BENTON, George

BENTON, FOLK

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Date: 10/3/2001 at 17:08:01

Biographical Sketches Of Washington Twp. beginning on pg 814
From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879)

GEORGE BENTON, farmer, Sec. 27; P.O. De Witt; born in England, July, 1811; he came to New York in 1836; where he lived two years; then removed to Davenport, Iowa. He married Mary Folk, a native of Illinois; came to Clinton Co. in 1845, and settled in Deep Creek Township; he removed to Washington Township in 1848, and entered a farm in Section 24; he settled where he now lives in 1852. Has had nine children, seven are living -- George A., Richard E., William E., John Dillman, Mary E., and Susan; lost first child, Sarah A., and third, Casper C. Mr. Benton owns over 400 acres of land.