Gabriel Oberlin Benson

1840 - 1953  (113 years)

• Name	Gabriel Oberlin Benson
  Born	23 Jan 1840	Norway
  Gender	Male
  Died	2 Dec 1953	Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, United States
  Buried	Halstad, Norman, Minnesota, United States
  Person ID	I5857879592	Master Tree
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2007

  
  

  Family	Eddy Marie Smerud,   b. 11 Oct 1883, Spring Grove, Houston, Minnesota, United States ,   d. 13 Nov 1985, Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, United States  (Age 102 years)
  Children	1. Bert Benson   2. Lyman Benson + 3. Valborg Geneva Benson
  Family ID	F5350806690	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 23 Jan 1840 - Norway Died - 2 Dec 1953 - Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, United States Buried - - Halstad, Norman, Minnesota, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• 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.