Multnomah-Umatilla County OR Archives Biographies.....Benson, Arthur R. August 5, 1884 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Page 772
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     ARTHUR R. BENSON.  One of the leading firms at the Union stockyards in 
Portland is the Benson Commission Company, which is not only the oldest firm 
in that line here, but has always enjoyed a high reputation for honorable 
dealing and reliability. Arthur R. Benson, president of the company, was born 
in Foster, now Stanfield, Umatilla county, Oregon, on the 5th of August, 1884, 
and is a son of Thomas C. and Ella (Robbins) Benson, of whom the former was 
born in Trenton county, Missouri, and the latter in Oregon, she being a 
daughter of Jacob Robbins, one of the early pioneers of this state. Thomas C. 
Benson came to Oregon in 1864 and located first at Umatilla Meadows, Umatilla 
county, in eastern Oregon, with his parents, Jesse Boston and Emily Elizabeth 
(White) Benson. Thomas Benson followed farming and raised live stock in 
eastern Oregon for a number of years and became a cattle buyer for the firm of 
O'Shea Brothers, composed of John F. and James O'Shea, pioneers in the meat 
packing business in Portland, who formed the Union Meat Company, which later 
sold out to Swift & Company. In 1908 Mr. Benson came to Portland and engaged 
in the stock commission business at the old stockyards, under the name of the 
Benson Commission Company, with which he remained actively identified until 
his retirement, when he was succeeded by his son, Arthur R., and Lyman B. 
Miller, who are continuing the business. They handle cattle, hogs, sheep and 
goats and during all the years of its existence the firm has handled its full 
share of the business in its line.

     In 1908 Arthur R. Benson was united in marriage to Miss Bertina C. 
Cramer, who is a native of Wisconsin, and they are the parents of a son, Guy 
Walter, now sixteen years of age and attending high school. Mr. Benson, who is 
now president of his company, is a past president of the Portland Livestock 
Exchange, and is a member of the Columbia Country Club. He is a man of cordial 
and friendly manner, enjoys an extensive acquaintance and is held in high 
esteem by all who know him.

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