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Biographical Information
BORN May 13, 1830 in Waterford, Vermont PARENTS Reuben C. Benton and Almira Fletcher MARRIED Sara Maria Leland on March 18, 1856 CHILDREN Lucy Benton, born January 4, 1857
Mary Benton, born April 7, 1859
George M. Benton, born December 29, 1860
Helen Benton, born October 16, 1862DIED January 18, 1895 BURIED Minneapolis, Minnesota COMMENTS
Military Service
RESIDENCE Hyde Park, Vermont ENLISTED August 28, 1861 as a Captain COMMISSIONED August 28, 1861 UNIT Company D, 5th Vermont Infantry TRANSFERRED August 26, 1862 to 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery PROMOTED Promoted Lieutentant Colonel on August 26, 1862 DISCHARGED June 21, 1864 (resigned) COMMENTS Wounded on June 29, 1862 at Savage's Station, Virginia Filed for pension from the state of Mississippi
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