Biography

11/10/1800 - 11/04/1878

BENNETT, Ziba, a Representative from Luzerne County; born, November 10, 1800 in Weston, Fairfield County, Ct. engaged, general merchandise; director, Wyoming Bank (1829-1878); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1833-1834 and 1834-1835 terms; appointed, associate judge, Luzerne County (1842); director, Wyoming Seminary (1857-1878); president, Wilkes-Barre Bridge Company; partner, Bennet, Phelps and Co, banking firm (1862-1878); director, Miners’s Savings Bank (1868-1878); died, November 4, 1878 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; interred, Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.