Sacramento County
Biographies
WILSON D. BENNETT
WILSON D. BENNETT--How much of the success of the California Fruit Exchange in its rendering of an exceptionally efficient service to the public, directly and indirectly associated with it, has been due to the proficiency of Wilson D. Bennett and his fortunate qualifications for the office of sales-manager, those who are familiar with the interesting history of that wide-awake and far-reaching organization, may testify. Born in Brooklyn, then the city of churches across the East River from New York City, on August 6, 1872, our subject grew up in the refined home circle of his parents, William Remson and Annette (Duryee) Bennett, both of whom are now dead, and who rounded out their useful lives in a manner highly creditable to them and their near of kin. They were progressive in every sense of the word, and so it happened that, in addition to the public school courses, Wilson enjoyed the training of the nationally famous Brooklyn Polytechnic, and in time came to be a valued employee of the Earl Fruit Company in the East.
Having by that experience established an enviable reputation, Wilson Bennett in 1903 joined the distributors for a couple of seasons, remaining in the great city of New York; and next he was with Messrs. Steinhart & Kelly in the metropolis. He next entered the office of the California Fruit Growers' Exchange, in New York, acting as assistant to the district manager; and when Mr. Nagle became manager, he came to the Sacramento office of the California Fruit Exchange. He has been in California since 1910, and during the intervening years has more and more mastered the many and intricate details of California life and traditions. He attends conventions, in which his voice and his counsel are heard. He is a former director of the Chamber of Commerce, belongs to the Rotary Club, and devotes himself especially to activities designed to forward fruit growing and other agricultural interests.
At Brooklyn, N.Y., in the year 1897, Mr. Bennett was married to Miss Rebe Schenck, and their union has been blessed with the birth of a son, Adolphus, now in New York in the cotton trade, and a daughter, Elletta. In national politics Mr. Bennett is a Republican. He is among the most popular members of the Sutter Club.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County, California
With Biographical Sketches, Pages 681-682.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.