Biography - Benjamin Bruington
BENJAMIN BRUINGTON. He is a farmer, the son of George and Mary Bruington, the former born in Maryland in 1776, and the latter in Pennsylvania in 1782. Benjamin was born in Kentucky in 1810. He was educated in the common schools and spent his early life on the farm. At the age of 25, he came to Warren County, thence to Knox County, IL. On 6 Dec 1836, he was married to Mary Scott of Kentucky who has borne him two sons and one daughter, all living. He had one son, Thomas P., in the 102nd Regiment Illinois Volunteers in the late civil war. He has filled the offices of School Director and Supervisor. He votes the Democratic ticket. Post Office, Galesburg.
Contributed by Joan Achille, extracted from the 1878 History of Knox County, Illinois, published by Charles C. Chapman
