... Mother was born in Harrington Conn. Her father William Benton, followed the business of contractor and builder. He moved to Adams about the same time as did grandfather Cooke, where for some years he ran a hotel. He had two sons, Pomeroy and Wells and four daughters, Lois, Maria, Nancy and Julia. ...
... Grandfather died in 1830. I remember him quite well although I was scarce five years old at his death. Grandmother lived several years after grandfather’s death; she had two brothers, Jacob and Abijah Kellogg, living in towns adjoining Adams. ...
... I know but little of the Benton family, more than that they were of “the old New England stock,” who must have settled in that country in an early day. ...
