Capt Charles H Bennett (1811-1855) - Find a Grave Memorial

Capt Charles H Bennett

Birth

11 Aug 1811

Pennsylvania, USA

Death

7 Dec 1855 (aged 44)

Walla Walla County, Washington, USA

Burial

Salem Pioneer Cemetery

Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA Add to Map

Plot

106

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Oregon pioneer of 1844. Captain of Co. F of the Oregon Mounted Volunteers during the Yakima Indian War, in which he lost his life. Partner of James W. Marshall in a Coloma, California mill that was the site of the January 24, 1848 gold strike - the credit went to Marshall but it was Bennett who recognized the metal as gold. This strike led to the California gold rush.

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Captain Charles Bennett was the discoverer of gold in California and fell in the defense of his country at Walla Walla.

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Company F

History of Southeastern Washington
Asotin, Columbia, Garfield and Walla Walla Counties
1906 - page. 873

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Mary Ann Shannon Hendershot

1816–1873

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