Mr. James G. Bennett was one of the founding fathers of the Town and Village of Wayland. His grave marker has not been identified in Wayland Village Cemetery, but because he helped to plan the cemetery and his funeral was held in Wayland, it is certain that he was buried here. He was married three times, and the names of his first two wives, Martha who died in 1879 and Julia nee Partridge who died in 1882 after giving birth to daughter Nina Bennett, are probably memorialized with his on an illegible stone within or facing the Bennett plot. Mr. Bennett’s third wife, Jane Newsome Bennett, died in 1886 and is buried near her father in Arkport.
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Jervis, History of Wayland, 1901
“James G. Bennett was born in 1825. Learning the blacksmith trade in his father’s – Chauncey Bennett’s – shop he settled with his wife in Haskinsville, where he began in business. In 1852 he moved to Wayland, and in partnership with his brother Dan, opened the first blacksmith shop in the village. It was on the corner of Naples and Wayland [later Lackawanna] streets...No citizen of the early time maintained such a hold on the voters of the town as did Mr. Bennett. He was postmaster, 1853-59; justice of the peace, 1851-58; supervisor, 1858-64 and in 1866 and 1875-76, serving nine terms; member of the assembly, 1870-71, and village trustee, 1883-84. He became station agent for the Erie in 1860, which position he held for a number of years, and was the first agent at the Lackawanna.”
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Steuben Courier
Friday, Oct 18, 1901
"Hon. J.G. Bennett, of Wayland, died Oct. 3, aged 76 years. Last winter he froze his hands quite badly and that with other complications were the cause of death. Mr. Bennett learned the blacksmith business in his father’s shop and settled in Haskinsville. In 1852 he moved to Wayland and in partnership with his brother Dan, opened the first blacksmith shop in the village...Mr. Bennett is survived by one daughter and by several brothers and half brothers.”
Note that he was also survived by a sister, Cynthia Brownson.
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Jervis, History of Wayland, 1901
“James G. Bennett was born in 1825. Learning the blacksmith trade in his father’s – Chauncey Bennett’s – shop he settled with his wife in Haskinsville, where he began in business. In 1852 he moved to Wayland, and in partnership with his brother Dan, opened the first blacksmith shop in the village. It was on the corner of Naples and Wayland [later Lackawanna] streets...No citizen of the early time maintained such a hold on the voters of the town as did Mr. Bennett. He was postmaster, 1853-59; justice of the peace, 1851-58; supervisor, 1858-64 and in 1866 and 1875-76, serving nine terms; member of the assembly, 1870-71, and village trustee, 1883-84. He became station agent for the Erie in 1860, which position he held for a number of years, and was the first agent at the Lackawanna.”
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Steuben Courier
Friday, Oct 18, 1901
"Hon. J.G. Bennett, of Wayland, died Oct. 3, aged 76 years. Last winter he froze his hands quite badly and that with other complications were the cause of death. Mr. Bennett learned the blacksmith business in his father’s shop and settled in Haskinsville. In 1852 he moved to Wayland and in partnership with his brother Dan, opened the first blacksmith shop in the village...Mr. Bennett is survived by one daughter and by several brothers and half brothers.”
Note that he was also survived by a sister, Cynthia Brownson.
Mr. James G. Bennett was one of the founding fathers of the Town and Village of Wayland. His grave marker has not been identified in Wayland Village Cemetery, but because he helped to plan the cemetery and his funeral was held in Wayland, it is certain that he was buried here. He was married three times, and the names of his first two wives, Martha who died in 1879 and Julia nee Partridge who died in 1882 after giving birth to daughter Nina Bennett, are probably memorialized with his on an illegible stone within or facing the Bennett plot. Mr. Bennett’s third wife, Jane Newsome Bennett, died in 1886 and is buried near her father in Arkport.
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Jervis, History of Wayland, 1901
“James G. Bennett was born in 1825. Learning the blacksmith trade in his father’s – Chauncey Bennett’s – shop he settled with his wife in Haskinsville, where he began in business. In 1852 he moved to Wayland, and in partnership with his brother Dan, opened the first blacksmith shop in the village. It was on the corner of Naples and Wayland [later Lackawanna] streets...No citizen of the early time maintained such a hold on the voters of the town as did Mr. Bennett. He was postmaster, 1853-59; justice of the peace, 1851-58; supervisor, 1858-64 and in 1866 and 1875-76, serving nine terms; member of the assembly, 1870-71, and village trustee, 1883-84. He became station agent for the Erie in 1860, which position he held for a number of years, and was the first agent at the Lackawanna.”
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Steuben Courier
Friday, Oct 18, 1901
"Hon. J.G. Bennett, of Wayland, died Oct. 3, aged 76 years. Last winter he froze his hands quite badly and that with other complications were the cause of death. Mr. Bennett learned the blacksmith business in his father’s shop and settled in Haskinsville. In 1852 he moved to Wayland and in partnership with his brother Dan, opened the first blacksmith shop in the village...Mr. Bennett is survived by one daughter and by several brothers and half brothers.”
Note that he was also survived by a sister, Cynthia Brownson.
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Jervis, History of Wayland, 1901
“James G. Bennett was born in 1825. Learning the blacksmith trade in his father’s – Chauncey Bennett’s – shop he settled with his wife in Haskinsville, where he began in business. In 1852 he moved to Wayland, and in partnership with his brother Dan, opened the first blacksmith shop in the village. It was on the corner of Naples and Wayland [later Lackawanna] streets...No citizen of the early time maintained such a hold on the voters of the town as did Mr. Bennett. He was postmaster, 1853-59; justice of the peace, 1851-58; supervisor, 1858-64 and in 1866 and 1875-76, serving nine terms; member of the assembly, 1870-71, and village trustee, 1883-84. He became station agent for the Erie in 1860, which position he held for a number of years, and was the first agent at the Lackawanna.”
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Steuben Courier
Friday, Oct 18, 1901
"Hon. J.G. Bennett, of Wayland, died Oct. 3, aged 76 years. Last winter he froze his hands quite badly and that with other complications were the cause of death. Mr. Bennett learned the blacksmith business in his father’s shop and settled in Haskinsville. In 1852 he moved to Wayland and in partnership with his brother Dan, opened the first blacksmith shop in the village...Mr. Bennett is survived by one daughter and by several brothers and half brothers.”
Note that he was also survived by a sister, Cynthia Brownson.
Gravesite Details
His marker is believed to be among the several illegible stones within or facing the Bennett plot.
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