1836-1898
Sanford F. Bennett (1836-1898)

June 21, 1836, Eden, New York.

June 12, 1898, Rich­mond, Il­li­nois. Note: Rey­nolds, p. 194, gives the lo­ca­tion as Rich­mond, In­di­ana, but this seems un­like­ly, as Ben­nett worked in and is bur­ied in Il­li­nois.

Ce­dar­vale Cem­e­tery, So­lon Mills, Il­li­nois.

Sanford F. Bennett (1836-1898)

Bennett’s po­e­try be­gan ap­pear­ing in the Wau­ke­gan, Ill­i­nois, Ga­zette in the ear­ly 1850’s, and he at­tend­ed the Wau­ke­gan acad­e­my and Un­i­ver­si­ty of Mich­i­gan. He served as sup­er­in­tend­ent of schools in Rich­mond, Ill­i­nois, for two years, then in 1860 moved to Elk­horn, Wis­con­sin, and be­came as­so­ci­ate ed­i­tor of the Elk­horn In­de­pen­dent. In the Amer­i­can civ­il war, he served in the 40th Wis­con­sin Vol­un­teers. Up­on re­turn to Elk­horn, he be­gan run­ning a drug­store, and stu­died me­di­cine. Grad­u­at­ing from Rush Med­ic­al Coll­ege in 1874, he worked as a doc­tor for over two dec­ades.

  1. In the Sweet By and By