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Wilson Sellery Bennett, son of Willard Johnson Bennett and Margaret May Lee, was born April 10, 1895 on the family farm east of Neligh and then lived there for 44 years.  Wilson learned farming from his father.  In 1935 he married Anne Gadeken.  They were the parents of six children:  Larry, Joan married Gerald Miller, Marlene married Richard Anderson, Nancy married Larry Baker, Laura married Robert Botelho and Shirley married Roger Nielsen. 

Source Unknown: Originally submitted for this website in June 2007