b Aug 3, 1804 Fairhaven, Bristol Co, Mas
m Mary A Barker(div 1842)
m 1847 Sarah Rider
bap Sept 1840
d Aug 5, 1867
1840 appointed quartermaster-general of Illinois militia
Feb 1, 1840 named major general of Nauvoo Legion
Feb 1, 1841 elected mayor of Nauvoo
April 7, 1840 named as "asst president until Rigdon's health should be restored"
May 19, 1842 resigned as mayor
May/June 1842 expelled from church
1846-47 associated with Strang-then excommunicated
authored The History of the Saints; or an Expose' of Joe Smith and the Mormons(1842)
bibl TMD:127-39
BOM:10-14
RJS:253-54
Smith, Andrew C.
The Saintly Scoundrel: The Life and Times of John Cook Bennett
Univ of Illinois Press 1997
note wrote under the name of "Joab"
RJS says b Aug 4
