hˈɛnɹi ɡˈɑːɹlənd bˈɛnɪt wʌz bˈɔːɹn ɪn nᵻvˈædə kˈaʊnti, ˈɑːɹkənsˌɔː ˌɔn dᵻsˈɛmbɚ fˈoːɹtiːn, wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi sˈɪks, tə bˈæptɪst pɹˈiːtʃɚ tˈɑːməs dʒˈɛfɚsən ænd mˈɛɹi ᵻlˈɪzəbəθ bɹˈaɪt bˈɛnɪt.
Henry Garland Bennett was born in Nevada County, Arkansas on December 14, 1886, to Baptist preacher Thomas Jefferson and Mary Elizabeth Bright Bennett.