Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeBios/10074 Surname: Benson, Ackley ------------------------- BENSON, C.L. carpenter, contractor and builder; shop, corner 5th and Johnson streets. Was born in Stowe, Vermont, where he remained until the breaking -out of the war, when he enlisted in a Vermont regiment and served until July, 1865; he came to Keokuk in 1866; married Miss Ella E. Ackley, in this city; have one child - Eldon L. Mr. Benson acts with the Republican party. >From 1879 Lee County History, Biographical Sketches, Keokuk City, Pg. 684