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Stephen Benton Elkins

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Stephen Benton Elkins

Birth
Perry County, Ohio, USA
Death
4 Jan 1911 (aged 69)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia, USA
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Captain in the Kansas Militia, Civil War; Attorney General of the Territory of New Mexico, 1867; Delegate to Congress from the Territory of New Mexico, 1873-1877; settled in and founded the town of Elkins, West Virginia, around 1890; Secretary of War under President Benjamin Harrison, 1891-1893; United States Senator from West Virginia, 1895-1911; father of Senator Davis Elkins.
Captain in the Kansas Militia, Civil War; Attorney General of the Territory of New Mexico, 1867; Delegate to Congress from the Territory of New Mexico, 1873-1877; settled in and founded the town of Elkins, West Virginia, around 1890; Secretary of War under President Benjamin Harrison, 1891-1893; United States Senator from West Virginia, 1895-1911; father of Senator Davis Elkins.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Garver Graver
  • Added: Nov 7, 2002
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6912007/stephen_benton-elkins: accessed ), memorial page for Stephen Benton Elkins (26 Sep 1841–4 Jan 1911), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6912007, citing Maplewood Cemetery, Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.