Biography extracted from History of Sauk County, Wisconsin Chicago: Western Historical Company, published 1880.

Baraboo:

Jerome Benton, (son of G.W. and Sophrone Van Curan Benton); farmer, Sec. 11; P.O. Baraboo; came to Wisconsin with his parents about 1859; owns 40 acres of land one and a half miles from the village of Baraboo; born Sept. 19, 1853 in Erie, Penn. He married Ulrica Matthias, daughter of Peter and Mrs. Matthias, June 29, 1875, in Baraboo, Sauk Co.; had one child, who died Aug. 29, 1877. Father and mother of Mr. Benton are living in the town of Sumter, engaged in farming. Father of Mrs. Benton is living in the town of Ableman's, engaged in farming. Mr. and Mrs. Benton belong to the Free-Will Baptist Church.

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