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Benton, William Plummer

soldier, was born Dec. 25, 1828, in Newmarket, Md. He was admitted to the bar in 1851, in 1852 appointed prosecuting attorney, and in 1856 made judge of the common pleas court. When Fort Sumter was fired upon, Judge Benton was the first man in Wayne county to respond to ne president's call for 75,000 men. He commanded a brigade at Pea Ridge, and was promoted to brigadier-general for gallantry. He was in the battles of Port Gibson, Jackson, Champion Hills, Black River Bridge, the siege of Vicksburg, and Mobile. He died March 14, 1867, in New Orleans, La.