Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 19 September 2005

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SAM C. BENNETT, hardware and agricultural implements, Mason; he was born in Westmoreland Co., Penn., May 10, 1854; he is a son of Isaac and Sarah J. College Bennett; Isaac is a son of Abraham Bennett, of whom mention is made in this work; he (Isaac) was reared in his native State (Pennsylvania), in which he was married and resided until 1860, when, with his family, he came to Ohio, the journey being made from Pittsburgh by the Ohio River. He located in Mason, in which he lived two years, and, in partnership with R. H. Bennett, together carried on a mercantile business until 1863, at which time he sold out his interest and removed to Monroe, in Butler Co., Ohio, where he embarked in the grocery business, in which he was engaged ten years. In 1873 or 1874, he removed to Hamilton Co., Ohio, in which he has since lived a retired life. Sarah College Bennett, daughter of William and Mary College, was born in Cambria Co., Penn., in which she was raised. Her marriage with Isaac Bennett was celebrated in Westmoreland Co., Penn.; to them have been born eleven children, all living, viz., Alsena (Mrs. Ruch); Joseph, Sam C.; Emma (Mrs. Bennett); John, Hetty, Mabel, Robert C., Agnes, Lorena, Frank and Clarence. With the exception of Emma and Hetty, who reside in La Fayette, Ind., the other children reside in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Bennett are members of the U. B. Church, to which they have been connected since childhood. The boyhood of Sam C., up to his 6th year, was spent in his native county. The rudiments of his education were principally received in the village schools of Mason and Monroe, which was afterward developed in the Nelson Commercial College, of Cincinnati, where he took a full business course, closing his school labors in 1870. When yet in school, his experience in the mercantile world began, and, for several years, was employed as a salesman in some of the leading houses in prominent towns, among which we mention Cincinnati. Sept. 12, 1877, he was married to Miss Nellie, the accomplished daughter of Charles H. and Nancy (Bennett) Phillips, of Douiphan, Kan. After the consummation of this event, he, with his bride, returned to Mason. and the year following, was engaged as a salesman. In 1879, be purchased of L. Babbitt & Co. their stock of drugs, which he disposed of six months later. In the implement business he next engaged, in which he successfully operated,