Events
- Born
- 23 Jan 1840 — Norway
- Died
- 2 Dec 1953 — Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, United States
Family
Family group sheet →- FatherGabriel Oberlin Benson23 Jan 1840 – 2 Dec 1953
- MotherEddy Marie Smerud11 Oct 1883 – 13 Nov 1985
- ChildBert Benson
- ChildLyman Benson
- ChildLivingLiving
Notes
- ! RELIGION: Lutheran. ! NOTES: Came to the U.S.A. from Norway. Graduated from Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn. and taught there for a while. He was a banker in Halstad, Minn. for 25 years. He changed his name when he came from to America; probably from Heskestad to Benson. He was from the Stavanger area in Norway.