Benson, Arthur Horace

BENSON, IRISH, FAIRCLOTH, JENKINS

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Date: 8/27/2009 at 08:55:05

Benson, Arthur Horace

In compiling this volume of representative citizens of Jasper County occasion has been afforded to give the records of men in many walks of life; here will be found appropriate mention of worthy citizens of all vocations, and at this juncture we are permitted to offer a resume of the career of one of the enterprising young agriculturists of Kellogg Township where he has spent his entire life and where he has attained a high degree of success in his chosen field of labor and enterprise.

Arthur Horace Benson was born in Jasper County, Iowa, February 3, 1871. He is the son of Horace Itheal Benson, who was born in New York and who came west later in life and devoted his attention to farming. He married Jane Elizabeth Irish, who was born in Connecticut.

The subject grew to maturity on the home farm and assisted in the general work about the place, attending the public schools, receiving a good education at Glendale school No. 7. Early in life he began farming for himself and he has continued to make this his life work, now owning an excellent place of one hundred and sixty acres which he devotes to general farming and stock raising in a manner that brings very definite results and he has a good home and convenient outbuildings. He located on his present farm in 1907.

Mr. Benson was married on March 13, 1891, to Ida May Faircloth, who was born in Poweshiek County, Iowa, February 24, 1871; she is the daughter of Martin Van Buren Faircloth, who was born in South Carolina. He married Truzziller Jenkins, who was born in Indiana October 6, 1837. The following children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Benson: two daughters and one son, namely: Ruth, Mabel Irene and Arthur H.

Politically, Mr. Benson is a Democrat and he is a worthy member of the Congregational Church. Past and Present of Jasper County Iowa B. F. Bowden & Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1912 Page 1297.