1. | Gabriel Oberlin Benson was born on 23 Jan 1840 in Norway; died on 2 Dec 1953 in Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, United States; was buried in Halstad, Norman, Minnesota, United States. 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.
Family/Spouse: Eddy Marie Smerud. Eddy was born on 11 Oct 1883 in Spring Grove, Houston, Minnesota, United States; died on 13 Nov 1985 in Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, United States; was buried in Halstad, Norman, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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