“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


BENJAMIN BLODGETT, farmer, Secs. 17 and 18;  P.O. Jefferson; 
came to Jefferson with his parents in 1843; his father, Joseph, came in 
1842, and took up land from Government, where his son Benjamin now 
lives; Joseph Blodgett died with cholera on the Mississippi River in 
1855.  Benjamin went to California in 1852, crossing the Plains on foot, 
and returned in 1857.  Married Miss Delia Fleming Dec. 1, 1859; she 
was born April 20, 1838; they have had five children, four living – 
Victoria Voltaire, born Dec. 14, 1861; George Wilder, Sept. 3, 1866; 
Thomas Paine, Feb. 11, 1872; Stuart Mill, July 18, 1875; George V., 
Sept. 14, 1860, died Sept. 8, 1861.  Mr. B. enlisted, Nov. 4, 1863, in Co. 
E, 4th W.V.C., as Corporal, and was mustered out Aug. 22, 1865; was, 
most of the time, engaged in scouting.  He has 185 acres of land.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)