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Benton, Samuel Austin a Congregational minister, was born at Waterford, Vt., May 3, 1807. He worked upon a farm until twenty-one years of age, but afterwards pursued academical studies and entered Amherst College, and subsequently Middlebury, where he graduated in 1836. After teaching two years in the academy at Randolph, Vt., he supplied the Church … Continue reading “Benton, Samuel Austin”

Benton, George a clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church, was rector of Christ Church, Rockfish, N. C., and died at that place, July 15, 1862, aged fifty- four years. See Amer. Quar. Church Rev. April, 1863, p. 149. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Benton, Carlendo N a Presbyterian minister, was born at Franklin, Delaware Co., N. Y., Jan. 29, 1827. He was educated at the Union Theological Seminary of New York. He was licensed by Tioga Presbytery, and began his work as a missionary under the American Sunday School Union. He was ordained as pastor of the Presbyterian … Continue reading “Benton, Carlendo N”

Benton, Byron a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born in Caldwell County, Ky., Dec. 18, 1812. He removed to Port Gibson, Miss., in 1820, and was converted there in 1827. He was a printer by trade, and assisted in publishing the Mississippi Christian Herald, at Natchez, and at the same time was … Continue reading “Benton, Byron”

Bentney, William (Alias Bennet). An English Jesuit priest born in Cheshire, 1609; died 30 October, 1692. He entered the Society of Jesus 7 September, 1630, was sent to the English missions in 1640, and labored there with great zeal and success for forty-two years. He was then arrested, at the instigation of a nobleman to … Continue reading “Bentney, William”

Bentley, William (1) a Unitarian minister, was born in Boston, Mass., June 22, 1759. He graduated at Harvard College in 1777, and was immediately employed as an assistant in the Boston Grammar-school, in which he had been fitted for college. In 1779 he was preceptor of the North Grammar-school in Boston. In 1780 he was … Continue reading “Bentley, William (2)”

Bentley, Samuel N a Baptist minister, was born at Upper Stearacke, N. S., July 4, 1822. He pursued his college studies at Acadia College, N. S., and took the full three years’ course of theological study at Newton (1847-50). A little more than a year after he completed his theological studies, he was ordained, in … Continue reading “Bentley, Samuel N”

Bentley, Richard, D.D called, in philological criticism, the British Aristarchus, was born at Oulton, near Wakefield, Jan. 27, 1662, and admitted at St. John’s College 1676. He accepted the mastership of the grammar-school of Spalding, in Lincolnshire, early in 1682. In 1683 he became private tutor to the son of Dr. Stillingfleet, afterward bishop of … Continue reading “Bentley, Richard, D.D”

Bentley, John Francis (1839 -1902 ) Architect, born Doncaster, England ; died London. He upheld the architectural principles and methods of the Middle Ages and promoted the Gothic revival in England . Commissioned in 1894 to build the cathedral of Westminster, he chose the Byzantine style to avoid comparison with Westminster Abbey, designed everything to … Continue reading “Bentley, John Francis”

Bentley, Christopher an English Methodist preacher, was born at Greenhow Hill, Pateley Bridge, about 1824. He was converted when young, joined the Methodist Society, and became a local preacher at seventeen. In 1844 he removed into the Bakewell Circuit, where his preaching made him very popular. In 1849 he entered into business, but in 1854 … Continue reading “Bentley, Christopher”