Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Bennett, George Young September 17, 1891 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: J. Orr orr@hawaii.com October 30, 2009, 9:26 pm Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by the Honolulu Star Bulletin, Territory of Hawaii, 1925 Author: Edited by George F. Nellist GEORGE YOUNG BENNETT, Assistant Plantation Manager. Coming to Hawaii as a tourist in October, 1915, George Y. Bennett, now assistant manager of the Hilo Sugar Co., decided to locate in the islands permanently. He was a teacher at the Honolulu Military Academy, 1915-16; in the offices of C. Brewer & Co., Ltd., 1916-17, and in the latter year joined the Hilo Sugar Co., serving successively as timekeeper, section overseer and head overseer until promoted to his present position as assistant manager. Mr. Bennett was born in Gainsville, Ga., Sept. 17, 1891, the son of Greene G. and Amanda B. Bennett, and is a graduate of Britton Training College, Cisco, Texas. He had World war service and is a past commander of Hilo Post No. 3, American Legion. On April 11, 1917, Mr. Bennett married Nora Swanzy, daughter of the late Francis Mills Swanzy. Additional Comments: according to SSDI - DOD is March, 1973 in Honolulu. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/bios/bennett150bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/hifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb