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The History of Oceana County, Michigan
H. R. Page & Co., Chicago - 1882

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           DAVID BENHAM was born in Onondaga County, N.Y., May 29,
	 1826. Early learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, 
	 at which he worked in Tompkins County till 1865, when he 
	 made Hart, Oceana County, his home, and engaged in build-
	 ing and contracting, doing a great portion of the building 
	 in Hart for some years. He and partner established the 
	 planing mill on Water Street, and at present, 1882, is 
	 president of the Hart Manufacturing Company. Married,
	 May 29, 1849, MARY A. NIVER, who was born in Tompkins County,
         N.Y., November 12, 1830.
         
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