Biographies from Benton County, Minnesota

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]