Person:Joseph Bennett (20)

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Joseph Louville Bennett, M.D.
d.28 Oct 1926
m. 4 Jul 1833
  1. William Marshall Bennett1836 - 1918
  2. Joseph Louville Bennett, M.D.1842 - 1926
  3. Daniel Chaplin Bennett1848 - 1848
  1. Dolly Chaplin Bennett1887 - 1968
  2. Emma Louville Bennett1896 - 1979
Facts and Events
Name Joseph Louville Bennett, M.D.
Gender Male
Birth? 6 Aug 1842 Bridgton, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Marriage to Rosalia A Larrabee
Death? 28 Oct 1926
Burial? Forest Hill Cemetery, Bridgton, Cumberland, Maine, United States


References
  1.   Burrage, Henry Sweetser; Albert Roscoe Stubbs; and George Thomas Little. Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine. (New York, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, c1909)
    3:1575-1576.

    "(VIII) Joseph Louville, son of Joseph Bennett, was born in Bridgton, August 6, 1842. He attended the public schools of his native town and entered Bowdoin College in 1861. He left his studies to fight for his country in the civil war, enlisting, September 10, 1862, in Company B, Twenty-third Maine Regiment from Bridgton under Colonel William W. Virgin and served most of the time of his nine months' enlistment in the vicinity of Washington and along the Potomac river. Discharged on account of disability, March 23, 1863, at Edwards Ferry, Maryland, with rank of corporal. At the end of his term of enlistment he returned to college, but in 1864 he again entered the service, enlisting in the Seventh Maine Battery and took part in the battle of Petersburg and in the final engagement of the war in front of Richmond. He did not return to college, but was honored with the degree of A.B. by Bowdoin College, in 1904. He studied medicine at the Medical School of Maine, and was graduated with the degree of M.D. in 1869. He began the practice of his profession in Fryeburg, Maine, directly after graduating, and continued for a period of five years. After practicing a year in Massachusetts he located at Hiram, Maine, remaining nine years. In 1887-88 he was located at Peabody, Massachusetts, and since 1889 in Bridgton, Maine. He has been in general practice and is an honored and successful member of his profession, and is member of Maine Medical, also the American Medical associations. Dr. Bennett is a Republican in politics and has been especially useful in the towns in which he has lived on account of his interest in public education and his service on the school committees and as superintendent of schools. He is a member of Oriental Lodge, Free Masons, of Bridgton; Oriental Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Bridgton; Oriental Commandery, Knights Templar of Bridgton; Norway Council, Royal and Select Masters of Norway, Maine; charter member of Hiram Lodge, No. 39, Knights of Pythias, of Hiram, Maine. He belongs to Farragut Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Bridgton, and is an attendant of the Congregational church. He married, November 20, 1886, Rosalia Larrabee, born at South Columbia, New Hampshire, daughter of Joshua and Grace Ann (stevens) Larrabee, of South Columbia, New Hampshire. Children: 1. Dolly Chaplin, born in Alfred, Maine, October 31, 1887, graduate of Bridgton high school, now a member of the class of 1910, Smith College. 2. Emma Louville, born in Bridgton, September 9, 1896."

  2.   Biographical review : this volume contains biographical sketches of leading citizens of Cumberland County, Maine
    494-495.

    Graduated from Bowdoin College - he was a docteor practicing in Maine over 50 yeras, most of the time in Bridgton - he was very tall 6ft 4inchs thin and had a very scholary mind and a keen sense of humor. He was a veteran of the Civil War and died in Bridgton.

    John Chaplain 1758-1837 of Rowley Mass and Bridgton Me. and his Ancestry and Descendants.