Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Bennett, Hugh 1851 - 
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Author: History of Grundy County IL 1914

Bennett, Hugh – Fifteen years of consecutive service in the capacity of 
postmaster is the record of Hugh Bennett, of Coal City, Ill., a citizen who 
has gained the confidence and esteem of his fellow-townsmen no less through 
his conscientious devotion to the duties of his official position than through 
his recognized high ideals of the responsibilities of good citizenship. Mr. 
Bennett, as his name would indicate, is a native of Scotland, and has 
exemplified his possession of the sterling traits of his race – industry, 
honesty and thrift. He was born in 1851, and is a son of James and Janet 
(Allen) Bennett, his father being a miner both in Scotland and America. Both 
parents died in Pennsylvania.

Hugh Bennett was brought to the United States as an infant, and was reared in 
Pennsylvania, where he was given the advantages of a common school education.  
He came to Illinois when eighteen years of age and entered the mines at 
Braidwood, subsequently opening a shoe and dry goods store. His industry was 
rewarded by a full measure of success, and in 1883, seeking a wider field, he 
came to Coal City, here becoming the proprietor of a hardware store. He was 
successful also in this venture, in which he has continued to fill to the 
satisfaction of his fellow-citizens and with a record for faithfulness to duty 
that is worthy of emulation by any entering the postal service.

In 1873 Mr. Bennett was married to Miss Margaret Paden, who was born at 
Morris, Ill., and to this union there have been born six children: Janet, 
Clarence A., George J., Blanche E., William P. and Lorena R. In his political 
faith, Mr. Bennett is a Republican, and has served as a member of the board of 
trustees of Coal City for three terms. He is a popular member of the Masons, 
the Scottish Clans, the Knights of Pythias, in which he has passed through the 
chairs, and the Modern Woodmen of America, in which he is serving as 
treasurer. With his family, he attends the Presbyterian Church.

page 764

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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