Rock Island County Ill Book

Language: en
Pages: 480

The Biographical Record of Rock Island County, Illinois

Categories: Rock Island County (Ill.)

Type: Book
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Published: 1897
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Publisher: Unknown

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Language: en
Pages: 832

Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock Island County, Illinois

Categories: Governors

Type: Book
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Published: 1885
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Publisher: Unknown

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Language: en
Pages: 26

Carroll V. Rock Island County, Illinois

Type: Book
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Published: 1998
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Publisher: Unknown

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Language: en
Pages: 500

The Ancestors and Descendants of John Lewis Benson and His Sisters and Brother

Author(s): Ned Harold Benson

Categories: Benson family

Type: Book
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Published: 2011-09-27
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Publisher: AuthorHouse

John Lewis Benson, born in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, was an 8th generation descendant of John Benson, who arrived in America at Plymouth Colony on 11 April 1638 on the ship "Confidence." After being reared in Chautauqua County, New York, John Lewis Benson's father, William, took him to Rock Island County, Illinois, following his daughters who had already made the migration. Shortly after reaching his majority, John Lewis Benson went to "Bleeding Kansas" as part of the wave of Abolitionists who sought to "keep Kansas free," which action reflected the devout Puritan Calvinism of his Benson forebears. He enlisted in the 5th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry two months after the first canon was fire...