Caroline WILLARD

(b. 19 February 1818 , Sterling, Massachusetts, USA d. 28 December 1881 , Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA )

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Caroline WILLARD was born 19 February 1818 in Sterling, Massachusetts, USA

Caroline WILLARD was the child of Hosea WILLARD and Sarah HOLMAN

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Caroline married Asahel Crossman BENNETT 27 November 1840 in Sterling, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Asahel Crossman BENNETT was born 4 December 1812 in Foster, Rhode Island, USA (North Foster). Asahel Crossman died 9 January 1878 in Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville). Asahel Crossman was the child of Thomas BENNETT and Tryphena CROSSMAN.

Caroline WILLARD died 28 December 1881 in Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA .

daughter of Hosea Willard and Sally Sarah Holman

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Caroline WILLARD married

Asahel Crossman BENNETT-- Date: 27 November 1840 Place: Sterling, Massachusetts, USA
Asahel Crossman BENNETT was the child of Thomas BENNETT and Tryphena CROSSMAN

Children of Asahel Crossman BENNETT and Caroline WILLARD:

Harrison Asahel BENNETT (b.4 March 1842, Webster, Massachusetts, USA d. 5 May 1922, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Theodesia D BIXBY 11 September 1868 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Caroline BENNETT (b.20 January 1843, Webster, Massachusetts, USA d. 14 December 1926, Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA)

Hannah (Anna) BENNETT (b.8 November 1846, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 15 May 1932, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Sereno Newton HOWE 2 November 1871 in Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville)

Andrew Ellis BENNETT (b.1 August 1851, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 30 June 1921, Oxford, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Nancy Elizabeth GOULD 23 December 1875 in Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville)

William Dyson BENNETT (b.11 April 1855, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 1 March 1940, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Mary Ellen DONOVAN 11 April 1890 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

Walter Augustus BENNETT (b.8 December 1858, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 30 December 1884, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA )

Harriet Augusta BENNETT (b.15 March 1861, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 1 January 1944, Bourne, Massachusetts, USA )

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1818 Birth
19 February 1818
Sterling, Massachusetts, USA

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1840 Marriage / Partner
Caroline WILLARD and Asahel Crossman BENNETT 27 November 1840, Sterling, Massachusetts, USA

She was 22 years old.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1842 Birth of Child
Harrison Asahel BENNETT was born 4 March 1842, Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Caroline was 24 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Birth of Child
Caroline BENNETT was born 20 January 1843, Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Caroline was 24 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1846 Birth of Child
Hannah (Anna) BENNETT was born 8 November 1846, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Caroline was 28 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Caroline Bennet
Gender: Female
Age: 32
Birth Year: abt 1818
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Home in 1850: Worcester Ward 3, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Line Number: 12
Dwelling Number: 9
Family Number: 9
Household Members:
Name Age
Asahel C Bennet 40
Caroline Bennet 32
Harrison Bennet 8
Caroline Bennet 6
Hannah Bennet 3
Charles Chickering 24

1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1851 Birth of Child
Andrew Ellis BENNETT was born 1 August 1851, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Caroline was 33 years old.

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1855 Birth of Child
William Dyson BENNETT was born 11 April 1855, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Caroline was 37 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1858 Birth of Child
Walter Augustus BENNETT was born 8 December 1858, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Caroline was 40 years old.

1860 - Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Caroline Bennett
Age: 34
Birth Year: abt 1826
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Massachusetts
Home in 1860: Worcester Ward 8, Worcester, Massachusetts
Post Office: Worcester
Dwelling Number: 1830
Family Number: 2407
Household Members:
Name Age
Asael C Bennett 50
Caroline Bennett 34
Harison A Bennett 18
Caroline Bennett 16
Hannah Bennett 13
Andrew Bennett 9
William D Bennett 5
Walter Bennett 2

1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1861 Birth of Child
Harriet Augusta BENNETT was born 15 March 1861, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Caroline was 43 years old.

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Marriage of Child
Harrison Asahel BENNETT married 11 September 1868, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA to Theodesia D BIXBY

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - Auburn, Massachusetts
Name: Caroline Bennett
Age in 1870: 51
Birth Year: abt 1819
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Dwelling Number: 8
Home in 1870: Auburn, Worcester, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Grafton
Occupation: Keeping House
Inferred Spouse: A C Bennett
Inferred Children: Harriet Bennett
Anna Bennett
Andrew Bennett
William Bennett
Walter Bennett
Household Members:
Name Age
Harriet Bennett 10
Sabrina Dawless 36
A C Bennett 54
Caroline Bennett 51
Anna Bennett 21
Andrew Bennett 18
William Bennett 15
Walter Bennett 11
1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1871 Marriage of Child
Hannah (Anna) BENNETT married 2 November 1871, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville) to Sereno Newton HOWE

1875 Marriage of Child
Andrew Ellis BENNETT married 23 December 1875, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville) to Nancy Elizabeth GOULD

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 Death of Spouse/Partner
Asahel Crossman BENNETT died 9 January 1878, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville)

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 - Brimfield, Massachusetts
Name: Caroline Bennett
Age: 59
Birth Date: Abt 1821
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Home in 1880: Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
Dwelling Number: 64
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Rhode Island
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Occupation: Keeping House
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Household Members:
Name Age
Caroline Bennett 59
William D. Bennett 25
Walter A. Bennett 21
Hattie A. Bennett 17

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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Death
Name: Caroline Bennett Willard
Gender: Female
Age: 63
Birth Date: abt 1818
Birth Place: Sterling, Massachusetts
Death Date: 28 Dec 1881
Death Place: Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA
Father: Hosea Willard
Mother: Sarah Willard

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