Bennion, Emma
poet, was born on March 13, 1859, in Sheldon, N. Y. She is a writer of Strykersville, N. Y.; and the author of a number of meritorious poems.
BENSCHOTEN, HARVEY LEE VAN, lawyer, was born Jan. 27, 1863, in Sebewa, Mich. He received his education in the schools of Indiana, Michigan agricultural college, and the university of Michigan.
He is an able lawyer of Beeding, Mich., where he is city attorney, and prominent in the public affairs of his county and state.