History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 929, Vermont Township
Benj. Stevens, farmer, sec. 8; P. O., Vermont; was born in
Philadelphia in 1812; married Maria Dennis, daughter of Archibald D.,
of Cumberland Co., Pa. Their only child, Sarah A., died in 1844. Mr.
Benj. Stevens was reared on a farm, but also worked at carpentering
some; moved to Steubenville, O., where he followed his trade for 18
years; then was 3 years in Iowa, and then (1872) he settled in Vermont,
but he now has a home on a farm.
