Berrien County MI Archives Obituaries.....Redding, Benjamin M. December 28, 1878
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Niles Mirror, Wednesday, January 2, 1878, page 5, col. 4
Niles Mirror, Wednesday, January 2, 1878, page 5, col. 4

ANOTHER OLD SETTLER GONE

	Benjamin M. Redding died at his residence, in this city, on Saturday night last, 

about 12 o'clock, in the 86th year of his age.  He was born in Bedford county,
VA., , May 

4, 1792.  He removed to Preble county, Ohio, in 1812, where he purchased a farm.
 He was 

married Dec. 14, 1814, to Miss Permelia Wilson, by whom he had 12 children--four
daughters 

and eight sons, all of whom are dead except James H. who resides near Dayton. 
He removed 

from Ohio to Terre Coupe Prairie, Ind., in the fall of 1830, and purchased a
large farm, 

whre he remained only one year, when he moved over the line into Michigan, and
built a saw 

mill at Dayton where the grist mill now stands.  Thomas Denniston doing the
ccarpenter 

work.  Soon after the railroad was built he laid out the village of Dayton.  His
wife died 

Dec. 27, 1836.  In July, 1837, he married Mrs. Eunice A. Davis, of Niles.  He
removed to 

this city Oct. 21, 1858, and purchased a homestead on the west side, where he
resided at 

the time of his death.  Mr. Redding was one of those enterprising and energetic
men, well 

adapted to pioneer life, that struck the first blow to turn a willderness into
fruitful 

fields.  He was, for 60 years, a devoted member of the Methodist Church and died
with the 

Cristian armor on.

Additional Comments:
Buried @ Silverbrook cemetery, Niles. Wife Eunice A. Davis (Maiden name?) is
also buried there.

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