Bennington

BENNETT, Otto Ronald

Encyclopedia Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches 
of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other States. 
Burlington: Ullery Publishing Company, 1912, pp 117-118

Otto Ronald BENNETT, editor and publisher, Manchester [Bennington County, 
Vermont], was born 14 August 1866, son of George Walter and Julia Frances 
BENNETT. Educated at Burr and Burton Seminary, Manchester. Became 
apprentice to C. A. PIERCE, publisher of "Bennington Banner" 1884; was 
secretary and treasurer Ronald Printing Company, New York, 1888-1905; in 1905 
purchased the "Manchester Journal;" has since been its editor and publisher. 
Served in Company K, Twenty-third Regiment, National Guard, New York, for six 
years. 

In 1892 he [Otto Ronald BENNETT] married Jessie STEWART of Bennington; they 
have four children, George Stewart, Otto Ronald, Marion Louise, and Jessie 
Jean. Mr. BENNETT is a Republican; in religious belief an Episcopalian. 
Past master Boiling Spring Lodge No. 152, Free & Accepted Masons, of 
Rutherford, New Jersey; member of Adoniram Chapter No. 18, Royal Arch Masons, 
of Manchester; past grand of Hope Lodge No. 50, Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows, of Manchester.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly