Hiram Pitt Bennet
Born: September 2, 1826
Birthplace: Carthage, Maine
Father: Elisha Bennet Jr. 1794 – 1844
(Buried: Bennett Lane Cemetery, Savannah, Missouri)
Mother: Maria Bradbury 1796 – 1876
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Colorado)
1st Wife: Sarah McCabe 1828 – 1867
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Colorado)
2nd Wife: Clara Martha Ames 1846 – 1897
(Buried: Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado)
Children:
Brig. General John Bradbury Bennet 1865 – 1930
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)
Sarah McCabe Bennet Sharp 1867 – 1950
(Buried: Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Colorado)
Robert Ames Bennet 1870 – 1954
(Buried: Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado)
Blanche Bennet Hughes 1872 – 1960
(Buried: Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Colorado)
Political Party: Republican Party
Education:
Attended Ohio Wesleyan University
Occupation before War:
1850: School Teacher in northwestern Missouri
1851 – 1854: Attorney in Western, Iowa and Glenwood,Iowa
1852: Judge of Iowa State Circuit Court
1854 – 1859: Attorney in Nebraska City, Nebraska
1855: Unsuccessfully Contested election of Bird B. Chapman
1856: Member of Nebraska Territorial Council
1858: Member of Nebraska Territorial House of Representatives
1858: Speaker of Nebraska Territorial House of Representatives
1859 – 1861: Attorney in Denver, Colorado
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1865: Colorado Delegate to U.S. House of Representatives
1864: Choose not to be a candidate for renomination to U.S. Congress
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1867: Attorney in Denver, Colorado
1867: Colorado Territory Secretary of State
1868 – 1869: Attorney in Denver, Colorado
1869 – 1874: United States Postmaster for Denver, Colorado
1876: Colorado State Senator
1877 – 1888: Attorney in Denver, Colorado
1888 – 1895: State Agent for the State of Colorado
1895 – 1899: Attorney in Denver, Colorado
1899 – 1914: Lived Retired in Denver, Colorado
Died: November 11, 1914
Place of Death: Denver, Colorado
Age at time of Death: 88 years old
Burial Place: Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Colorado
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