Contra Costa County CA Archives Biographies.....Bennett, Seeley James 1833 - 
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Author: W. A. & Slocum & Co. (1882)

SEELEY JAMES BENNETT.—Is the son of Stephen R, and Susan (Gregory) Bennett, and
was born in Delaware county, Ohio, October 9, 1833. Here he was educated and
resided until 1854, during the time working on his father's farm. He then
removed to Iowa and found employment with the Western Stage Company, with whom
he remained until February, 1859, when he concluded to settle in California.
Proceeding to New Orleans, he thence sailed via the Gulf of Mexico for the
Golden State, where he arrived towards the last days of March. He came direct to
Contra Costa county, and for the first year obtained employment in different
places until March 1, 1860, when he embarked in the livery business in Pacheco,
and there remained until 1862, when he transferred his establishment to
Martinez, at the same time purchasing his present property on Ferry street in
that town, to which he has since considerably added, and on which he has erected
one of the handsomest and most substantial buildings in the county. In 1861, Mr.
Bennett started and operated the first stage line from Pacheco to the Mt. Diablo
coal mines, and sold out when he went to Martinez. Afterwards he started a stage
line from Martinez to the summit of Mt. Diablo, which he still continues. In
Mrs. Bennett we have an esteemed lady, distinguished as a taxidermist. Her
ornithological collection is one of the most beautiful we have seen, and when it
is remembered that the birds are all native to the county, and that they have
been placed and worked entirely by her own unaided skill, we have said but
little to enlighten the reader in this regard. Mr. Bennett married in Martinez
January 20, 1862, Miss Jane E. Hough, a native of Ohio, and has an only son,
Stephen E., born July 3, 1864.

Additional Comments:
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HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION;
TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT
DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST
AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING
THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE;
ALSO,
Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches
OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS
1882.


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