Benjamin Palmer Simonton

1875 - 1966  (91 years)

• Name	Benjamin Palmer Simonton  [1]
  Birth	13 Feb 1875	Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	G3VB-NWM
  	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G3VB-NWM
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	69363779
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69363779
  _UID	BCE6FA36C2F44F34AE91992E5A4DF1D9820F
  Death	18 Mar 1966	Stearns, Minnesota, United States   [1]
  	Ben Simonton Rites March 21 Ben Simonton, age 90, a pioneer of Sauk Centre, passed away at the Sarepta Home on Friday, March 18, 1966. Private funeral services were held at the Corrigan Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. March 21, 1966, the Rev. Arden Johnson, pastor of the First United Church, officiating. Mr. Simonton was born in Sauk Centre Feb. 13, 1875. He attended Sauk Centre schools. He worked for his father who was editor of the Sauk Centre Herald. He later worked for the railroad as a brakeman. Following this he went into the plumbing business where he worked in both Canada and the United States. He was united in marriage to Sarah Walker, who was a buyer for Bishop's Boston Department store. Mrs. Simonton preceded him in death. Mr. Simonton was a great reader and had a wonderful memory, remembering many dates, etc. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Ed Brown of Sauk Centre. Hand written under the heading is 3-31-1966 Sauk Centre Historical Society Transcribed by L B Kostrzewski
  Burial	Oakland Cemetery, Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota, United States
  Person ID	I59548	Lanark County Origins | This is my Maternal LIneage
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	Joseph Hamilton Simonton,   b. 1840   d. 1920 (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Jennie Mildred Stabler,   b. 1846   d. 1935 (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F21321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah E. Walker,   b. May 1878, Alexandria Twp, Douglas County, Minnesota, United States d. 15 Nov 1946 (Age ~ 68 years)
  Marriage	1924	Stearns County, Minnesota, United States   [2]
  Family ID	F20740	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 13 Feb 1875 - Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota, United States Marriage - 1924 - Stearns County, Minnesota, United States Burial - - Oakland Cemetery, Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S55] Provincial Archives of Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Canada, Alberta, Marriages Index, 1898-1942, ((ancestry.ca)), accessed 22 Jul 2023), entry for Sarah E. Walker, person ID GQ2Q-DKR. (Reliability: 3). [S16] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch, Family Trees, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 22 Jul 2023), entry for Sarah E. Walker, person ID GQ2Q-DKR. (Reliability: 3).