Son of Phineas Bennett and Anna Humphrey, husband of Amelia Howell Bell and father of Irene A., Frank Orlando, Henry Bogart, and John T.L. Bennett.
"Capt Orlando Bennett came from the City (New York or Brooklyn) to help salvage her and her cargo (shipwreck "Irene"). He met and married Amanda Bell, daughter of Capt John and Phebe Howell Bell of Bellport and when they had only one child, they named her Irene after the wreck which was the cause of their meeting."
Obituary - Capt. Orlando Bennet died on Saturday at his home in Bellport, Long Island, aged 62 years. He came to New York from Ithaca in 1838, with his father, Phineas Bennet, a noted inventor. Young Bennet inherited much of his father's ability, but applied it to practical, every-day use, and did not enter the inventive field, though he suggested many valuable improvements in pumping and hoisting machinery. Phineas Bennet and his son engaged in recovering valuable cargoes of indestructible goods, such as iron, steel, copper, tin, &c., which had for years lain on the bottoms of wrecked vessels abandoned on our sea and lake coast. This was the commencement of what afterward became an established and important business. His father severed the connection with the business in 1846, but Capt. Bennet continued it, with great success until about 1868. With headquarters in New York, his business extended from Nova Scotia to Florida and along the great lakes. During this period he successfully accomplished many difficult operations, among which may be mentioned the raising of the large north river steamers Isaac Newton and New World, sunk in from 50 to 75 feet of water, and the recovery of a large quanity of quicksilver from the wreck of the ship Flying Dutchman, sunk off the Jersey coast, after it had become buried under 20 feet of sand. In connection with Mssrs. Johnson and Higgins, during the war of the rebellion he contracted to remove ships, sunken monitors, and other obstructions from the channels and harbor of Charleston and Savannah, in which he was, as usual, successful in reopening the latter port to navigation, and admitting supplies to Sherman's army after its march to the sea.
Also - Died, Sunday, July 11, 1880 At his home, Bellport, L.I., July 10, Captain Orlando Bennett, aged 62 years.
(Brookhaven Historian's Alpha List; Carolee Nichols Diamond; The East Hampton Star., February 02, 1956, Page 20; Obituary, New York, New York, 1880, New York Times (1857-Current File), Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003)
"Capt Orlando Bennett came from the City (New York or Brooklyn) to help salvage her and her cargo (shipwreck "Irene"). He met and married Amanda Bell, daughter of Capt John and Phebe Howell Bell of Bellport and when they had only one child, they named her Irene after the wreck which was the cause of their meeting."
Obituary - Capt. Orlando Bennet died on Saturday at his home in Bellport, Long Island, aged 62 years. He came to New York from Ithaca in 1838, with his father, Phineas Bennet, a noted inventor. Young Bennet inherited much of his father's ability, but applied it to practical, every-day use, and did not enter the inventive field, though he suggested many valuable improvements in pumping and hoisting machinery. Phineas Bennet and his son engaged in recovering valuable cargoes of indestructible goods, such as iron, steel, copper, tin, &c., which had for years lain on the bottoms of wrecked vessels abandoned on our sea and lake coast. This was the commencement of what afterward became an established and important business. His father severed the connection with the business in 1846, but Capt. Bennet continued it, with great success until about 1868. With headquarters in New York, his business extended from Nova Scotia to Florida and along the great lakes. During this period he successfully accomplished many difficult operations, among which may be mentioned the raising of the large north river steamers Isaac Newton and New World, sunk in from 50 to 75 feet of water, and the recovery of a large quanity of quicksilver from the wreck of the ship Flying Dutchman, sunk off the Jersey coast, after it had become buried under 20 feet of sand. In connection with Mssrs. Johnson and Higgins, during the war of the rebellion he contracted to remove ships, sunken monitors, and other obstructions from the channels and harbor of Charleston and Savannah, in which he was, as usual, successful in reopening the latter port to navigation, and admitting supplies to Sherman's army after its march to the sea.
Also - Died, Sunday, July 11, 1880 At his home, Bellport, L.I., July 10, Captain Orlando Bennett, aged 62 years.
(Brookhaven Historian's Alpha List; Carolee Nichols Diamond; The East Hampton Star., February 02, 1956, Page 20; Obituary, New York, New York, 1880, New York Times (1857-Current File), Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003)
Son of Phineas Bennett and Anna Humphrey, husband of Amelia Howell Bell and father of Irene A., Frank Orlando, Henry Bogart, and John T.L. Bennett.
"Capt Orlando Bennett came from the City (New York or Brooklyn) to help salvage her and her cargo (shipwreck "Irene"). He met and married Amanda Bell, daughter of Capt John and Phebe Howell Bell of Bellport and when they had only one child, they named her Irene after the wreck which was the cause of their meeting."
Obituary - Capt. Orlando Bennet died on Saturday at his home in Bellport, Long Island, aged 62 years. He came to New York from Ithaca in 1838, with his father, Phineas Bennet, a noted inventor. Young Bennet inherited much of his father's ability, but applied it to practical, every-day use, and did not enter the inventive field, though he suggested many valuable improvements in pumping and hoisting machinery. Phineas Bennet and his son engaged in recovering valuable cargoes of indestructible goods, such as iron, steel, copper, tin, &c., which had for years lain on the bottoms of wrecked vessels abandoned on our sea and lake coast. This was the commencement of what afterward became an established and important business. His father severed the connection with the business in 1846, but Capt. Bennet continued it, with great success until about 1868. With headquarters in New York, his business extended from Nova Scotia to Florida and along the great lakes. During this period he successfully accomplished many difficult operations, among which may be mentioned the raising of the large north river steamers Isaac Newton and New World, sunk in from 50 to 75 feet of water, and the recovery of a large quanity of quicksilver from the wreck of the ship Flying Dutchman, sunk off the Jersey coast, after it had become buried under 20 feet of sand. In connection with Mssrs. Johnson and Higgins, during the war of the rebellion he contracted to remove ships, sunken monitors, and other obstructions from the channels and harbor of Charleston and Savannah, in which he was, as usual, successful in reopening the latter port to navigation, and admitting supplies to Sherman's army after its march to the sea.
Also - Died, Sunday, July 11, 1880 At his home, Bellport, L.I., July 10, Captain Orlando Bennett, aged 62 years.
(Brookhaven Historian's Alpha List; Carolee Nichols Diamond; The East Hampton Star., February 02, 1956, Page 20; Obituary, New York, New York, 1880, New York Times (1857-Current File), Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003)
"Capt Orlando Bennett came from the City (New York or Brooklyn) to help salvage her and her cargo (shipwreck "Irene"). He met and married Amanda Bell, daughter of Capt John and Phebe Howell Bell of Bellport and when they had only one child, they named her Irene after the wreck which was the cause of their meeting."
Obituary - Capt. Orlando Bennet died on Saturday at his home in Bellport, Long Island, aged 62 years. He came to New York from Ithaca in 1838, with his father, Phineas Bennet, a noted inventor. Young Bennet inherited much of his father's ability, but applied it to practical, every-day use, and did not enter the inventive field, though he suggested many valuable improvements in pumping and hoisting machinery. Phineas Bennet and his son engaged in recovering valuable cargoes of indestructible goods, such as iron, steel, copper, tin, &c., which had for years lain on the bottoms of wrecked vessels abandoned on our sea and lake coast. This was the commencement of what afterward became an established and important business. His father severed the connection with the business in 1846, but Capt. Bennet continued it, with great success until about 1868. With headquarters in New York, his business extended from Nova Scotia to Florida and along the great lakes. During this period he successfully accomplished many difficult operations, among which may be mentioned the raising of the large north river steamers Isaac Newton and New World, sunk in from 50 to 75 feet of water, and the recovery of a large quanity of quicksilver from the wreck of the ship Flying Dutchman, sunk off the Jersey coast, after it had become buried under 20 feet of sand. In connection with Mssrs. Johnson and Higgins, during the war of the rebellion he contracted to remove ships, sunken monitors, and other obstructions from the channels and harbor of Charleston and Savannah, in which he was, as usual, successful in reopening the latter port to navigation, and admitting supplies to Sherman's army after its march to the sea.
Also - Died, Sunday, July 11, 1880 At his home, Bellport, L.I., July 10, Captain Orlando Bennett, aged 62 years.
(Brookhaven Historian's Alpha List; Carolee Nichols Diamond; The East Hampton Star., February 02, 1956, Page 20; Obituary, New York, New York, 1880, New York Times (1857-Current File), Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003)
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