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Jessie Ann Benton Frémont (May 31, 1824 – December 27, 1902) was an American writer and political activist. She was the daughter of Missouri Senator Thomas Hart Benton and the wife of military officer, explorer, and politician John C. Frémont.
Location of Benton County in Indiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Benton County, Indiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Benton County, Indiana, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National ...
Benton invited Frémont to his Washington home where he met Benton's 16-year-old daughter Jessie Benton. [11] ... Fremont, Indiana [192] Fremont, Iowa [193]
Benton County is located in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Indiana, along the border with Illinois. As of 2020, the county's population was 8,719. [ 1 ] It contains six incorporated towns as well as several small unincorporated settlements; it is divided into 11 townships which provide local services.
Benton won election to the United States House of Representatives in 1852 but was defeated for re-election in 1854 after he opposed the Kansas–Nebraska Act. Benton's son-in-law, John C. Frémont, won the 1856 Republican Party nomination for president, but Benton voted for James Buchanan and remained a loyal Democrat until his death in 1858.
Frémont wrote a reply to Lincoln's request on September 8, 1861, and sent it to Washington in the hands of his wife, Jessie Benton Frémont, who met with the President in the White House on September 10. In the letter, Frémont stated that he knew the situation in Missouri better than the President and that he would not rescind the ...
Wheat had been arrested the day before her death for alleged meth possession. Wheat's cause of death was asphyxiation, according to WLKY, though authorities were unsure how she was able to hang herself. Jail or Agency: Clark County Jail; State: Indiana; Date arrested or booked: 5/7/2016; Date of death: 5/8/2016; Age at death: 30; Sources: www ...
Center Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. [3] As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,715 and it contained 1,212 housing units. [4] It was organized in June 1875 and was originally known as Prairie Township. [5]