The Family of Guy B. Bennett I and Clara Seward Bennett

The Parents of Guy B. Bennett I

Albert G. Bennett and Bertha Bowles Bennett

The Parents of Clara Seward

Fred D. Seward and Minnie B. Caskey Seward

Bennett Family Tree

Bowles Family Tree

Seward Family Tree

Caskey Family Tree

Marriages of Guy B. Bennett I

1st Marriage to Mildred Sisson in 1923

2nd Marriage to Clara Seward in 1951

Marriages of Clara Seward

1st Marriage to Charles Mack in 1918

2nd Marriage to Guy B. Bennett I in 1951

Award to Clara Seward Mack

From the Wayland Register, 28 July 1938

The Register was in receipt during the past week of a certificate of merit to be presented to Mrs. Clara Mack, as the winner of the championship of New York state in the annual contest for the best newspaper correspondent, conducted by the Country Home Magazine.

As has been previously announced Mrs. Mack was awarded a cash prize of $100 as the second prize in one of the classes in the magazine’s national contest.

The certificate, which has been framed and presented to Mrs. Mack reads: “Certificate of Merit - This is to certify that Clara Mack has been named as the champion country newspaper correspondent of New York for 1937-1938 in the annual contest conducted by the Country Home Magazine in co-operation with the National Editorial Association. Approved by the board of judges, William J. Cheney, editor Colliers; Wheeler McMillen, editorial director Country Home Magazine; Sumner Blossum, editor The American Magazine; Gertrude B. Lane, editor Woman’s Home Companion.”

A letter to the editor, accompanying the certificate says in part: “The fine correspondence of Clara Mack has won the championship of your state in the annual contest conducted by this magazine. Congratulations on having a state winner on your staff.”

The Obituary of Guy B. Bennett I

21 November 1895 - 14 May 1999

From the Genesee Country Express, 20 May 1999

Wayland - Guy B. Bennett, Sr., 103, of 126 Lincoln St., passed away peacefully on Friday, May 14, 1999.

Mr. Bennett was born Nov. 21, 1895 in Wayland, a son of Albert Guy and Bertha (Bowles) Bennett.

Guy attended the Union Free District School, graduating in 1915. He studied mechanical drawing and machine shop at RIT, then transferred to Cornell University and joined the Air Force in 1917. He was the last surviving WWI veteran in the Wayland area and was named Chevalier of the National Order of the Legion of Honor, France’s highest award. During his tour of duty he served as a mechanic in France and was honorably discharged on June 12, 1919 from Co. 19, 1st Air Service Mechanics Regiment. Guy and his brother, Homer, started Bennett Brothers in 1919 as an automobile repair shop. The Buick franchise was awarded on July 1, 1922. He was predeceased by his brother Homer on Nov. 23, 1970. The business has continued as Bennett’s Buick-Chevrolet-Olds Corp with his son and grandsons at the helm.

He married Mildred Sisson on Sept. 24, 1923, she predeceased him on Feb. 8, 1951. They had two children, Marion S. Johnson and Guy B. Bennett Jr., Marion passed away on Sept. 25, 1994. Guy married Clara (Seward) Mack on Dec. 29, 1951; she predeceased him on June 6, 1975.

Guy served 28 years as the Wayland School Board president, Wayland High School from 1932-45, and at the Wayland Central School from 1945-60. He was a Boy Scout Commissioner in 1934 and the president of the Wayland Rotary Club in 1957-58. He was a member of the Dansville Pilots Association, Dansville VFW, Wayland American Legion, Wayland United Methodist Church, the Golden Agers and has a life membership in the Wayland Historical Society.

Guy is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Guy and Anita (Brooks) Bennett Jr., of Wayland; six grandchildren, Guy Brooks Bennett, Joanne (David) Sawdey, James (Barbara) Bennett, all of Wayland, Dr. Suzanne Johnson (Dr. Nathan Perry) of Archer, Fla., Dr. Carl Nils Johnson (Dr. Deborah Landen) of Pittsurgh, PA and Peter Lars (Gail) Johnson of Gainesville, Fla.; 13 great-grandchildren, Kristin, Elisa Brooke, Samantha, Zachary, Ryan, Elyse, Erika, Marissa, Eve, Jeremy, Justin, Julie and Jessica; his son-in-law, Carl E. Johnson; four nieces and one nephew, Jean Marie (Bennett) Huey, Beverly (Sisson) Evans, Ruth Sisson, Barbara Sisson and Lyle Sisson Jr.

Friends may call at the Walter E. Baird & Sons Funeral Home, 100 E. Naples St., Wayland. Funeral services were held on Tuesday at the United Methodist Church in Wayland with Rev. Osceola Wharton Officiating. Burial with full military honors was in the Village Cemetery, Wayland.

Veteran of WW I

The Obituary of Clara Seward Mack Bennett

1898 - 6 June 1975

From the Genesee Country Express, 12 June 1975

Mrs. Clara Mack Bennett of 126 Lincoln St., Wayland, well-known author, die in Noyes Memorial Hospital Friday (June 6, 1975). She was 76.

Mrs. Bennett was a native of Springwater and had lived in this area all her life. She was the author of “Thoughts of a Country Woman” and “Easy Verses,” two books of poetry. For many years, she also wrote a column for the Wayland Register.

She was a member of Wayland Chapter 499, Order of the Eastern Star, the Rochester Poetry Society, the Wayland United Methodist Church and its Women’s Society and of the Wayland Lowell Club.

Mrs. Bennett was also active in Clara Barton American Red Cross Chapter. She had served several years as chairman of the unit’s Wayland Branch. In the summer of 1963, she and Mrs. Schuyler B. Pratt went abroad and visited in Geneva, Switzerland, during the centennial year of the International Red Cross which was founded in that city. They reported on that visit at a chapter meeting following their return. Mrs. Bennett also was a member of the Wayland American Legion Auxiliary.

Surviving are her husband, Guy Bennett Sr.; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Marion Johnson of Binghamton; a stepson, Guy B. Bennett Jr. of Wayland; six grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Melva Snyder and Mrs. Lucille Bartlett of Springwater; three brothers, Harold and Arthur Seward of Springwater and Horace Seward of Lakeville.

A funeral service was conducted in the Baird Funeral Home, Wayland, Monday afternoon. Burial was in Wayland Village Cemetery.

The Burial of Guy B. Bennett I

Wayland Village Cemetery in Wayland NY

The Burial of Clara Seward Mack Bennett

Wayland Village Cemetery in Wayland NY

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