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Stephen Benton (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attorney, councilman, and entrepreneur)

b. 1830? d. 1866-10-25

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attorney, councilman, and entrepreneur. Philadelphia native. Son of Albert Benton and Mary Benton. Married to Hannah K. Lehman Benton. Graduated from the Central High School in Philadelphia. Secretary of the Alumni Association of the Central High School in 1856. Attorney in Philadelphia in 1860 and 1865. City Councilman for Philadelphia in 1861. Founding member of the Hardwick Oil Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1864.

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White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Ward 1, Division 3, p. 156; "Semi-Annual Meeting," The Public Ledgar (Philadelphia, Pa.), July 8, 1856, p. 2; Find A Grave, "Stephen Benton (1830-1866)," Memorial #160301903, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=160301903&ref=acom (accessed June 6, 2017); McElroy's Philadelphia City Directory, 1865 (Philadelphia: Sherman & Co., 1865), 73; Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803–1915, Index, FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2008, 2010, Film# 1993242 (accessed via ancestry.com).

Citation

Benton, Stephen. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204433 (November 12, 2026).

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