Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 473
BENJAMIN F. LAPORT

Benjamin F. LaPORT, was an early Harrison County Iowa pioneer coming in May, 1852 with Daniel Jewell and working on Daniel's farm in Harris Grove. He spent time as a blacksmith in Magnolia from 1854 to 1857, at Reeder's Mills for two years, in Michiagn another two years, in Logan, at Whitesboro, and finally back to Logan in July, 1867.

Benjamin was born in Harrison County, Ohio on 5 May 1831. His father George was born in August, 1805 and died on 9 Jun 1886. Benjamin's mothers maiden was Ann Johnson, and she was a native of Virginia who died 3 Jul 1887 in Cass County, Michigan. Benjamin's grandfather LaPorte was from France.

Benjamin attended common schools in Michigan, where his parents moved when he was four years of age. He married in Magnolia on 31 Dec 1854 to Sylvia HARRIS, a native of Van Buren County, Michigan. They had two children, Frank and Nellie.

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