"William Henry Perrin, History of Crawford and Clark Counties,Illinois (Chicago: 1883), I:378.
Westfield Township
Daniel Bennett came the same year (1830) and settled on the samesection (20). He was a native of Spencer County, Kentucky, and waskilled by falling from his horse four years later. His was the firstdeath in the township."
FindaGrave says:
"The first burial in this cemetery was that of Daniel Bennett, one ofthe first members of that church
Box 177 Clark Co, IL.
Thomas Frazier and Philip Bennett appointed guardians for the minorheirs of Daniel Bennett. Bond $500 16 Feb 1841."