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Hiram Pitt Bennet

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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​

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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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His job as "State Agent"for Colorado (1888-1895) was recovering property belonging to the State of Colorado that had been improperly disposed of. I'm guessing property meant assets belonging to the State and not actual territory.
 
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