Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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BEN S. JARRETT, Los Angeles
 
Born White Pigeon, Michigan, in 1867. Educated in common schools. Came to Los 
Angeles in 1898 and since 1899 has been engaged in cigar manufacturing; now, 
especially a manufacturer of Havana cigars from the imported tobacco. Pres. St. 
Elmo Cigar Co., the largest importer of Havana leaf tobacco in the Southwest; 
this company, incorporated March 4, 1903, was awarded the World's Grand Prize on 
clear Havana cigars at Alaska-Yukon�Pacific Exposition (1909) and the first 
prize at the California State Fair. The St. Elmo Cigar Co. employs 130 people, 
the growth of its business having been rapid. "St. Elmo" is its leading brand, 
for which the prizes mentioned were awarded. Mr. Jarrett is a member of the 
Union League and a Mason (Knight Templar and Shriner). Married, 1888, Miss 
Mattie E. Smith, of Bloomfield, Ia.
 
SOURCE: Greater Los Angeles & Southern California Portraits & Personal 
Memoranda, Lewis Publishing Company, 1910, P.90