Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Benton, W. W. January 26, 1830 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Benton, W.W., German Flats, was born in Andover, Vt., January 26, 1830.  He 
was a blacksmith's son, and learned the trade of blacksmith.  After two years 
spent in the armory at Springfield he came in 1863 to Ilion and has been in 
the armory ever since, being now one of the contractors.  He is a Mason, and 
has served on the Board of Education.  In 1856 he married Meriam L. Huntley; 
they had one son, W. W., jr., who died in his seventeenth year, a promising 
young man, who had already distinguished himself as a student.


Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.


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