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Surnames: Bennet, Bennett, Miller, Rakestraw, Carlisle, Ray, Fletcher, Alward, Sexton
Classification: Query
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I am related to Caleb Bennett and first wife Martha Miller, he has a very confusing family
to say the least. Have that he got a divorce sometime between 1870-1880, but can not find
where and when, was living in Montgomery county in the 1870 census but can find no records
there. Then also I have that he married the neighbor girl Elizabeth Rakestraw after her
father died, then moved to Illinois, but not sure when, in the 1880 census it states their
oldest child was born in 1868, he was still married to Martha in the 1870 census. In the
1880 census her mother and younger siblings were living with them. But I have been unable
to find a marriage record. Then I think he died by the 1900 census. I can't find
Elizabeth again till 1913, she is back in Montgomery County Indiana, she is marrying
Caleb's ex-son-in-law David Carlisle. Her marriage cert. states this would be her
third marriage.
Looking for any information to help me find out the where and when's for Caleb's
divorce, marriage and death.