County History

Each of the histories on this page have been taken from "History of the Upper Mississippi Valley" Explorers and Pioneers by Rev. Edward D. Neill. Only the section on Benton county has been listed here. For other parts of the book you will have to refer to the book.

Benton County

Alberta Township

Gilmanton Township

Glendorado Township

Langola Township

Maywood Township

Minden Township

Sauk Rapids Township

St. George Township

Watab Township

Biographies

Abfalter, Peter of St. George Allen, Edward of Glendorado Balder, Joseph of St. George Barthelemy, Dominick of Minden Beahpre, Philip of Sauk Rapids Beatty, John of Sauk Rapids Bell, CharlesE. of Minden Benedict, GeorgeW of Sauk Rapids Benwar, F. of Gilmanton Blattner, Peter of St. George Boughton, H.S. of Langola Braddock, J.F. of Langola Brannelly, Michael of Minden Brennan, Garrett of Minden Brennan, Robert of St. George Brennan, John of St. George Burfield, GeorgeW. of Alberta Campbell, David of Watab Campbell, Joseph of Watab Caret, PatrickS. of St. George Carpenter, S.P. of Sauk Rapids Chase, SamuelA. of Sauk Rapids Coates, Joseph of Sauk Rapids Creath, JohnW. of Maywood Cross, Erasmua of Sauk Rapids Cullen, J.H. of St. George DeLong, Thorston of Gilmanton Demeules, A.J. of Sauk Rapids Demick, EbenezerN. of Gilmanton Donovan, John of Gilmanton Dunnewold, John of St. George Earle, F.W. of Langola Elwell, GeorgeW. of Alberta Faling, Henry of Gilmanton Fletcher, WilliamH. of Sauk Rapids Flint, Schuyler of Langola Galarneault, Casimere of Gilmanton Gilman, Hon.David of Watab Greenholz, Clemens,Rev. of Alberta Hall, Sherman,Rev. of Sauk Rapids Hall, EdwinS. of Sauk Rapids Harris, William of Gilmanton Hennessy, Thomas of Gilmanton Henry, John of Glendorado Herbst, Martin of St. George Hicks, WilliamT. of Minden Higgins, John of Langola Holland, Philemon of Glendorado Holmes, C.C. of Gilmanton Homan, JohnB. of Sauk Rapids Hunck, C.A. of St. George Jacquemart, P.J. of St. George Jones, John of Sauk Rapids Joslin, J.W. of Langola Kampa, Joseph of St. George Kino, FredL. of Sauk Rapids Kling, Ellis of Minden Knowlton, B.K. of Sauk Rapids Latterell, Lotus of St. George Lease, NathanA. of St. George Lewis, JamesA. of St. George Lilje, Frederick of Gilmanton Lindley, Gregory of Gilmanton Marshall, John of St. George Mayhew, GeorgeV. of Minden McGeorge, Andrew of Gilmanton Miller, Wayland of Sauk Rapids Miller, F.C. of Langola Moody, Joseph of Sauk Rapids Morehead, George of Minden Norton, HarveyS. of St. George Orcutt, Nelson of Alberta Orcutt, William of Alberta Pappenfus, Winslow of Alberta ParentJr., Joseph of St. George Parrant, Felix of Gilmanton Renard, John of Sauk Rapids Renard, E.H. of St. George Rice, GeorgeT. of Langola Russell, Jeremiah of Sauk Rapids Schwartz, Stephen of Langola Senn, JohnA. of Sauk Rapids Sharkey, T.J. of Langola Shero, FrankE. of St. George Siscely, Jacob of Gilmanton Smith, WilliamCaptain of Minden Smith, Ezra of Minden St.Cyr, Arneh of Sauk Rapids Stevens, W.H.H. of Minden Stewart, JohnK. of Alberta Trace, M.B. of Langola Truesdell, E.W. of Sauk Rapids Uran, Samuel of Glendorado Vanmaanen, C.F. of St. George Voerding, Henry of St. George Vogal, Abraham of Glendorado White, DennisA. of Glendorado Willey, FreemanO. of Glendorado Wilson, John of St. George Wipper, PhilippJacob of Alberta Wipper, William of Alberta Wiseman, Merritt of Glendorado Wood, CharlesG. of Sauk Rapids Wright, S.N. of Sauk Rapids