Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Bennett, Nathan 1845 - 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1890

NATHAN BENNETT. The record of Nathan Bennett is one to which he can point with 
just pride as that of an excellent citizen, a faithful workman, a kind friend 
and an affectionate member of the family circle. He is of English birth and 
parentage, his early days having been spent in Midland where his eyes opened 
to the light in 1845. His parents were Samuel and Margaret (Ashley) Bennett, 
and the former was an engineer in the employ of the Crown, continuing an 
honorable service until his death. The gentleman of whom we write was reared 
in the manner usual to the son of an artisan and after acquiring his 
education, learned the trade of puddling, in the government service. In 1868 
he came to America selecting St. Louis as his first abiding place. There he 
was engaged in the Bremen Mills for some months, after which he came to 
Joliet, Ill., and entered the employ of the Joliet Steel Works. In 1873, he 
began assisting in the manufacture of steel, at which he has continued until 
the present time, a period of twenty-one years—a record that could only be 
made by sobriety and faithfulness. In addition to this Mr. Bennett is engaged 
in connection with the firm of Demart Bennett in an extensive trade in fine 
carriages, their place of business beirg No. 210 North Ottawa Street. The 
dwelling that Mr. Bennett owns and occupies on Mississippi Avenue is presided 
over by a lady who became his wife in 1867. She was known in her maidenhood as 
Miss Mary Ann Guy, and is a woman of worth of mind and heart. The happy union 
has been blessed by the birth of six children, named respectively, Sarah Ann, 
Albert Edward, Edith, Mabel, Marion, and Robert Arson. Mr. Bennett is 
devotedly attached to his home as well he may be. The Amalgamated Society has 
repeatedly made Mr. Bennett its President and he has been the Treasurer of the 
Society of St. George since its organization, having been a charter member. He 
also belongs to the Knights of Pythias Lodge, No. 36. He is numbered among the 
members of the Ottawa Street Methodist Episcopal Church.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890

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