Posted on: VanBuren Co. Ia Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/VanBuren/11454 Surname: Bennett ------------------------- Janet, In the History of Van Buren County book which I have, there is a "John Bennett, farmer, Sec. 10 P.O. Birmingham, born in Bradford Co. Penn. Jan. 21, 1798...in 1837 he moved to Van Buren Co.... His wife's name was Sarah Bagley, and they had 14 children, but none with the name or initials "J.D." Do you think there's any connection? Do you know what township your JD lived in? It might say in the census data. Let me know and I'll look further in the book. Linda