Benjamin was one of 7 children born in Harrisburg Pennsylvania who moved with his parents John and Elizabeth Tritt Hemminger to Russel Kansas. They met with famine and family difficulties. After his sister Mary and his mother died he and his brother Christian went to Leadville Colorado (c. 1880) By 1892 he was in Bonners Ferry as the county Sheriff. He married Ida Shoefler. They had Beauford Cyril Hemminger (1893) and Eva (1897). They relocated to Whatcom County and managed the Excelsior Mine near Mt. Baker. In 1910 Benjamin was killed while working the Heckla Mine in Gem Idaho. He fell to his death in a mine shaft. His body was returned to Bellingham for burial.
Benjamin was one of 7 children born in Harrisburg Pennsylvania who moved with his parents John and Elizabeth Tritt Hemminger to Russel Kansas. They met with famine and family difficulties. After his sister Mary and his mother died he and his brother Christian went to Leadville Colorado (c. 1880) By 1892 he was in Bonners Ferry as the county Sheriff. He married Ida Shoefler. They had Beauford Cyril Hemminger (1893) and Eva (1897). They relocated to Whatcom County and managed the Excelsior Mine near Mt. Baker. In 1910 Benjamin was killed while working the Heckla Mine in Gem Idaho. He fell to his death in a mine shaft. His body was returned to Bellingham for burial.
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