WILLIAM HAMLIN
William Hamlin was a pioneer settler of Benton township. He came on the 6th day of May 1851, and located on section 6. He set about improving his claim, and the log cabin which he built was the first structure of any kind erected in the township. It was sixteen by sixteen feet in ground area. He remained about five years, when he removed to Pymosa township. He afterwards removed from the county, going to Arkansas, where he now resides. He is a brother of Nathaniel Hamlin, of Audubon county.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 636-637.
William Hamlin was the pioneer of Benton township, settling in May, 1851. He also built the first house, planted the first corn and potatoes, and gathered the first crop in the township. This was all in 1851.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 652.
