Cook County IL Archives Biographies.....Benson, Robert L. 1863 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com July 15, 2007, 1:30 am Author: Mae Felts Herringshaw (1916) Benson, Robert L., Real Estate and Investment Dealer of 122 South Michigan Avenue, was born in 1863, in Louisville, Ky. He is President of the River Forest Park District, River Forest, Ill.; and Vice-President of the J. C. Grant Chemical Company, the Crown Baking Powder Company and the McMahon Transfer Company, all of East St. Louis, Ill. He is also Countersigning Trustee of the Illinois Indemnity Exchange; Treasurer of the American Baking Powder Association; a member of the Cook County Real Estate Board, the Chicago Association of Commerce and the Chicago Athletic Association; and resides at River Forest, Ill. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HERRINGSHAW'S CITY BLUE BOOK OF BIOGRAPHY CHICAGOANS OF 1916. TEN THOUSAND BIOGRAPHIES EDITED BY MAE FELTS HERRINGSHAW CHICAGO CLARK J. HERRINGSHAW PUBLISHER Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1916, by Mae Felts Herringshaw in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/cook/bios/benson785gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb