William Served in Company A 2nd Minnesota Cavalry during the Civil War
William Benson, son of William and Frances Benson, was born at Norfolk, St..Lawrence county, N.Y., Aug. 5, 1844, and died at St. Paul Minn., Nov. 29, 1916.
He moved with his parents from New York in 1854 and came to what then was the territory of Minnesota, settling in Fillmore county. Oct. 18, 1863, William Benson enlisted in Co. A 2nd Minnesota Cavalry and was discharged April 2, 1866.
Mr. Benson was united in marriage to Emma Ayers, Dec. 12, 1871, and resided on a farm in Harmony twp. until 1884 when they moved to Cresco, Iowa. In 1899 the family moved to Waterloo, returning to Cresco in 1903, where they resided until the wife passed away in 1909. Since that time Mr. Benson made his home with a war comrade, Mr. Gilbert Nafey of St. Paul, Minn.
He is survived by five children, Walter, E., Bernard L., Howard W., Henry Earl, and Mrs. Justis Ludden and one sister, Mrs. A. D. Perry. Two children, Arthur and Olive, preceded him to the better land.
Cresco Plain Dealer, Cresco, Iowa, December 8, 1916
Contributor: Lynette Jones
William Benson
Residence was not listed; 19 years old.
Enlisted on 10/18/1863 at Harmony, Fillmore Co., MN as a Private.
On 10/18/1863 he mustered into "A" Co. MN 2nd Cavalry
He was Mustered Out on 4/2/1866
Other Information:
born in New York
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-65
- Minnesota Adjutant General's Report of 1866
William Benson, son of William and Frances Benson, was born at Norfolk, St..Lawrence county, N.Y., Aug. 5, 1844, and died at St. Paul Minn., Nov. 29, 1916.
He moved with his parents from New York in 1854 and came to what then was the territory of Minnesota, settling in Fillmore county. Oct. 18, 1863, William Benson enlisted in Co. A 2nd Minnesota Cavalry and was discharged April 2, 1866.
Mr. Benson was united in marriage to Emma Ayers, Dec. 12, 1871, and resided on a farm in Harmony twp. until 1884 when they moved to Cresco, Iowa. In 1899 the family moved to Waterloo, returning to Cresco in 1903, where they resided until the wife passed away in 1909. Since that time Mr. Benson made his home with a war comrade, Mr. Gilbert Nafey of St. Paul, Minn.
He is survived by five children, Walter, E., Bernard L., Howard W., Henry Earl, and Mrs. Justis Ludden and one sister, Mrs. A. D. Perry. Two children, Arthur and Olive, preceded him to the better land.
Cresco Plain Dealer, Cresco, Iowa, December 8, 1916
Contributor: Lynette Jones
William Benson
Residence was not listed; 19 years old.
Enlisted on 10/18/1863 at Harmony, Fillmore Co., MN as a Private.
On 10/18/1863 he mustered into "A" Co. MN 2nd Cavalry
He was Mustered Out on 4/2/1866
Other Information:
born in New York
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-65
- Minnesota Adjutant General's Report of 1866
William Served in Company A 2nd Minnesota Cavalry during the Civil War
William Benson, son of William and Frances Benson, was born at Norfolk, St..Lawrence county, N.Y., Aug. 5, 1844, and died at St. Paul Minn., Nov. 29, 1916.
He moved with his parents from New York in 1854 and came to what then was the territory of Minnesota, settling in Fillmore county. Oct. 18, 1863, William Benson enlisted in Co. A 2nd Minnesota Cavalry and was discharged April 2, 1866.
Mr. Benson was united in marriage to Emma Ayers, Dec. 12, 1871, and resided on a farm in Harmony twp. until 1884 when they moved to Cresco, Iowa. In 1899 the family moved to Waterloo, returning to Cresco in 1903, where they resided until the wife passed away in 1909. Since that time Mr. Benson made his home with a war comrade, Mr. Gilbert Nafey of St. Paul, Minn.
He is survived by five children, Walter, E., Bernard L., Howard W., Henry Earl, and Mrs. Justis Ludden and one sister, Mrs. A. D. Perry. Two children, Arthur and Olive, preceded him to the better land.
Cresco Plain Dealer, Cresco, Iowa, December 8, 1916
Contributor: Lynette Jones
William Benson
Residence was not listed; 19 years old.
Enlisted on 10/18/1863 at Harmony, Fillmore Co., MN as a Private.
On 10/18/1863 he mustered into "A" Co. MN 2nd Cavalry
He was Mustered Out on 4/2/1866
Other Information:
born in New York
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-65
- Minnesota Adjutant General's Report of 1866
William Benson, son of William and Frances Benson, was born at Norfolk, St..Lawrence county, N.Y., Aug. 5, 1844, and died at St. Paul Minn., Nov. 29, 1916.
He moved with his parents from New York in 1854 and came to what then was the territory of Minnesota, settling in Fillmore county. Oct. 18, 1863, William Benson enlisted in Co. A 2nd Minnesota Cavalry and was discharged April 2, 1866.
Mr. Benson was united in marriage to Emma Ayers, Dec. 12, 1871, and resided on a farm in Harmony twp. until 1884 when they moved to Cresco, Iowa. In 1899 the family moved to Waterloo, returning to Cresco in 1903, where they resided until the wife passed away in 1909. Since that time Mr. Benson made his home with a war comrade, Mr. Gilbert Nafey of St. Paul, Minn.
He is survived by five children, Walter, E., Bernard L., Howard W., Henry Earl, and Mrs. Justis Ludden and one sister, Mrs. A. D. Perry. Two children, Arthur and Olive, preceded him to the better land.
Cresco Plain Dealer, Cresco, Iowa, December 8, 1916
Contributor: Lynette Jones
William Benson
Residence was not listed; 19 years old.
Enlisted on 10/18/1863 at Harmony, Fillmore Co., MN as a Private.
On 10/18/1863 he mustered into "A" Co. MN 2nd Cavalry
He was Mustered Out on 4/2/1866
Other Information:
born in New York
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-65
- Minnesota Adjutant General's Report of 1866
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