Benson, Dr.Alexter (Alester)
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Benson, Dr.Alexter (Alester)
| Celia Davis (View posts) | Posted: 29 Jan 2000 12:00PM GMT |
Classification: Biography
Surnames: Benson, Elethorp, Chamberlin, Oliver, Kerney
from reprint of “Clarke County Historical and Biographical Record” by Lewis Publishing, 1886. p.12
DR. ALEXTER BENSON was born in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, November 13, 1824. His parents, Sylvester and Electa (Elethorp) BENSON, were born, reared and married in Vermont, going to Pennsylvania immediately after marriage. They made the trip in winter by sleigh, traveling 300 miles. They had nine children, Alester being the eldest, and the only one now living. In 1834 the family moved to Hocking County, Ohio, where Alester was reared to manhood.
March 16, 1848, he married Miss Jane Chamberlin, a native of Ross County, Ohio. In 1854 they moved to Logan County, Illinois, where the Doctor followed farming and practicing medicine for eight years. In the autumn of 1860 he moved to Wapello County, Iowa, where he followed his profession several years. In 1869 he came to Franklin Township, where he has since lived.
He owns a fine stock farm of 177 acres, besides having divided 160 acres with his children. Since coming to this county the Doctor has given the greater portion of his time to farming; but has responded to professional calls from personal friends. He has made a specialty of treating cancers, in which he has been very successful.
Mr. and Mrs. Benson have had four children--William, resides in Warren County; Mrs. Permelia Jane Oliver lives near her father; Orlando, also resides with his parents. Alester, Jr., died at the age of six months. March 12, 1880, Mrs. Benson died at the age of forty-eight. In September 1880, in Warren County, he married Miss Priscilla Kerney, a native of Ohio. Her parents, now deceased, settled in Warren County in 1851. The parents of Dr. Benson came to Ottumwa, Wapello County, in 1855, and later came to the home of the Doctor, where the father died June 26, 1874, aged seventy-two years, and the mother August 26, 1884, aged eighty-six years and four months. Dr. Benson is a prominent member of the Baptist church, in politics a Democrat, and in local elections casts his vote for the best man. Dr. Benson’s grandfather, John BENSON, was one of the “Green Mountain boys,” who with the old hero, Ethan Allen did such heroic work in the Revolutionary war.
DR. ALEXTER BENSON was born in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, November 13, 1824. His parents, Sylvester and Electa (Elethorp) BENSON, were born, reared and married in Vermont, going to Pennsylvania immediately after marriage. They made the trip in winter by sleigh, traveling 300 miles. They had nine children, Alester being the eldest, and the only one now living. In 1834 the family moved to Hocking County, Ohio, where Alester was reared to manhood.
March 16, 1848, he married Miss Jane Chamberlin, a native of Ross County, Ohio. In 1854 they moved to Logan County, Illinois, where the Doctor followed farming and practicing medicine for eight years. In the autumn of 1860 he moved to Wapello County, Iowa, where he followed his profession several years. In 1869 he came to Franklin Township, where he has since lived.
He owns a fine stock farm of 177 acres, besides having divided 160 acres with his children. Since coming to this county the Doctor has given the greater portion of his time to farming; but has responded to professional calls from personal friends. He has made a specialty of treating cancers, in which he has been very successful.
Mr. and Mrs. Benson have had four children--William, resides in Warren County; Mrs. Permelia Jane Oliver lives near her father; Orlando, also resides with his parents. Alester, Jr., died at the age of six months. March 12, 1880, Mrs. Benson died at the age of forty-eight. In September 1880, in Warren County, he married Miss Priscilla Kerney, a native of Ohio. Her parents, now deceased, settled in Warren County in 1851. The parents of Dr. Benson came to Ottumwa, Wapello County, in 1855, and later came to the home of the Doctor, where the father died June 26, 1874, aged seventy-two years, and the mother August 26, 1884, aged eighty-six years and four months. Dr. Benson is a prominent member of the Baptist church, in politics a Democrat, and in local elections casts his vote for the best man. Dr. Benson’s grandfather, John BENSON, was one of the “Green Mountain boys,” who with the old hero, Ethan Allen did such heroic work in the Revolutionary war.