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Martha Bennett, daughter of Sarah Dilley Bennett

Marriage to John F. C. Johnson, 1868, San Bernardino, California

Sarah Dilley Bennett was the daughter of Deriah John Dilley.

Deriah J. Dilley, Sarah Dilley & husband Asa Bennett and their three children George, Melissa, and baby Martha travelled from Iowa County, Wisconsin to the California Gold Rush in 1849 as the famed Death Valley 49'rs Bennett/Arcan Party.  Sarah Dilley Bennett is credited in the history books for giving Death Valley it's name.

 

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