Person:Oliver Benschoter (1)

Name	Oliver Benschoter, Jr.
Gender	Male
Birth^[2]	27 Feb 1873	Algona, Kossuth, Iowa, United States
Marriage	8 Mar 1897	to Nellie Comstock (add)
Military^[3]	1917	Fairmont, Martin, Minnesota, United Statesdraft registration
Death^[1]	1956

References

↑ McWhorter, Ray Seely. Van Benschoten, Benschoten, Seeley, Seely: the Benschoter line of Alice Esther Benschoter Seely. (R. S. McWhorter, 1971).
↑ Van Benschoten, William Henry. Concerning the Van Bunschoten or Van Benschoten family in America: A Genealogy and Brief History. (Poughkeepsie, NY: A. V. Haight Co. Printers, 1907)
p. 298, 305.

OLIVER V.B., Jr., m. Mar. 8, 1897, Nellie, dau. of Garn Comstock ; lives at Granada, Minn.; a farmer.
↑ United States. Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives Microfilm Publication M1509, 1987-1988).

Living in R.F.D. 3 with his wife (no name given) and working for John Druchola (?) doing filing in Armstrong, Iowa. Physical description, tall, stout, blue eyes, dark hair.

"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K87V-HJR : 12 December 2014), Oliver Benschoter, 1917-1918; citing Martin County, Minnesota, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,675,519.