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Arthur
Horace Benson In
compiling this volume of representative citizens of Jasper County occasion has
been afforded to give the records of men in many walks of life; here will be
found appropriate mention of worthy citizens of all vocations, and at this
juncture we are permitted to offer a resume of the career of one of
the enterprising young agriculturists of Kellogg Township where he has spent his
entire life and where he has attained a high degree of success in his chosen
field of labor and enterprise. Arthur
Horace Benson was born in Jasper County, Iowa, February 3, 1871.
He is the son of Horace Itheal Benson, who was born in New York and who
came west later in life and devoted his attention to farming. He married Jane Elizabeth Irish, who was born in Connecticut. The
subject grew to maturity on the home farm and assisted in the general work about
the place, attending the public schools, receiving a good education at Glendale
school No. 7. Early in life he
began farming for himself and he has continued to make this his life work, now
owning an excellent place of one hundred and sixty acres which he devotes to
general farming and stock raising in a manner that brings very definite results
and he has a good home and convenient outbuildings. He located on his present
farm in 1907. Mr.
Benson was married on March 13, 1801, to Ida May Faircloth, who was born in
Poweshiek County, Iowa, February 24, 1871; she is the daughter of Martin Van
Buren Faircloth. who was born in South Carolina. He married Truzziller Jenkins,
who was born in Indiana October 6, 1837. The following children have been born
to Mr. and Mrs. Benson: two daughters and one son, namely: Ruth, Mabel Irene and
Arthur H. Politically, Mr. Benson is a Democrat and he is a worthy member of the Congregational Church. The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 1297. |
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