Bennett, Van S.

Born: 1802-12-09 Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Died: 1873-08-01 Sangamon County, Illinois

Flourished: 1834-1873 Sangamon County, Illinois

In 1834, Bennett moved to Springfield, Illinois, where he was employed as a tailor. In 1843, Bennett retained Abraham Lincoln and his partners to represent him in the Sangamon County Circuit Court.

U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Sangamon County, IL, 77; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Sangamon County, IL, 20; John Carroll Power and S. A. Power, History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois (Springfield, IL: Edwin A. Wilson, 1876), 111-12; Gravestone, Mechanicsburg Cemetery, Mechanicsburg, IL; Bennett v. White, Martha L. Benner and Cullom Davis et al., eds., The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition, 2d edition (Springfield: Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 2009), http://www.lawpracticeofabrahamlincoln.org; Illinois State Register (Springfield), 1 August 1873, 1:3.