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Benefield, Robert K. W

journalist, planter, was born Dec. 28, 1835, in Louisville, Ky. He attended the Ayers university, of Albany, Ind.; and was a graduate of the American Health college of Cincinnati, Ohio. He served as a private soldier in the confederate army. He is the editor and owner of the Southland and Gazette, of Maurepas, La. He has been a justice of the peace, a member of the school board, and has held various other public offices in his county and state.