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Benton Carl Feeding His Chickens

Updated Jun 26, 2025
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Benton Carl Feeding His Chickens
Benton Carl feeding his chickens
Date & Place: in Lima, Allen County, Ohio
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Bet you didn't know that it's National Egg Day? Meet Benton Carl feeding his chickens wearing a suit, hat, tie, and dress shoes in 1925 on his farm in Lima Ohio. He must have been quite a character!

Benton Carl (1847 - 1931) was a veteran of the Civil War and was a farmer who followed in his father's footsteps. Benton married twice - his first wife was 20 years older then he, his second wife 12 years younger - and he had two sons from his second marriage.

In his lifetime he experienced the Civil War, the US Census began, daylight savings time and the gold standard went into effect, and so much more that we today take for granted today. While we obviously can't hear from Benton about his experiences, it's thanks to his descendants well-documenting his life that we can get glimpses into the past, and what life was like a hundred years ago.

We'll always remember Benton Carl.
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10/14/2022
Bethany Crow ---cool "egg history"...lol..🙂
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The United States Census began in 1790.
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10/17/2022
What a gentlemanly chicken feeder! Maybe it was Sunday? 😊
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Benton Carl's father was Wilson William Carell - or Carl - (1817 - 1898) and his mother was Elizabeth Swickard (1816 - 1900). He had siblings Margaret Ann, Mary, Daniel Martin, William John, Barbara Ellen, Christopher Christian, Nathan S., Leroy, Wilson Jr., Christina, David Arthur, Jonathqan, Elizabeth, Ames, Murray, and Stephen Carl - or Carell. When Benton was 3, he, his parents, and his eight siblings were living in Chester, Ohio. Dad was a farmer. Benton married Caroline - Catherine A. Landaker (1827 - 1894) on April 4, 1868, in Meigs, Ohio. He signed his marriage license with an "X" - his mark. In 1880, Benton was 32 and still living in Meigs County, but now in the city of Bedford. He was married to "Catherine", reported as being age 55. After Caroline died, he married Anna Eliza Bodwell (1858 - 1944) on December 24, 1894, in Harrisonville, Ohio. They had two sons, William Ernest (1895 - 1960) and George Clarence (1896 - 1984) Carl. When Benton was 72, he was living in Lima, Ohio, with his wife Annie, age 60, and his son George C., age 23. Benton wasn't working but son George was working as a "telegrapher" in a railroad office. He was a veteran of the Civil War.
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