Biographical Sketch of John T. Benton, Dent County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas,
 Pulaski, Phelps & Dent Counties, Missouri, Published 1889, Goodspeed
 Publishing Company.

Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com)

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John Thomas Benton, of Salem, wholesale agent for Anheuser-Busch, of
St. Louis, MO., is a native of Crawford County, MO., where he was born
in 1847, being the son of Henry W. and Nancy T. (King) Benton.  Henry
W. Benton was born in Jefferson County, MO., in 1804, and is a farmer
by occupation.  He was left fatherless at the age of three years, and
was reared by his sister in his native county.  Previous to his 
marriage he moved to Crawford County, MO., where he now resides and
where he has since lived.  He is the oldest resident of Crawford County
now living.  He is the father of seven children:  Rhoda Ann, wife of
Calvin Brand, in Crawford County, MO; James S., on the old home place;
Catherine E., wife of James M. Avery; John T., Henry E., Julia Ann, 
wife of Val Blanton, and Elijah P.  Mrs. nancy Benton, mother of these
children, was born in the State of Kentucky in 1813, and came to Craw-
ford County, MO., with her parents, Joseph and Rhoda King, when thir-
teen years of age.  Her parents are both deceased.  Mrs. Benton is 
living, and she and her husband have lived together over fifty years.
John Thomas Benton remained with his parents on the farm until twenty
two years of age, and June 7, 1867, he married Miss Nancy Evaline Jones
daughter of James and Evaline (Province) Jones, and a native of Izard
County, Ark., born in 1845.  To this union were born two children:
James E., barber in Salem, and Julia Ellen.  In 1869 Mr. Benton moved
to Scotia, Crawford County, MO., and worked at the furnace.  In 1873
he removed to Midland Furnace, where he remained until 1882, when he
became a resident of Salem, MO., where he now resides.  For the past
year he has been agent for Anheuser-Busch's Brewery in St. Louis.  Mr.
Benton lost his first wife in 1872, and in the year 1885 he married
Miss Maggie E. Garner, who was born in Dent County, MO.  They have one
child, Birdie.  Mr. Benton is one of the finest men, physically, in
the State of Missouri, standing six feet, four and a half inches in
his stockings, and weighs 320 pounds, there not being a pound of 
surplus flesh on him.  He is a Democrat in politics, and cast his first
presidential vote for Greeley in 1872.

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