Morgan-Montgomery County AlArchives Biographies.....Benson, Eustace C. 1853 - 
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Author: Smith & De Land, publishers

  EUSTACE C. BENSON, Merchant, Decatur, made his advent into life February 20,
1853, at Montgomery, Ala., and there received his education and business
training. He went into business on his own account as the junior member of the
firm of Benson Bros. long well known in Montgomery and elsewhere. John M.
Benson, the senior member, died in 1881, and E. C. Benson conducted the business
under the old name until June, 1887, when John L. Brown, who married Mr.
Benson's sister, became an equal partner in the business, and the firm name
became Benson & Brown. They still continue their business on Dexter Avenue,
Montgomery, and in 1887 established a house on LaFayette street, Decatur, under
the supervision of Mr. E. C. Benson, who has resided here since that time. The
business conducted by him has been eminently satisfactory.

  James R. Benson, our subject's father, was a native of Virginia, and came to
Alabama in 1845; he was a farmer and merchant. His wife, also of Virginia, was
Susan, daughter of Wm. Bell. They had seven sons and four daughters, our subject
being among the younger members of the family.

  He is a member of the Baptist Church, a prominent Knight of Pythias, and an
active, energetic man, devoted to the progress of Decatur.


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Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical
Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land
1888

PART IV.
MONOGRAPHS OF THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA,
TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVE PEOPLE.


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