WILLIAM F. BENJAMIN, a man of sterling worth and a well-known citizen of Douglas County, was born in Brown County, Ohio, April 2, 1827, and with his parents moved to Illinois in 1834, settling in DuPage County. He received an ordinary common school education and taught school several winters at the minimum price of $12 per month. He was married in 1851, moved to Iowa in 1859, and returned to Illinois in 1866. He came to Oregon in 1870 and settled in Douglas County, where he has since resided. In 1876 he was elected a member of the House of Representatives, and in 1878 was appointed Register of the United States Land Office at Roseburg, a position he still holds. By studious and temperate habits, strict adherence to correct principles and a due regard for the rights and opinions of others, he has secured the esteem of his neighbors and friends. His aim in life has apparently been to da right because it was right, and he ever appears just what he is, a quiet, unassuming citizen. Temporary advantage at the expense of principle found no sympathy in his make-up. He united his fame and fortunes with the Republican party many long years ago, and, to quote his own words, "purposes to stay with it until life's changeful scenes are ended.
-Pen Pictures of Representative Men of Oregon by Hodgkin, Frank E; Galvin, J. J. (1882)
-Pen Pictures of Representative Men of Oregon by Hodgkin, Frank E; Galvin, J. J. (1882)
WILLIAM F. BENJAMIN, a man of sterling worth and a well-known citizen of Douglas County, was born in Brown County, Ohio, April 2, 1827, and with his parents moved to Illinois in 1834, settling in DuPage County. He received an ordinary common school education and taught school several winters at the minimum price of $12 per month. He was married in 1851, moved to Iowa in 1859, and returned to Illinois in 1866. He came to Oregon in 1870 and settled in Douglas County, where he has since resided. In 1876 he was elected a member of the House of Representatives, and in 1878 was appointed Register of the United States Land Office at Roseburg, a position he still holds. By studious and temperate habits, strict adherence to correct principles and a due regard for the rights and opinions of others, he has secured the esteem of his neighbors and friends. His aim in life has apparently been to da right because it was right, and he ever appears just what he is, a quiet, unassuming citizen. Temporary advantage at the expense of principle found no sympathy in his make-up. He united his fame and fortunes with the Republican party many long years ago, and, to quote his own words, "purposes to stay with it until life's changeful scenes are ended.
-Pen Pictures of Representative Men of Oregon by Hodgkin, Frank E; Galvin, J. J. (1882)
-Pen Pictures of Representative Men of Oregon by Hodgkin, Frank E; Galvin, J. J. (1882)
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