The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-07-07
DEATH OF j. c. BENNETT,
Of Wichita, Formerly of Emporia.
He is Found Dead in Bed at Kansas City.


Amid theSsuspeEse regarding Presi-
dent Garfleld's condition, cur people
were shocked Sunday morning about
nine O'Clock to learn of the suddendcath
of ]. g. Bennett, of Wichita, but lately
of Emporia, the well known and highly
respected travelling salesman Of Ride
nour, Baker s. Co. - -
Mr.. Bennett was stopping at the union
depot hotel and retired to his room
Saturday evening about half past nine
O'Clock, seemingly in ordinary good
health, bat said TO the clerk that ne was,
feeling somewhat depressed on account
of the warm weather. In the same room
with Mr.. Bennett there alse slept an
other employe of Ridenour. Baker 81
Co. During the night this gentleman
awoke and heard Mr.. Bennett breathing
aloud. On getting up in the morning
he noticed Mr.. Bennett in bed, lying on
his back, and dead. We learn
these particulars from SIR. II. C. Cross,
who happened TO be in Kansas City at
the time.
A coroner's inquest was held Sun
day morning and the, coroner stated it
as his opinion that Mr.. Bennett died of
heart disease.
]. G. Bennett was born at New Car
isle, Clarke county, Ohio, August 81,
1881, and was thus in the iiflieth year of
his age; was the son of
Abraham and Nancy H. Bennett.
He was married August 81, 1861 to
Flora E. Rawson daughter of Rev. Silas
Rawson, Methodist minister of an
Indiana conference
In the late war Mr.. Bennett was
commissioned captain in 1.-THE iquar-
ter-master's department at Ind
dianapolis and continued through the
service.
About ten years ago Mr.. Bennett left
Franklin. Indiana, fer Kansas, and en-
teEd iato 1Ae employ oEA the
| firm with which he was connected ut
The time of his dcath-his head.
quarters being then al Chanute. lie re-
moved TO Emporia in 1872, where he re-
mainetl tilI about q SeaF ago, when he
went 10 Nylchise in prterstS De nearer
his business which embraced what
is known among travelling men as The
Walnut Valley territory.
II He leaves a wife and one son, Pe11ee,
who have the heartfelt sympathies OF
hosts of. friends here and throughout
the portion of the state over which Mr..
Bennett was SO well knownf and greatly
esteemed. He was good NAH, highly
respected, straightforward in business,
the soul Of honor on all occasions.
He was a prominent member of the
Masonic fraternity, in which he was not
only a pillar but was aa adknowl-
edged authority on all points
ln masonic law-his judgment as
pae vcrsed in masonry, being regarded
almost infallible. He was a charter
member and slse leading organizer OF
Ea5rsEla g6mnaaBdery, No. 8, in which
lfodge Two syrsrs ago, he held the
Office Of Deputy Grand Commander.
| He held various life insurance policies
One of $1,000 in the knights of Honor,
one of about the same amount in the
Mason Mutual Benefit, of Kansas, a pol
icy in the Indiana Mutual Benefit, and
probably one or twn policies in regular
companies.
Two weeks ago Mr.. and Mrs. Bennett
were visiting in EmpOria, at the house OF
fDr. Jacobs. At that time he told the
lDctor that he had not been sick for
years, except ashort time ago in Win.
feld. when he 4as Frustrated.