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Show fgfiU » • *• 14' 176 D Street - c. 1888-9 In 1904 a major front addition was made, the original structure now just a small wing of the new house. In 1915 he added a sleeping porch and in 1918 he added a brick garage. He died at this home in 1938. Bennett's window Rosetta continued to live in the house until her death in 1957. Rosetta was born December 12, 1869 to Henry Wallace and Ellen Hayer Wallace. She was a Sunday School teacher and member of the LDS Tabernacle Choir for sixteen years before her marriage. In 1896, she was appointed to the general board of the Young Women's Improve ment Association. She served on that board for forty-two years and contributed articles to "The Gleaner's Sheaf." She traveled in Europe to work in genealogy. She attended the University of Utah. She was the mother of five sons and daughters. Her children were: Wallace F. Bennett, U. S. Senator; Herold H. Bennett, Executive Vice-President of ZCMI and Bennett Motor Company; Richard S. Bennett, President of Bennett Glass and Paint Company; Mrs. Elwood G. (Elizabeth) Winters, and Mrs. Kenneth E. ( Mary)Smith. After Rosetta died, her daughter, Elizabeth and son-in-law Elwood Grant Winters took over the house. Winters was born November 20, 1897 in Ogden to Oscar L. and Ella Smith Winters. He married Elizabeth Bennett on September 2, 1926. Winters graduated from the Weber Academy and attended Utah State University. He attended Officers' Training School as a member of the Student Army Training Corps during World War I and was commissioned a second lieutenant. He later attended the University of Utah School of Business. Winters was an assistant to the president of Bennett Paint and Glass Company, vice president and member of the board of directors of Key Investment Corporation, and organizer and president of Winter's Distributing Company. Winters was presi dent of the International Visitors, a member of the Greater Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis Club, Bonneville Knife and Fork Club, and Downtown Planning Commission. In addition, he was on the board of governors of the Junior Chamber of Commerce from 1931 to 1933. Winters was a member of the LDS General Young Men Mutual Improvement Association Board, and Ensign State Mission President. He died in 1970. He was survived by his widow and the following children: Richard Winters, Mrs. Noel C. (Nell) Peek, Mrs. Paul C. (Jayne) Fife, Mrs. Wendell B. (Mary Ann) Stringfellow. Elizabeth, his wife, and the daughter of John F. Bennett still lived in the house at the time this report was filed. |
