Benton County, MN

Biographies


There is some overlap between biographies, obituaries, records of death, funeral and burial, and newspaper articles. Here I have collected biographies and obituaries of people who lived at least part of their lives in Benton County. Generally, an obituary is a brief biography that is published in a newspaper.


Name Birth Residence in Benton Co Occupation Source
ABFALTER, Peter 1829 Prussia St George farmer [MV, p. 365]
ALLEN, Edward 1835 Wayne Co, IN Glendorado, Maywood built lumber mills, twp sup [MV, p. 357]
ANDEREGG, John Albert 1861 Mankato, Blue Earth, MN Sauk Rapids teacher, sup, lawyer, state legis [SB, Vol. 3, p. 1356]
BALDER, Joseph 1841 Peterwetz, Prussia St George farmer [MV, p. 365]
BARTHELEMY, Dominick 1827 France Minden farmer [MV, p. 362]
BARTHELEMY, Edward N. 1870 Portland, OR Foley judge, reg of deeds [BM, p. 32]
BEATTY, James 1816 Fairfield Co, OH Sauk Rapids owned trading post, county commiss, territorial legis [MV, pp. 344-5]
BEAUPRE, Philip 1823 Lower Canada Sauk Rapids farmer, trader, county commiss, jp [MV, p. 345]
BELL, Chares 1843 Pittsburg, PA Minden grain, rr, farm [MV, p. 362]
BENEDICT, George W. 1825 Rochester, NY Sauk Rapids newspaper pub, dep revenue coll, court clerk, state senator [MV, p. 345] and [C, p. 495]
BENWAR, F. 1819 Canada East Gilmanton farmer [MV, p. 354]
BERG, Herman 1844 Germany Sauk Rapids farmer, real est [C, p. 579]
BLATTNER, Peter 1852 Canada St George farmer, general store [MV, p. 365]
BOUCK, I. W. 1855 Independence, IA Royalton merchant [BM, p. 52]
BOUCK, John 1861 Independence, IA Royalton county treasurer [BM, p. 52]
BOUGHTON, H. S. 1839 Langola merchant, farmer [MV, pp. 358-9]
BRADDOCK, J. F. 1851 Aroostock Co, ME Rice's Station, Langola lumber, blacksmith, sled mfg [MV, p. 359]
BRANNELLY, Michael 1821 Galway Co, Ireland Minden farmer, teacher, county comm, sheriff [MV, p. 362]
BRENNAN, Garrett 1812 Kilkenny, Ireland Minden large landowner [MV, p. 362]
BRENNAN, John 1811 Kilkenny, Ireland St George cooper, canal work [MV, p. 365]
BRENNAN, Robert 1845 Carlton Co, Canada West Minden, St George cooper, farmer [MV, p. 365]
BURFIELD, George W. 1819 Cameron Co, PA Alberta riverboat capt, farmer [MV, p. 351]
CAMPBELL, David 1831 Ontario, Canada Watab farmer, lumber, hotel [MV, p. 368]
CAMPBELL, Joseph 1832 Ontario, Canada Watab farmer, lumber, hotel [MV, p. 368]
CAREY, Patriak S. 1847 at sea St George teamster, lumber [MV, p. 365]
CARPENTER, S. P. 1835 Washtenaw Co, MI Sauk Rapids hotel mgr, court clerk, bookkeeper, sheriff [MV, p. 346]
CHASE, Samuel A. 1832 NH Sauk Rapids carpenter, wheat business, millwright [MV, p. 346]
CLARK, Stilman A. 1866 Freeborn, MN Sauk Rapids newspaper [C, pp. 799-800]
COATES, Joseph H. 1847 Lincolnshire, England Sauk Rapids sheriff, farm, real est, millwright, court clerk, lawyer, judge [SB, Vol. 3, p. 1786]
and [MV, p. 346]
CREATH, John W. 1818 Washington, ME Maywood town sup, treas [MV, p. 361]
CRONK, Richard 1838 Upper Canada Minden, Sauk Rapids farmer, county surveyor, treasurer [MV, p. 346]
CROSS, Erasmus 1833 Yorkshire, England Sauk Rapids meat market, raised cattle, sheep [MV, p. 346]
CULLEN, J. H. 1830 Ulster Co, NY St George farmer [MV, p. 365]
DE LONG, Thurston 1835 Canada West Gilmanton, Sauk Rapids carpenter, farmer [MV, p. 354]
DEMEULES, A. J. 1854 St Paul, MN Sauk Rapids court clerk, chair bd cnty comm, merch [MV, pp. 346-7]
DEMICK, Ebenezer N. 1845 St Lawrence Co, NY Gilmanton, Sauk Rapids teacher, farmer [MV, p. 354]
DONOVAN, John 1820 Tipperary Co, Ireland Gilmanton farmer, jp, county comm [MV, p. 354]
DRAGOO, Clyde Carroll 1880 Morris, Stevens Co, MN Sauk Rapids granite corp exec [SB, Vol. 3, pp. 1461-2]
DUMAS, Delbert F 1879 Waterville, MN Foley physician, coroner [LS, p. 116]
DUNNEWOLD, John 1826 Winterswyk, Holland St George tanner, treasurer [MV, pp, 365-6]
EARLE, F. W. 1855, Newton Falls, OH Rice's Station, Langola merchant, stable, hotel mgr, town clerk [MV, p. 359]
ELWELL, George W. 1849 Miami Co, OH Maywood, Alberta rr, farmer [MV, p. 351]
FALING, Henry 1845 Knox Co, OH Gilmanton hunter, farmer [MV, pp. 354-5]
FLETCHER, William Henry 1842 Muskingum Co, OH Sauk Rapids millwright, wagon mfg, ins, real est, county treas, auditor [SB, Vol. 3, p. 1790]
and [MV, p. 347]
FLINT, Schuyler 1814 Windham Co, VT Langola farmer, town sup, post, asssessor, clerk, county comm [MV, p. 359]
GALARNEAULT, Casimer 1829 St Edwards, Canada Gilmanton farmer, county commiss [MV, p. 355]
GAPINSKI, Frank 1857 Poland Alberta farmer [SCT]
GAPINSKI, John 1855 Germany Alberta farmer [SCT]
GILMAN, Charles Andrew 1833 Gilmanton, NH Sauk Rapids, Alberta Speaker of MN House of Reps, and 9th Lt Gov of MN [SB, Vol. 1, p. 654] and [SC, Vol. 1, pp. 70-4]
GILMAN, Hon. David 1812 Saratoga Co, NY Watab sheriff, county comm, post master, terr legis [MV, pp. 368-9]
GILMAN, Hester (CRONK) 1837 Belleville, Ontario, Canada Sauk Rapids leader in church and civic affairs [WW, p. 119]
GRADY, Luke T. 1852 Monticello, NY Foley mayor, banker [C, p. 635-6]
GREENHOLZ, Rev. Clemens 1843 Olivia, Prussia Alberta priest, missionary [MV, p. 351]
HALL, Edwin S. 1833 La Pointe, WI Sauk Rapids, Minden farmer, court clerk [MV, p. 347]
HALL, Rev. Sherman 1800 Wethersfield, VT Sauk Rapids, Minden minister, missionary, judge, school sup [MV, p. 347]
HALL, William Lanark, Ontario, Canada Gilmanton millwright [MGA]
HAMLIN, Edward O. Sauk Rapids judge [SB, Vol. 1, p. 653]
HARRIS, WIlliam 1823 South Wales Gilmanton sailor, jp [MV, p. 355]
HAWKINS, Charles S. 1841 IN Gilmanton farmer, beekeeper [C, p. 463]
HENNESSY, Thomas 1804 Kilkenny Co, Ireland Gilmanton, Sauk Rapids farmer, cooper [MV, p. 355]
HENRY, John 1850 Belgium Glendorado [MV, p. 357]
HERBST, Martin 1844 Baden, Germany St George, Glendorado farmer [MV, p. 366]
HICKS, William T. 1828 Chittenden Co, VT Minden, Sauk Rapids carpenter, farmer, town clerk, jp [MV, pp. 362-3]
HIGGINS, John 1836 Lawrence Co, NY Langola farmer, teamster, town sup, school dir [MV, p. 359]
HOLLAND, Philemon 1833 Portsmouth, MA Glendorado stock raiser, town sup [MV, p. 357]
HOLMES, C. C. 1825 Chautauqua Co, NY Gilmanton, Sauk Rapids carpenter, retailer, post office, sawmill [MV, p. 355]
HOMAN, John B. 1828 Prussia Sauk Rapids shoemaker, hotel and saloon keeper [MV, p. 347]
HUGHES, George Washington 1860 Benton Co banker [BM, p. 246]
HUNCK, Clemens A. 1846 Germany St George general store, post [MV, p. 366] and [C, pp. 777-8]
JACQUEMART, P. J. 1835 Belgium St George timber farm [MV, p. 366]
JONES, John 1822 Ross Co, OH Glendorado, Sauk Rapids farmer, town treas, assessor, clerk [MV, p. 347]
JOSLIN, J. W. 1832 Washtenaw Co, MI Langola lumber, stock raiser, town sup [MV, pp. 359-60]
KAMPA, Joseph 1850 Prussia St George [MV, p. 366]
KASNER, John E. 1890 Alberta, Benton Co Foley county auditor [SB, Vol. 3, pp. 1562-3]
KERN, Gustav 1856 Germany Sauk Rapids shoemaker [MV, p. 348]
KING, Fred. L. 1858 Broome Co, NY Sauk Rapids rr station mgr [MV, p. 348]
KLING, Ellis 1824 Dauphin Co, PA Minden farmer, town sup, treas [MV, p. 363]
KNOWLTON, B. K. 1825 Stockholm, NY Sauk Rapids grocery, real est, ins, county commiss, treas, reg deeds [MV, p. 348]
LATTERELL, Louis 1832 Canada St George farming and lumbering [MV, p. 366]
LEASE, Nathan A. 1818 Cayuga Co, NY St George carpenter [MV, p. 366]
LEFFINGWELL, Frank S. 1868 Walworth, WI Sauk Rapids, Foley sheriff, own hotel [C, p. 761]
LEWIS, James A. 1843 Wyoming Co, NY St George farmer [MV, p. 366]
LILJE, Frederick 1835 Prussia Gilmanton, Maywood farmer [MV, p. 355]
LINDLEY, Gregory 1844 Montreal, Canada Gilmanton sailor, tanner, town clerk [MV, p. 355]
MARSCHALL, Gust A. 1876 Benton, MN St George general store, post [C, pp. 652-3]
MARSCHALL, John 1835 Belgium St George policeman, ice, grocery [C, p. 653] and [MV, pp. 366-7]
MCGEORGE, Andrew 1830 St Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada Gilmanton farmer [MV, p. 355]
MILLER, F. C. 1846 NY Rice's Station, Langola hotel [MV, p. 360]
MILLER, Wayland 1844 Ashtabula Co, OH Sauk Rapids painter, register of deeds [MV, p. 349]
MILTON, Jennie 1850 Ontario, Can Maywood farmer [C, pp. 456-7]
MOODY, Joseph 1816 Waterbury, VT Sauk Rapids merch, farmer [MV, pp. 348-9]
NEILS, Julius Frederic Bernhard 1855 Germany Sauk Rapids teacher, sawmill, lumber co, bank pres [BM, p. 371]
NORTON, Harvey S. 1828 Onondaga NY St George [MV, p. 367]
ORCUTT, Nelson 1836 Allegany Co, NY Alberta carpenter, farmer [MV, pp. 351-2]
ORCUTT, William 1827 in Canada Alberta shoe store, farmer, county commiss, clerk, jp, sup [MV, p. 352]
PAPPENFUS, Joseph A 1864 Green Bay, WI Gilmanton, Sauk Rapids grocery and farm machinery [LS, p. 304]
PAPPENFUS, Winslow 1854 Prussia Alberta farmer [MV, p. 352]
PARENT, Joseph Jr. 1846 Belgium Sauk Rapids, St George farmer [MV, p. 367]
PARRANT, Felix 1847 Canada West Gilmanton, St George, Sauk Rapids farmer [MV, p. 356]
PUTNEY, George Ellis 1846 Cumberland, RI Royalton physician [BM, p. 416]
RAU, Peter 1835 Germany St George farmer [MGA]
RENARD, E. H. 1835 France St George farmer [MV, p. 367]
RENARD, John 1838 Champagne, France Sauk Rapids farmer, reg deeds, auditor [MV, p. 349]
RICE, George T. 1832 Hampshire Co, MA Langola farmer, meat, wool, saw mill, county comm, jp [MV, p. 360] and [C, pp. 644-5]
RICE, Henry Mower 1816 Waitsfield, VT Sauk Rapids US Congressman, Senator [W]
RUSSELL, Jeremiah 1809 Eaton, Madison, NY Watab, Sauk Rapids county treas, auditor, jp, territorial legis [MV, p. 349]
SCHWARTZ, Stephan 1848 Prussia Rice's Station, Langola meat, cattle trade, general store [MV, p. 360]
SENN, John A. 1850 Switzerland Sauk Rapids lawyer, school sup, county attorney [MV, p. 349]
SHARKEY, T. J. 1860 Floyd Co, IA Rice's Station, Langola rr agent, telegrapher [MV, p. 360]
SHATTO, David 1825 Brookfield, Trumbull, OH Maywood farmer [C, pp. 584-5]
SHERO, Frank E. 1833 Canada East St George farmer [MV, p. 367]
SISCELY, Jacob 1830 Canada West Sauk Rapids carpenter, farmer [MV, p. 356]
SMART John Franklin 1872 Benton Co public official [LS, p. 365]
SMITH, Ezra 1843 Herkimer Co, NY Minden farmer [MV, pp. 363-4]
SMITH, Capt. William 1817 Herkimer Co, NY Minden steamboat captain, farmer, county comm, public official [MV, pp. 363-4]
ST. CYR, Abner 1872 Benton Co public official [MV, pp. 349-50]
STEVENS, W. H. H. 1813 Albany, NY Minden farmer, cattle, rr, bricks [MV, p. 363]
STEWART, John K. 1846 Antrim Co, Ireland Alberta printer, farmer, jp, teacher, town clerk [MV, p. 352]
STIMLER, Tony Laketown, Carver, MN St. George blacksmith, auto repair, Ford dealership [MGA]
SYLVESTER, Catherine M. (WHILT) 1867 Maywood, Benton Co Maywood telegrapher for rr [WW, p. 318]
THOMPSON, Ida (BENNETT) Hull, Yorkshire, England Sauk Rapids leader in civic affairs [WW, p. 324]
TRACE, M. R. 1848 Crawford Co, PA Sauk Rapids, Langola school principal, bookkeeper [MV, p. 360]
TRUESDELL, E. W. 1854 Binghamton, NY Sauk Rapids dry goods, flour mill [MV, p. 350]
TURRITTIN, Albert Hugh 1874 Kasota, MN Royalton, Rice banker, school sup [SB, Vol. 3, p. 1694] and [BM, p. 521]
URAN, Samuel 1817 Rutland Co, VT Glendorado chair town board [MV, p. 357]
VANMAANEN, C. F. 1841 Amsterdam St George farmer [MV, p. 367]
VINING, Joshua C. 1841 ME Sauk Rapids drug store [C, p. 774]
VOERDING, Henry 1818 Prussia St George postmaster [MV, p. 367]
VOGAL, Abraham 1824 Amsterdam Glendorado carpenter, farmer [MV, p. 357]
WALCHESKI, Josephine (GAPINSKI) 1859 Poland Alberta farmer's wife [SCT]
WHITE, Dennis A. 1849 Cork, Ireland Glendorado farmer [MV, p. 358]
WILLEY, Freeman O. 1813 Strafford, NH Glendorado public official [MV, p. 358]
WILLIAMS, John 1848 Brooklyn, NY Oak Park, Maywood lumber [C, p. 782]
WILSON, Albert C. 1858 in Bangor, NY Royalton merch, farmer, stock raiser, lumber, rr [BM, pp. 559-60]
WILSON, John 1846 Canada West St George lumber, chair factory [MV, p. 367]
WIPPER, Philipp Jacob 1833 near Rhine River, Prussia Alberta town sup, treas, farmer [MV, pp. 352-3]
WIPPER, William 1845 Prussia Alberta town sup, overseer of poor, constable, farmer [MV, p. 353]
WISEMAN, Merritt 1853 Rutland Co, VT Glendorado, Sauk Rapids farmer, county comm, town treas, lumber agent for rr [MV, pp. 357-8]
WOOD, Charles G. 1840 Franklin Co, VT Sauk Rapids merch, sup and treas of school board [MV, p. 350]
WOOD, Julia A. A. New London, NH Sauk Rapids newspaper ed, poet, author, postmaster [WW, p. 368]
WOODS, Ernest Arthur 1875 Chicago, IL Royalton physician [BM, p. 566]
WRIGHT, S. N. 1820 Addison Co, VT Sauk Rapids steamboat capt, merch, rr station mgr, county treas [MV, p. 350]


Minnesota Biographies

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[BM] The Book of Minnesotans / A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the State of Minnesota (1907) Albert Nelson Marquis, ed.

[C] Compendium of History and Biography of Central and Northern Minnesota (1904)

[LS] Little sketches of big folks, Minnesota 1907

[MGA] MNGenWeb Archives

[MM] Men of Minnesota (1902)

[MV] History of the Upper Mississippi Valley (1881) pp. 340-69 covers Benton County

[PM] Progressive men of Minnesota. Biographical sketches and portraits of the leaders in business, politics and the professions; together with an historical and descriptiove sketch of the state (1897)

[SB] Minnesota / Its Story and Biography (1915) by Henry A. Castle    Vol 1    Vol 2    Vol 3

[SC] History of Stearns County, Minnesota (1915) by William Bell Mitchell    Vol 1   Vol 2

[SCT] St. Cloud Times (St. Cloud, MN)

[WW] Who's who among Minnesota women (1914) by Mary Dillon Foster

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