Benjamin Banfill 8
- Born: 1 Aug 1816, Topsham, VT
- Marriage: Sarah (Sally) Place on 13 Jun 1842 in Potton Methodist Circuit
- Died: 1885, Bushnell, Mcdonough Cty. Illinois at age 69
 General Notes:
He went homesteading to Iowa about 1866 and in 1875 to Sioux City. He is
listed as Baptist in 1871 Census. He settled in Bushnell Illinois. He was
separated from his wife. He died an elderly gentleman who with his friends
were walking through a train yard. Benjamin walked between two cars at the
moment the train pushed them together and it crushed him. There is a story
he invented an air brake for trains but the information was stolen and he
was swindled out of a fortune. Marriage-Potton Circuit, Methodist page F3
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Farmer R.5, L-20, 60 acre.
Benjamin married Sarah (Sally) Place on 13 Jun 1842 in Potton Methodist Circuit. (Sarah (Sally) Place was born on 25 Jun 1813 in Bolton , Que. (Canada East) and died on 15 Feb 1893 in Bushnell, Mcdonough Cty. Illinois.)
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