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Bjorn Mikkel Benjamin “Ben” Benson

Birth	:	22 Jul 1862
Death	:	4 Jan 1935
Burial	:	Old Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Bridgeton, Cumberland County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.4295235, -75.2457123
Description	:	B. M. Benson died last week Friday, January 4th, in his 73rs year , at his home in Elgin, Fayette county. He was born July 22, 1862, the son of Mikkel and Bergit Bjornson, both of whom had come to this country from their native land, Norway. He lived in Clayton county continuously until 1928, when he retired from the farm in Highland township on which he had lived and which he had operated with marked success, and moved to Elgin, where he since had made his home. •• Parents are Mikkel and Bergit (Erickson) Benson. Married to Borghild... Read More	B. M. Benson died last week Friday, January 4th, in his 73rs year , at his home in Elgin, Fayette county. He was born July 22, 1862, the son of Mikkel and Bergit Bjornson, both of whom had come to this country from their native land, Norway. He lived in Clayton county continuously until 1928, when he retired from the farm in Highland township on which he had lived and which he had operated with marked success, and moved to Elgin, where he since had made his home. •• Parents are Mikkel and Bergit (Erickson) Benson. Married to Borghild Lien. On March 8, 1889, he was united in marriage with Borghild Lien. To them eight children were born: Leonard M. Benson, who died in 1921. Mrs. O. H. Larson, of Elkader, Iowa, Mrs. Philmon Embretson, of St. Olaf, Iowa, Mrs. Howard Snyder, of Wapello, Iowa, Mrs. C. O. Torkelson, Mrs. Josephine Moellerman, and Mrs. Wm. Torkelson, all of Elgin, Iowa, and Melvin E. Benson, on the home farm in Highland township. His wife proceeded him in death May 17, 1929. Besides the children he leaves to mourn his passing, 15 grandchildren, one brother, O. M. Benson of St. Olaf, two sisters, Mrs. Belle Embretson of St. Olaf and Mrs. Carrie Nelson of Tekemah, Nebr., and a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. His was a public-spirited nature, and he ever was ready to give unselfishly of himself to aid in whatever would further and promote the welfare and good of his fellow men. And possessed to an extraordinary degree of a clear vision, sound judgement, and those qualities essential to true leadership, his advice and assistance were widely sought. Among the various activities with which he was identified during his lifetime may be mentioned that he was a director of the Citizens State Bank, Elgin, Iowa, until it consolidated with the Elgin State Bank, of which he was a director until a few years ago, when failing health caused him to retire from that office; he was a director in the Elgin creamery, president of the Highland Telephone Co., township trustee for many years, and one of the organizers and charter members of the Highland Lutheran church, of which he was a devoted member at the time of his death. Several years ago his health began to fail him. At Christmas time he fell on the pavement and sustained several bruises, in one of these bruises infection developed. This spread through his system, and in his weakened condition, although all that medical skill could do was done for him, he was not able to overcome the harmful effects thereof, and at 12:55 A. M., Friday, Jan. 4, 1935, he passed away, as he had lived, quietly and peacefully. Funeral services were conducted from the home in Elgin, on Monday, Jan. 7, 1935. There his pastor, Rev. G. Gusten, spoke briefly, and a mixed quartet sang two songs. "Ivory Palaces" and "Never Alone." At the Highland Lutheran church Rev. Gunsten delivered a most impressive sermon, taking as his text the twenty-third psalm, and Adolph Benson sang two songs, :Abide With Me" and "The Old Rugged Cross." His remains were then laid away in the little cemetery beside those of his tenderly beloved and loving wife, close by the church that they thought of as "theirs," and for which they had unfailingly and unfalteringly done so much.

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Latitude: 39.4295235
Longitude: -75.2457123

Family Members:

Parent

Mikkel M. Benson

(1817 - 1891)

Bergit Benson

(1832 - 1873)

Spouse

Borghild Berdella Lien Benson

(1863 - 1929)

Siblings

Children

Betsey Marie Benson Larson

(1890 - 1970)

Adelia Benson Torkelson

(1891 - 1974)

Melvin Enoch Benson

(1894 - 1968)

Luella Geneva Benson Torkelson

(1901 - 1935)

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