HISTORY OF KANE COUNTY.
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BELLEVUB PLACE SANITARIUM, an institution for the treatment of female patients afflicted with nervous and mental disorders, located at Batavia, Ill. It was founded in 1867, by Dr. Richard J. Patterson, who was a noteu specialist in this line and had previously had a wide experience in other institutions of like character. The institution gained a wide celebrity under Dr. Patterson's management, which continued until his death in 1892. It is still continued under the management of Dr. Patterson's successors, who have introduced many im-improvements since his death, and many distinguished patients have received treatment within its walls.
LEONARD BENJAMIN (deceased), pioneer; born at Sangerfleld, N. Y., in 1813; came to Illinois in 1837, locating on Government land in Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, where he resided and carried on general farming and stock-raising until his death in 1895. The old homestead is now the residence of his son, Todd Benjamin. Mr. Benjamin was also one of the pioneer school teachers of Kane County. He was married in 1847 to Miss Lucretia Emery, who still survives her husband and lives in Sugar Grove.
PRATT BENJAMIN, farmer and stock-raiser. Sugar Grove Township, Kane County; born in the township where he now resides, June 5, 1855; was reared on a farm and educated in the public schools, the Sugar Grove Normal and Industrial Institute and the Jennings Seminary, Aurora. He has been engaged in farming during his entire business career. Mr. Benjamin was married in 1878 to Miss Jane Densmore.
ARTHUR A. BENNETT, manufacturer, St. Charles, Ill., was born in Montpelier, Vt., July 31, 1847, son of George H. and Emeline Bennett, in his youth becoming a graduate of the Montpelier high school and a student of Dartmouth College. Upon leaving college he became interested in farming, in which he was engaged a number of years, his next employment being in connection with the creamery business in New York, after which going to Canada, he there built and equipped about thirty creameries. In Burlington, Vt., he entered into the employ of a company for making sugar from milk. This factory was removed in 1886 to St. Charles, where it is now the National Sugar Milk Company, with Mr. Bennett, as its General Manager. He served as Mayor of St. Charles four consecutive terms-from 1891 to 1899. Mr. Bennett was married in October, 1868, to Miss Harriet French of Vermont, who died in 1881. He was again married, May 3, 1883, to Miss Eleanor Needham, of Montpelier, Vt. One daughter, Clara E., was born of the first marriage, and two sons, Edward E. and Sydney R., of the second union. Mr. Bennett is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
BENNIE BENSON, farmer, Kaneville Township, Kane County, was born March 31, 1858, in Sweden, and came to Kane County in 1880. He worked on a farm many years, and in 1895 was able to buy a place for himself four and a half miles southwest of Elburn. In politics he is a Republican, and in religion a Lutheran, being a member of the Lutheran church of Batavia. In March, 1885, Mr. Benson was married to Miss Mary Anderson, and to them have come two daughters.
CHARLES BENTON, farmer and stock-raiser, Kaneville, Ill., was born in Blackberry Township, Kane County, May 16, 1845, the son of Gilbert and Jemima (Shaw) Benton. After finishing his education in the public schools, he began i'arming on the old homestead, which has been his business to the present time. In politics he is a Democrat, and for the past ten years has served as Road Commissioner. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity. He was married, May 16, 1876, to Judith J. Price, and they have had five children, four sons and one daughter.
TILGHMAN H. BEREMAN (deceased), Aurora, born in Danville, Ind., Sept. 16, 1839, son of Samuel and Eleanor (Ellis) Bereman; in his boyhood the family removed to Iowa where he grew up on a farm; educated in the public school and at Lombard University, Gales-burg; was engaged in trade at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, until his election as Auditor of Henry County,-a position he filled for four years; afterward connected with the Western Wheeled Scraper Company, and when this company removed to Aurora, he followed it, and became cashier, a position he held until his death, Dec. 6, 1899. In 1866 he married Miss Rebecca Holmes, of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. The surviving members of the family are Mrs. Bereman, James and Sherman Bereman, all of Aurora.
