Horace J. Bennett
Representing: Union
Unit History
- 2nd Iowa Cavalry I
Family History
| Highest Rank | Bugler |
| Unit | Co. I, 2nd Iowa Cavalry |
| Date | between 1890 and 1915 |
| Born | May, 1841 |
| Place Born | New York |
| Died | June 22, 1928 |
| Place Died | Seattle, WA |
| Buried | Evergreen-Washelli (Seattle) |
| Service Record | Residence Okoboji. IA; 22 years old, born New York; enlisted on 12/7/1863 as a Private; on 12/7/1863 he mustered into "I" Co. IA 2nd Cavalry; POW 12/17/1864 Little Harpeth, TN; escaped 12/18/1864 Barnesville, MS; promoted to Bugler 1/1/1865; Mustered Out on 9/19/1865 at Selma, AL |
| Obit/Notes | -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Saturday, June 23, 1928, page 3, column A G. A. R. Veteran Taken By Death [photo] Horace J. Bennett, eighty-seven, veteran of the Civil War and prominent in G. A. R. circles, died yesterday morning at his home, 1150 North Eighty-third Street. Before coming to Seattle ten years ago Bennett was quartermaster at the State Soldiers Home of Iowa. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Syrena E. Bennett; a daughter, Mrs. A. W. Kingsley, and a son, L. P. Bennett, all of Seattle. Bennett was past commander of Stevens Post No. 1, G. A. R., and a member of Marshall Lodge No. 108, F. and A. M., of Marshalltown, Ia. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, at the Butterworth Mortuary, the Rev. M. A. Matthews officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery. |
Cemetery
Buried at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Cemetery