Dr John W Benson

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Dr John W Benson

Birth
Death
6 Oct 1863 (aged 27)
Miami, Saline County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Miami, Saline County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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John was a doctor by profession and was William Quantrill's regimental surgeon. He was in the Lawrence, Kansas raid and was captured shortly after but was released. He was captured once again and was forced to sit on his coffin as he was executed in the cemetary.
John was a doctor by profession and was William Quantrill's regimental surgeon. He was in the Lawrence, Kansas raid and was captured shortly after but was released. He was captured once again and was forced to sit on his coffin as he was executed in the cemetary.