SAMUEL BENGE

BENGE, CAYLOR

Posted By: Mona Sarratt Knight (email)
Date: 7/26/2009 at 19:20:27

Source: The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

SAMUEL BENGE, farmer, sec. 35; P.O. Kirkwood; born Oct. 20, 1826, in Madison Co., Ky.; when a boy, came with his parents to Indiana; in 1841 came to Des Moines Co.; in 1844 came to Davis Co.; in 1846 to Appanoose Co. Owns 173 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre. Married Ellinor Caylor, Feb. 28, 1851; she was born in 1822 in Ohio; had three children, two living - Martha J. and Sarah E.; lost Rachael M., aged 1 1/2 years. Republican; Baptist.