“The History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago: 
Western Historical Company. 1881.

Township:  City of La Crosse 


JOHN BENSON, contractor and stone-mason; was born in 1826 in 
Norway, where he learned his trade, and came to the United States in 
1861, since which time he has resided in La Crosse.  He was married in 
1866, to Sarah Ann Iverson, daughter of Iver Iverson; she was born in 
Norway, and came to the United States in 1860; they have two children 
– Ida Benson and Jacob Bernhart Benson.  John’s father, B. Benson, 
came to the United States in 1871, and now lives in Douglas Co., Minn.



Submitted by:  Diane Scott