Benton, Carlendo N

Benton, Carlendo N.

a Presbyterian minister, was born at Franklin, Delaware Co., N. Y., Jan. 29, 1827. He was educated at the Union Theological Seminary of New York. He was licensed by Tioga Presbytery, and began his work as a missionary under the American Sunday School Union. He was ordained as pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Appalachin, N. Y., in 1857. He was killed on the battle-field at Newbern, N. C., March, 1862. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1863, p. 289.