Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Benson, Henry P. January 15, 1873 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by the Honolulu Star Bulletin, Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

  HENRY P. BENSON, Corporation Executive. Although absent from the islands for 
long periods at several different times, Henry P. Benson, president and 
manager of the Hawaiian Contracting Co., Ltd., the largest concern of the kind 
in the Territory, has been intimately associated with Hawaii since he was a 
child of seven.
  Born in Oakland, Calif., Jan. 15, 1873, the son of Henry M. and Fanny (Paty) 
Benson, he received his early education at St. Alban’s Academy in Honolulu, 
having arrived here in 1880 with his parents. His father, Henry M. Benson, 
Sr., was one of the founders of the firm of Benson, Smith & Co., but he 
disposed of his business interests here and returned to the mainland in 1886.
  Henry P. Benson, however, after an engagement with the Boston & Montana 
Mining Co. in Montana, returned to Hawaii a few years later and in 1900 took a 
position with the Pacific Hardware Co., then owned by the late B. F. 
Dillingham. In 1906 Mr. Benson with I. S. Dillingham purchased the capital 
stock of the hardware firm, selling out later to E. O. Hall & Son, Ltd., and 
Theo H. Davies & Co., Ltd. At that time Mr. Benson again left for the 
mainland, going to Nevada where he was interested in mining ventures for a 
number of years.
  Once more returning to Hawaii, he was employed in a clerical capacity with 
the Hawaiian Dredging Co., Ltd., in 1910, later becoming treasurer. When the 
Hawaiian Contracting Co., Ltd., was organized in 1918 by Walter F. Dillingham 
and associates, Mr. Benson was elected president and manager.
  Mr. Benson was graduated from San Jose High School in 1890, entering the 
University of California with the Class of ’94. He played football at college 
and captained the Varsity team. In recent years he has coached prep school 
teams in Honolulu.
  Mr. Benson and Carmen Vida Boyd were married at Reno, Nev., Oct. 25, 1908. 
They have one son, Henry M. Benson. Mr. Benson is a member of the University, 
Automobile and Commercial Clubs.


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