Benjamin, Fremont

BENJAMIN

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Date: 10/11/2006 at 01:32:49

Fremont Benjamin

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.132, Knox Twp.)
Fremont Benjamin, attorney, Avoca, dates his residence in Avoca back to July, 1875. He was born in Schuyler County, N. Y., and, prior to his coming West, he had spent about eight years in the schools of Elmira, graduating from the Elmira Academy, while Prof. J. Dorman Steele was Principal of that institution. He came to Avoca and engaged in school-teaching,, but concluding to study law, he entered the office of John Ledwich. He subsequently took a course in the State University of Iowa, from which he graduated in 1881. In February, he was admitted to the bar in Johnson County, Iowa, and, in the following June, he was admited to practice in the United States Courts. He began practice in Avoca in April of 1881, and has succeeded in establishing a good business. In political affairs, he has taken an active part with the Republican party. He is a member of the Mt. Nebo Lodge, No. 297, A., F. & A. M., of which he is the present Secretary.