Person Detail: Joel Benton

General Information:
Full Name: Joel Benton
Biography: (1832-1911) Poet, writer, biographer, editor, essayist, journalist. Joel Benton was born in Amenia, New York, and died in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Author's Timeline:
1832		Dutchess County Joel Benton was born in Amenia, New York, on May 29, 1832.
1891		(Unknown) County A Unique Story of a Marvellous Career: Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum (Pub: Edgewood Publishing Company ISBN: ) Nonfiction.
1883		(Unknown) County Emerson As A Poet (Pub: M. L. Holbrook & Company ISBN: ) Nonfiction.
1899		(Unknown) County In the Poe Circle (Pub: M. F. Mansfield & A. Wessels ISBN: ) Nonfiction.
1885		Dutchess County Mr. Benton moved to Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1885.
1893		(Unknown) County Greeley on Lincoln (Pub: The Baker & Taylor Company ISBN: ) Nonfiction edited by Benton.
1909		(Unknown) County Memories of the Twilight Club (Pub: New York and Baltimore: Broadway Publishing Company ISBN: ) Nonfiction.
1905		(Unknown) County Persons And Places (Pub: New York: Broadway Publishing Company ISBN: ) Nonfiction.
1892		(Unknown) County The Truth About 'Protection' (Pub: New York: C. L. Webster & Company ISBN: ) Nonfiction.
1901		(Unknown) County French Belles-Lettres From 1640 to 1870 Humor Sentiment Romance (Pub: M. Walter Dunne ISBN: ) Nonfiction edited by Benton.
1911		Dutchess County Joel Benton died in Poughkeepsie, New York, on September 15, 1911.

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