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Benjamin W. Stephenson has been a prominent representative of the flour manufacturing industry in Minneapolis, formerly western manager of the extensive and important interests of the Russell-Miller Milling Company here.
His birth occurred in Galena, Illinois, on the 1st of October, 1860, his parents being Charles L. and Martha B. (Washburn) Stephenson, who traced their ancestry back to Revolutionary war heroes. The father, who spent the greater part of his life in the government service, took up his abode in St. Paul, Minnesota, in July, 1878.
Benjamin W. Stephenson obtained his education in the public schools of his native city and after putting aside his textbooks was employed as clerk in a grocery store for two years. On the expiration of that period he removed to St. Paul, where for several years he was identified with the North Western Fuel Company, after which he occupied a clerical position with a wholesale heavy hardware concern for a few years. Subsequently he was connected with the wholesale dry goods business in St. Paul for two or tliree years and afterward acted as a railroad clerk until 1893, when he entered the flour milling business at Grand Forks, North Dakota, and for four years remained in the service of the North Dakota Milling Association. He then embarked in a milling venture at Morristown, Minnesota, but at the end of a year removed to Buffalo, New York, where he had charge of a selling agency for the North Dakota Millers Association. In July, 1898, he went to Mandan, North Dakota, where he remained in charge of a flour mill for eleven years or until 1909, when the company sold out to the Russell-Miller Milling Company and with this change Mr. Stephenson returned to Minnesota. As western manager of the extensive industry conducted by the latter corporation in Minneapolis he has won and maintained an enviable reputation for executive ability of a high order and has materially promoted the interests of the mammoth concern which he represents.
In 1909 Mr. Stephenson was united in marriage to Mrs. Margaret Artz. He gives his political support to the republican party and is an active member of the Civic & Commerce Association; has been treasurer of the Washburn Memorial Orphan Asylum since 1911; and his religious faith is indicated in his connection with the Church of the Redeemer. His appreciation for the social amenities of life is manifest in his identification with the Minneapolis, Athletic, Interlachen, Lafayette and Automobile Clubs.
Benjamin W. Stephenson has been a prominent representative of the flour manufacturing industry in Minneapolis, formerly western manager of the extensive and important interests of the Russell-Miller Milling Company here.
His birth occurred in Galena, Illinois, on the 1st of October, 1860, his parents being Charles L. and Martha B. (Washburn) Stephenson, who traced their ancestry back to Revolutionary war heroes. The father, who spent the greater part of his life in the government service, took up his abode in St. Paul, Minnesota, in July, 1878.
Benjamin W. Stephenson obtained his education in the public schools of his native city and after putting aside his textbooks was employed as clerk in a grocery store for two years. On the expiration of that period he removed to St. Paul, where for several years he was identified with the North Western Fuel Company, after which he occupied a clerical position with a wholesale heavy hardware concern for a few years. Subsequently he was connected with the wholesale dry goods business in St. Paul for two or tliree years and afterward acted as a railroad clerk until 1893, when he entered the flour milling business at Grand Forks, North Dakota, and for four years remained in the service of the North Dakota Milling Association. He then embarked in a milling venture at Morristown, Minnesota, but at the end of a year removed to Buffalo, New York, where he had charge of a selling agency for the North Dakota Millers Association. In July, 1898, he went to Mandan, North Dakota, where he remained in charge of a flour mill for eleven years or until 1909, when the company sold out to the Russell-Miller Milling Company and with this change Mr. Stephenson returned to Minnesota. As western manager of the extensive industry conducted by the latter corporation in Minneapolis he has won and maintained an enviable reputation for executive ability of a high order and has materially promoted the interests of the mammoth concern which he represents.
In 1909 Mr. Stephenson was united in marriage to Mrs. Margaret Artz. He gives his political support to the republican party and is an active member of the Civic & Commerce Association; has been treasurer of the Washburn Memorial Orphan Asylum since 1911; and his religious faith is indicated in his connection with the Church of the Redeemer. His appreciation for the social amenities of life is manifest in his identification with the Minneapolis, Athletic, Interlachen, Lafayette and Automobile Clubs.
From USGenWeb:
Benjamin W. Stephenson has been a prominent representative of the flour manufacturing industry in Minneapolis, formerly western manager of the extensive and important interests of the Russell-Miller Milling Company here.
His birth occurred in Galena, Illinois, on the 1st of October, 1860, his parents being Charles L. and Martha B. (Washburn) Stephenson, who traced their ancestry back to Revolutionary war heroes. The father, who spent the greater part of his life in the government service, took up his abode in St. Paul, Minnesota, in July, 1878.
Benjamin W. Stephenson obtained his education in the public schools of his native city and after putting aside his textbooks was employed as clerk in a grocery store for two years. On the expiration of that period he removed to St. Paul, where for several years he was identified with the North Western Fuel Company, after which he occupied a clerical position with a wholesale heavy hardware concern for a few years. Subsequently he was connected with the wholesale dry goods business in St. Paul for two or tliree years and afterward acted as a railroad clerk until 1893, when he entered the flour milling business at Grand Forks, North Dakota, and for four years remained in the service of the North Dakota Milling Association. He then embarked in a milling venture at Morristown, Minnesota, but at the end of a year removed to Buffalo, New York, where he had charge of a selling agency for the North Dakota Millers Association. In July, 1898, he went to Mandan, North Dakota, where he remained in charge of a flour mill for eleven years or until 1909, when the company sold out to the Russell-Miller Milling Company and with this change Mr. Stephenson returned to Minnesota. As western manager of the extensive industry conducted by the latter corporation in Minneapolis he has won and maintained an enviable reputation for executive ability of a high order and has materially promoted the interests of the mammoth concern which he represents.
In 1909 Mr. Stephenson was united in marriage to Mrs. Margaret Artz. He gives his political support to the republican party and is an active member of the Civic & Commerce Association; has been treasurer of the Washburn Memorial Orphan Asylum since 1911; and his religious faith is indicated in his connection with the Church of the Redeemer. His appreciation for the social amenities of life is manifest in his identification with the Minneapolis, Athletic, Interlachen, Lafayette and Automobile Clubs.
Benjamin W. Stephenson has been a prominent representative of the flour manufacturing industry in Minneapolis, formerly western manager of the extensive and important interests of the Russell-Miller Milling Company here.
His birth occurred in Galena, Illinois, on the 1st of October, 1860, his parents being Charles L. and Martha B. (Washburn) Stephenson, who traced their ancestry back to Revolutionary war heroes. The father, who spent the greater part of his life in the government service, took up his abode in St. Paul, Minnesota, in July, 1878.
Benjamin W. Stephenson obtained his education in the public schools of his native city and after putting aside his textbooks was employed as clerk in a grocery store for two years. On the expiration of that period he removed to St. Paul, where for several years he was identified with the North Western Fuel Company, after which he occupied a clerical position with a wholesale heavy hardware concern for a few years. Subsequently he was connected with the wholesale dry goods business in St. Paul for two or tliree years and afterward acted as a railroad clerk until 1893, when he entered the flour milling business at Grand Forks, North Dakota, and for four years remained in the service of the North Dakota Milling Association. He then embarked in a milling venture at Morristown, Minnesota, but at the end of a year removed to Buffalo, New York, where he had charge of a selling agency for the North Dakota Millers Association. In July, 1898, he went to Mandan, North Dakota, where he remained in charge of a flour mill for eleven years or until 1909, when the company sold out to the Russell-Miller Milling Company and with this change Mr. Stephenson returned to Minnesota. As western manager of the extensive industry conducted by the latter corporation in Minneapolis he has won and maintained an enviable reputation for executive ability of a high order and has materially promoted the interests of the mammoth concern which he represents.
In 1909 Mr. Stephenson was united in marriage to Mrs. Margaret Artz. He gives his political support to the republican party and is an active member of the Civic & Commerce Association; has been treasurer of the Washburn Memorial Orphan Asylum since 1911; and his religious faith is indicated in his connection with the Church of the Redeemer. His appreciation for the social amenities of life is manifest in his identification with the Minneapolis, Athletic, Interlachen, Lafayette and Automobile Clubs.
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