Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Kauffman, John W. Benton 1836 - 
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JOHN W. BENTON. Among the settlers of 1S67 may be classed Mr. Benton, of Kingston
township, who makes his home on his fine farm on section 10, where he carries on
general farming.

  The subject of this sketch is a native of Oswego county, N. Y., born August 15,
1836, and is the son of John W. and Welthy (Widgar) Benton, natives of the Empire
State and England, respectively. About the year 1S36, the father of our subject
removed to Pennsylvania, where John W., Jr., was brought up. His mother remained in
York State, and our subject never saw her again, although he heard of her as being
alive in the fall of 1887. His father died of consumption about 1840. He was a
carpenter by trade. After his death, our subject went to live with his grandparents,
with whom he remained until he was eight years old, at which early age he may be
said to have commenced the battle of life for himself, He passed his time for the
next nine years in working at farm work and in going to school, after which for
several summers he was employed upon the Pennsylvania Canal. Thinking in the great
West there was a better show for him, hie came in this direction, and locating in
Wisconsin, went to work for a man by the name of Winchester, of Winnebago county. He
made his home in that part of the country until 1861, part of the time engaged in
the lumber business, but upon the 8th of September, of that year, he enlisted as
sergeant in Company 0, Fourteenth Wisconsin Infantry, and passed with that regiment,
through the “baptism of firo,” at Shiloh, in April, 1862. lie was discharged
September 19, 1662, on account of injuries received in the field, but February 13,
1865, he re-enlisted in the Eighth Wisconsin Infantry, from which he was discharged
September 5th, following. After being mustered out, Mr. Renton. settled in Fond du
Lac county, in the Badger State, where he remained until he came to Meeker county.

    The subject of our personal narrative was married December 25, 1861, to Miss
Julia Pratt, a native of Cortland county, E. Y., and daughter of Joshua and Ann
(Ramsey) Pratt. Her parents, who were natives of Connecticut and Hew York,
respectively, moved from New York when Mrs. Benton was but five years of age, to
Illinois, from there to Wisconsin, and finally to Minnesota, where the father died
in 1883. Her mother died three years previously in Wisconsin. Mrs. Benton, whose
birth took place July 3, 1844, was reared and educated in Foil du Lac county, Wis.

    By this marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Penton are the parents of six children—Manan U.
S.; Ida May, Mrs. Joseph Manson, residing in Washington Territory; Ella J., wife of
George Walter, now living in Mille Lacs county, this State; Roy E., Stella R., and
Wealthy Aurelia. Mr. Benton is a republican in his politics.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
Illustrated Album of Biography
Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota
1888


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