A director of the Wyoming National Bank for forty-five years and its president from 1895 until his death in 1910, George S. Bennett occupied exalted position in financial circles, and was one of Wilkes- Barre's most successful business men and exemplary citizens. His life was spent in Wilkes-Barre not in the accumulation of wealth for wealth's sake, but in constant unceasing labor for the welfare of the community in which his long life was passed. His work for the church he loved was of lifelong duration, and from 1868 until his death he was superintendent of the Sabbath school. Every charity, every philanthropy, every educational institution of his city, claimed his interest, and he was held in the very highest esteem by all who knew of his devoted life, and in lasting memory by his many friends.