word. She was reading a passage out loud fluently when her first-grade teacher and asked her to explain what she had just read. Her embarrassing inability to do so taught her that words hold meaning and started her on a lifelong adventure with learning and education. In 1922, her father died and 17 year old Florence was required to help support her family as she studied at Mansfield State Normal School with some financial support from her brothers. She received her teaching certificate with honors in 1923, and returned to Coudersport to begin her notable career. She taught French and English there for five years and during that time helped her younger brothers and sister complete their high school education. During summers she continued her education at Penn State, and upon receiving her B.A. degree, she accepted a new position at Tyrone High School. During those summers at Penn State she met her future husband Glenn Bennett. They were married in May of 1932. and spent their honey moon in summer school. Florence taught for a year and a half after their marriage and then moved to Glenn's family farm on Clapper Hill outside Laceyville. This remained her primary residence for the remainder of her life. By 1938 they had three little children and needed for Glenn to earn his bachelor's degree. Florence taught in his place at Laceyville High School while he took classes at Mansfield. At this time , Florence and Glenn managed a lunch counter gas station at Powers Corners near Mansfield. When Glenn had completed his requirements Florence remained at home, and one more child completed their family. In 1941, George Warner, the school director at Edinger Hill, asked Florence to assume the responsibilities of the one-room school. Mrs. Bennett accepted and taught grades one through eight while innovating such programs as hot lunches. These creative programs earned commendations from Bradford County, Penn State University and the state Departmet fo Education. When the Edinger Hill school closed during World War II Florence accepted a position with the Laceyville High school, where she taught Latin, French, Spanish, general science literature and chemistry. To illustrate her superb teaching abilities, one has to examine what former students have written about her. In 1984 , an article in the Daily Review, Wes Skillings gave an eloquent testimony to her teaching skills. He called her the "ultimate teacher." She was, he add "a true virtuoso owning both a master of her subjects and her students." Robert Dibble, and educator and former student described her as "one who demanded your utmost respect and expected you to learn what was presented in class." Florence felt that the time would never come "I won't wish to take just one more course." She proved this true by attending sessions in Syracuse University, Penn State and West Chester State College and ultimately earned a Master degree in education at the University of California Long Beach. The honors Florence received were numerous. A partial list of hem includes: 1956: National Science Institute Fellowship at Penn State: 1960 - Pearl Buck Scholarship form Delta Kappa Gamma (an honor-outstanding teacher of the year in Pennsylvania, and she was presented a golden apple by Gov. Shaffer. Mrs. Bennett was active in numerous educational and civic organizations such as : Bradford County Education Association (former treasurer) Wyalusing Valley High School Education Association: Bradford County Science teachers Association; Laceyville Women's club: Wyalusing PTA; American Field Service Program; Board of directors of the Laceyville Public Library; Spring Hill Grange; Rotarian; and Order of the Eastern Star. Florence was proud of her many fundraisers she organized to finance educational trips for her students. The extra-curricular activities she encouraged and sponsored at personal cost and donated time are too numerous to be enumerated here. but will be keenly remembered by whom the students she mentored. Mrs. Bennett was able to couple an intense seriousness and devotion to teaching with a quick wit and a willingness to find humor in the midst of adversity. Her energy and conveyance of the excitement of discovering knowledge will be remembered by those fortunate enough to have known her. Former students will recall her firm conviction that all students could and would master subject matter sufficiently to earn passing grades. Mrs. Bennett was a world-class teacher and devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She has touched thousands of lives and has indelibly impressed the formative minds of those who knew her. She was a unique individual who cannot be replaced. Perhaps her message to those of whom she has left would be in this note she jotted down in her memory book. "time remembered is grief forgotten." Florence survived all her brothers and sister and is survived by a grieving husband following their 63 years of marriage and four children: Robert Glenn Bennett of Camarillo, California, Suzanne Marie Sagrati of Chicago, Illinois, John Very Bennett of Atlanta, Georgia, and James George Bennett of Columbus, Ohio. Twenty-two grandchildren, twenty-seven great grand children, and numerous nieces and nephews also grieve her parting. The funeral will be held on Thursday, Dec. 21, 1995, at 11 a.m. at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Grove Lane, Wyalusing, with Rev. William C. Nelson, pastor of the Beaver Meadows United Methodist Church, and the Rev. Mark King co-officiating. Burial will be at the Beaver Meadows Cemetery. Friends may call at the Homer Funeral home in Wyalusing Wednesday from 2-4 p.m. and from 7-9 p.m. There will be an Eastern Star service at 8 p.m. Wednesday evening at the funeral home by member sof the Meshoppen Chapter 70.O.W.S. The Glenn Bennett family wishes to establish a college scholarship foundation in her memory for the benefit of Wyalusing Valley High School students. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, anyone wishing to remember Florence in this manner can send donations to : Florence Bennett Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Grange National Bank, Attn.: Tom McCullough, 101 E. Main St. Laceyville, PA 18623. RHW 21 Dec.1995 Contributed by Carol Hoose Brotzman
Name: Florence Beckman
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: Philadelphia Ward 39, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 1 Marital Status: Single
Race: White Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1919
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Father's Birthplace: Russia
Mother's Birthplace: Russia
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Harry Beckman Head M 31 Russia
Mollie Beckman Wife F 28 Russia
Katie Beckman Daughter F 7 Pennsylvania
Annie Beckman Daughter F 5 Pennsylvania
Florence Beckman Daughter F 1 Pennsylvania
Name: Glenn Bennett
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Tuscarora Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Birth Year (Estimated): 1906
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
District: 8-57
Family Number: 27
Sheet Number and Letter: 3B
Line Number: 50
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 3443
Digital Folder Number: 005456583
Image Number: 00634
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Glenn Bennett M 34 Pennsylvania
Wife Florence Bennett F 36 Pennsylvania
Son Robert Glen Bennett M 6 Pennsylvania
Daughter Susann Bennett F 5 Pennsylvania
Son John Bennett M 4 Pennsylvania
Hired man Robert Diamond M 23 Pennsylvania
Oh dear...... Carol,
Mother had her best, happiest moments when she was with her own family or in her classroom. She came from a family of eight and they were always so close even though most of them were in California. It was wonderful when she was science teacher of the year
Mother was the world's best grandmother. She just couldn't wait to get our children up on the farm without benifit of parental presence. She gave them snicker-snacks every night before bed and they would come home five pounds heavier.But she was ever the teacher and made them toe the line. They just loved being there with Mom and Dad, but it was the Bolles family that made in really fun and a learning experience for them. Bob and Anne were wonderful to all of them and they still feel close to especially George and Kathy. All the grandchildren, not just mine.
Sue Bennett Sagratti
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