City: Memphis
BENNETT, Everett T., lumberman; born in Boston, Mass., March 18, 1857; reared in Boston, Mass., and educated in the public schools of that city; graduated from the grammar schools in 1871 and the high school in 1875, where he completed his study of books, and then entered a commercial college for a business course; in 1875 he became connected with the firm of William B. Reynolds & Co., lumber dealers, and remained with that company three years, then accepted a position with a lumber firm at Kenton, O., in 1881 he represented the Reynolds Co. at Nashville; in 1886 he went to Fort Smith, Ark., where he superintended the purchase of a lot of walnut lumber; in 1887 he became manager for Cummins Bros.; two years later he went into the Indian Territory with a portable saw mill for the purpose of cutting black walnut timber for export; in 1892 he went to Memphis, and in 1893 he and others formed a stock company and organized the Hardwood Lumber Company, of which he was made manager; three years later he purchased the entire plant and the company became the Bennett Hardwood Lumber Co., of which he is now president; member of Concatenated Order of Hoo Hoos.
