Stephen was born in 1777 in Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, the son of Ichabod Benson, who came from Massachusetts to Livermore, Me., where he was a farmer and where he was buried in 1833.
Stephen was a farmer and a worker in iron, a blacksmith, a nail maker and a plow maker. In 1800 he was married to Rebecca Cummings.
Their children were :
1. Seth E.,
2. Rebecca, now Mrs. Teague of Turner
3. Sewall A., deceased
4. Benjamin C., named by his uncle. Dr. Benjamin Chandler, whose
wife was Stephen Benson's sister, and was adopted by them when he was 9mos. old
5. Russell C.,
6. Mary, deceased
7. Albert,
8. George B. of Oakland.
They moved from Poland, where Stephen had a nail shop, to South Paris, where he did general blacksmithing and a large business in plow making—from 75 to 100 a year. Only the most skillful blacksmiths could make good plows. From South Paris they moved to Livermore, and from there to Buckfield, where he bought a farm. Besides his farm, Stephen had a wagon and blacksmith shop, in which his son, Benjamin C., then 16yrs. old, worked enough to become familiar with the manufacture of wagons.
[source: "Illustrated history of Kennebec Co., ME", Kingsbury & Deyo, 1892, pages 1078-1080]
Died aged 75 years old.
Stephen was born in 1777 in Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, the son of Ichabod Benson, who came from Massachusetts to Livermore, Me., where he was a farmer and where he was buried in 1833.
Stephen was a farmer and a worker in iron, a blacksmith, a nail maker and a plow maker. In 1800 he was married to Rebecca Cummings.
Their children were :
1. Seth E.,
2. Rebecca, now Mrs. Teague of Turner
3. Sewall A., deceased
4. Benjamin C., named by his uncle. Dr. Benjamin Chandler, whose
wife was Stephen Benson's sister, and was adopted by them when he was 9mos. old
5. Russell C.,
6. Mary, deceased
7. Albert,
8. George B. of Oakland.
They moved from Poland, where Stephen had a nail shop, to South Paris, where he did general blacksmithing and a large business in plow making—from 75 to 100 a year. Only the most skillful blacksmiths could make good plows. From South Paris they moved to Livermore, and from there to Buckfield, where he bought a farm. Besides his farm, Stephen had a wagon and blacksmith shop, in which his son, Benjamin C., then 16yrs. old, worked enough to become familiar with the manufacture of wagons.
[source: "Illustrated history of Kennebec Co., ME", Kingsbury & Deyo, 1892, pages 1078-1080]
Died aged 75 years old.
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