1880 History of Polk County
Biographies - Des Moines
R. D. Bennett
BENNETT, R. D. - Coal dealer, East Des Moines, was born in Oneida county, New York, November 15,1831, where he was raised, and resided on a farm until he came to Des Moines, in 1865. Since residing in the city he has, been principally engaged in the retail coal trade on the East Side, and for the past several years has had charge of the street sprinkling for that side of the river. He served some six years as township trustee for Lee township, during which time he was overseer of the poor for the Seventh ward, and in 1879 he was appointed to the same position for the entire township, which position he is at present filling. He was united in marriage, in 1860, to Margaret Larkin, a native of Canada. Have four children: Elva, Roscoe C., Ernest and Estella.
Source: "The History of Polk County, Iowa" published by the Union Historical Company, Birdsall, Williams & Co. 1880, pg. 770.
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