City: Dayton
BENHAM, Philo Dayton, farmer; born Jacksonport, Ark., Jan. 2, 1857; son of Philo Mead and Lucinda (Dayton) BENHAM; English descent; father’s occupation, teacher, publisher, manufacturer; paternal grandfather James BENHAM, paternal grandmother Lucy (Mead) BENHAM, maternal grandfather, Telem DAYTON, maternal grandmother Lucinda (Fletcher) DAYTON; educated in public schools of Ft. Wayne, Ind.; married J. Virginia FRENCH Nov. 28, 1893; member of Press Club of Chicago, Press Club of Nashville; in early life was a hardware clerk; became a publisher when 25 years of age; in partnership with Opie Read founded the Arkansas Traveler at Little Rock, Ark., in 1882; in 1887 the publication was moved to Chicago, where he conducted it in connection with Opie Read several years; from 1892 to 1904 was connected with various publishing interest in Chicago and St. Louis; in 1905 retired to his farm, Hiwassee Island, 750 acres in the Tenn. river at the mouth of the Hiwassee, where he is now engaged in farming and stock raising.
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This is my great grandfather.