Name: Benjamin Dobson
Birth Date: Nov 1799
Birth Place: Morris River Township**, Cumberland, New Jersey
(**Maurice River Township)
Marriage Date: 1 Jan 1818
Death Date: Nov 1876
Death Place: Mason's Grove**, Crawford, Iowa
(**Mason Grove eventually became known as Deloit)
Spouse: Kezziah Wolf
Source: Saints' Herald Obituaries, 1877, p. 15/ Journal of History, 2:2:215
Notes: Benjamin Dobson moved with his parents to Butler County, Ohio, in 1805. He settled at Tazewell County, Illinois, in the fall of 1831. He was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 28 December 1836 by Harvey Green. In 1844 he lived at Hancock County, Illinois. He resided in Wisconsin in 1846 and in Iowa in October 1850. In 1858 he settled at Mason's Grove, Crawford, Iowa. He affiliated with the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
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He erected the first saw mill in Crawford County and helped found the village of Deloit.
He and his wife Keziah had eleven children.
Name: Benjamin Dobson
Birth Date: Nov 1799
Birth Place: Morris River Township**, Cumberland, New Jersey
(**Maurice River Township)
Marriage Date: 1 Jan 1818
Death Date: Nov 1876
Death Place: Mason's Grove**, Crawford, Iowa
(**Mason Grove eventually became known as Deloit)
Spouse: Kezziah Wolf
Source: Saints' Herald Obituaries, 1877, p. 15/ Journal of History, 2:2:215
Notes: Benjamin Dobson moved with his parents to Butler County, Ohio, in 1805. He settled at Tazewell County, Illinois, in the fall of 1831. He was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 28 December 1836 by Harvey Green. In 1844 he lived at Hancock County, Illinois. He resided in Wisconsin in 1846 and in Iowa in October 1850. In 1858 he settled at Mason's Grove, Crawford, Iowa. He affiliated with the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
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He erected the first saw mill in Crawford County and helped found the village of Deloit.
He and his wife Keziah had eleven children.
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