Judge Charles S. Benton

CHARLES SWAN BENTON

Wikipedia: Charles S. Benton

Charles Swan Benton,

Birth: Jul. 12, 1810, Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine, USA

Death: May 4, 1882, La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, USA

US Representative from New York. In 1824, he moved to moved to Herkimer County, New York and was judge advocate of the State militia in 1837. Elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses, March 4, 1843 to March 3, 1847 and clerk of the court of appeals 1847-1849. He moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1855, was appointed by President Pierce as register of the United States land office at La Crosse, Wisconsin, serving 1856 to 1861. His last public service was as judge of La Crosse County, 1874-1881. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)

Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, USA

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Record added: Jul 12, 2004

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Judge C. S. Benton was born July 12, 1810, in Fryeburg, Oxford Co., Maine. In 1824, was moved by his mother and brother to Herkimer Co., N. Y., and commenced to learn the tanner's trade. In 1830 he abandoned the business and commenced to study law, and, in 1835, was admitted to practice in the Court of Common Pleas, and, in 1836, was admitted to the Supreme Court. In 1837, was appointed Surrogate by Gov. Marcy. In 1842, was elected to the Twenty-eighth Congress from the Seventeenth Congressional District; was re-elected in 1844 to the Twenty-ninth Congress. In 1847, was Clerk of the Court of Appeals, which place he held two terms. In 1855, he came to Milwaukee and bought a one third interest in the News, and edited the paper one year. In 1856, was appointed Register of Land in La Crosse, by President Pierce, which office he held until Lincoln's administration. In 1865, he moved to Galesburg, Ill., where he remained four years, and then returned to La Crosse. In 1873, he was elected County Judge in La Crosse County, and was re-elected in 1874, but did not serve out his term on account of ill health, but resigned in February, 1880. Judge Benton commenced editorial work in 1832, in New York State, where he was editor of the Mohawk Courier and Little Falls Gazette for two years; was editor and correspondent for the Courier until he came West. Judge Benton was married in 1840 to Emeline Fuller, of Little Falls, by whom he had one son, who is now a member of the firm of Benton, Gove & Co., of Milwaukee. Judge Benton was married again in 1853, at Oswego, to Miss Elizabeth B. Reynolds, by whom he has had one son, who is a resident of La Crosse.

Source: "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin," p. 361. 1881. Mentioned on pp 417, 497, 533, 534, 537, 552 ("Col. Benton"), 558, 570, 670, with the biographical article (above) on page 737. Downloaded Feb. 2012, from Google Books at http://books.google.com/books/download/History_of_La_Crosse_County_...