Los Angeles County CA Archives Biographies.....Jarrett, Ben S. 
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Author: Robert J. Burdette (1910)

BEN S. JARRETT, LOS ANGELES
Born White Pigeon, Michigan, in 1867. Educated in common schools. Came to Los
Angeles in 1898 and since 1899 has been engaged in cigar manufacturing; now,
especially a manufacturer of Havana cigars from the imported tobacco. Pres. St.
Elmo Cigar Co., the largest importer of Havana leaf tobacco in the Southwest;
this company, incorporated March 4, 1903, was awarded the World's Grand Prize on
clear Havana cigars at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909) and the first
prize at the California State Fair. The St. Elmo Cigar Co. employs 130 people,
the growth of its business having been rapid. "St. Elmo" is its leading brand,
for which the prizes mentioned were awarded. Mr. Jarrett is a member of the
Union League and a Mason (Knight Templar and Shriner). Married, 1888, Miss
Mattie E. Smith, of Bloomfield, Ia.


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ROBERT J. BURDETTE
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THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO          LOS ANGELES          NEW YORK
1910


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