Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Benson, Samuel Manson, D.P.S. & P.L.S.
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Description area
Dates of existence
1801-1876
History
Samuel Manson Benson was born on 23 March 1801 in York, Ontario, Canada, the child of Ezekiel Benson and Ann Manson. He became a surveyor and was active in various townships of the Midland District of Ontario. He served in the militia during the rebellion of 1837-1838. Benson died in Belleville on 28 December 1876 of cancer, at the age of 75.