Benton P. Bondurant was born in Pike County, Ohio, in 1838, and was reared in the old iron furnace district of Southern Ohio. He occasionally hauled pig iron for the furnaces, drove cattle for farmers, and for a time was in the lumber business. During the war he was a member of the Ohio Home Guard, and several times filled the office of justice of the peace. On October 11, 1881, the Bondurant family arrived in Ness County. Benton took government land in High Point Township, secured a patent to it, but placed there only temporary or pioneer improvements. After a few years he left the farm and engaged in the feed business at Ness City.
The Bondurant family during their early days in Kansas experienced all the vicissitudes and hardships of existence. They made the journey by rail as far as Larned, and a hired vehicle brought them into Ness County. Benton P. Bondurant and wife had just enough money to reach their destination and purchase a few cows. In order to eke out a scanty existence their sons took turns of working out for others a month at a time. In this way they secured the use of a yoke of oxen to break up the land of their homestead. Occasionally two of the sons went further east where farm work was more plentiful and their wages served to keep the family in provisions until the crop could be made. Those sons also were employed in the sugar mills at Sterling, Kansas. (from "A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans" c.1919)
The Bondurant family during their early days in Kansas experienced all the vicissitudes and hardships of existence. They made the journey by rail as far as Larned, and a hired vehicle brought them into Ness County. Benton P. Bondurant and wife had just enough money to reach their destination and purchase a few cows. In order to eke out a scanty existence their sons took turns of working out for others a month at a time. In this way they secured the use of a yoke of oxen to break up the land of their homestead. Occasionally two of the sons went further east where farm work was more plentiful and their wages served to keep the family in provisions until the crop could be made. Those sons also were employed in the sugar mills at Sterling, Kansas. (from "A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans" c.1919)
Benton P. Bondurant was born in Pike County, Ohio, in 1838, and was reared in the old iron furnace district of Southern Ohio. He occasionally hauled pig iron for the furnaces, drove cattle for farmers, and for a time was in the lumber business. During the war he was a member of the Ohio Home Guard, and several times filled the office of justice of the peace. On October 11, 1881, the Bondurant family arrived in Ness County. Benton took government land in High Point Township, secured a patent to it, but placed there only temporary or pioneer improvements. After a few years he left the farm and engaged in the feed business at Ness City.
The Bondurant family during their early days in Kansas experienced all the vicissitudes and hardships of existence. They made the journey by rail as far as Larned, and a hired vehicle brought them into Ness County. Benton P. Bondurant and wife had just enough money to reach their destination and purchase a few cows. In order to eke out a scanty existence their sons took turns of working out for others a month at a time. In this way they secured the use of a yoke of oxen to break up the land of their homestead. Occasionally two of the sons went further east where farm work was more plentiful and their wages served to keep the family in provisions until the crop could be made. Those sons also were employed in the sugar mills at Sterling, Kansas. (from "A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans" c.1919)
The Bondurant family during their early days in Kansas experienced all the vicissitudes and hardships of existence. They made the journey by rail as far as Larned, and a hired vehicle brought them into Ness County. Benton P. Bondurant and wife had just enough money to reach their destination and purchase a few cows. In order to eke out a scanty existence their sons took turns of working out for others a month at a time. In this way they secured the use of a yoke of oxen to break up the land of their homestead. Occasionally two of the sons went further east where farm work was more plentiful and their wages served to keep the family in provisions until the crop could be made. Those sons also were employed in the sugar mills at Sterling, Kansas. (from "A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans" c.1919)
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