Bio of Leininger, Benjamin F. (b.1847) Wabasha Co., MN
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Leininger, Benjamin F., jeweler, of Plainview, was born August 8, 1847, of
farmer parents, in Green county, Ohio. He received a country school
education. Most of his youth was spent near Elkhart, Indiana. At the age
of nineteen he entered the employ of Michael Trubi, an Elkhart jeweler, of
whom he learned the trade. Two years later he went to Lincoln, Illinois,
and worked at the trade two years. In the fall of 1870 he came to
Minnesota and worked at his trade in Eyota and Plainview for a few months,
and then bought the Plainview jewelry store of Mr. Brown, and has since
continued business in this town, where he now owns a residence and
business block. October 1, 1874, he was married to Helen Smith, daughter
of Milton Smith, Esq., of Plainview. Three children have been born to
them, namely, Darwin, Milton and Frederick.