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| | Clinton County, Wilmington, Ohio History |
 | | In 1830, his parents moved to Hamilton County, and in 1831 they removed to Hopkinsville, Hamilton Township, Warren County, where they bought twenty-five acres of land, and kept hotel sixteen or seventeen years. |
 | | In 1834, his mother also died, and Benjamin was apprenticed to John Martin on Fifth st., near where the Indiana House now stands, to learn the tailor's trade; here he remained till 1842, when he went to Springdale, Hamilton County, where he was married in 1845 to Elizabeth, daughter of Furman and Ann Hunt. |
 | | His father was a native of this State, and came from Scioto County to this township at quite an early date, and at the time of his death, which occurred December 20, 1863, he owned 1271 acres of land, which David L. received and now resides on. |
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