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History of Kenton, (Hardin County) OhioFeatured Picture:  Public Square in Kenton OH ca 1900. 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:Biography of Guy Porter Benton Guy Porter Benton, educator, was born at Kenton, Ohio, May 26, 1865, son of Daniel Webster and Harriet (Wharton) Benton. He was educated at Ohio Normal university and was graduated at Ohio Wesleyan university and at Baker university, Baldwin, Kan. He was married Sept. 4, 1889, to Dolly Konantz of Arcadia, Kan. He was superintendent of city schools at Fort Scott. Kan., 1890-'95; assistant state superintendent of public instruction in Kansas, 1895-'96 and professor of history and sociology in Baker university, 1896-'9. He was president of Upper Iowa university at Fayette, Iowa, 1899-1902, and of Miami university, Oxford, Ohio, from 1903. He was a member of the Iowa board of education in 1899 and became a Methodist Episcopal clergyman. |
Ohio Facts: Hardin County Facts: Seat: KentonEstablished: 1820 Formed from: Logan
Additional Local History Notes: The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: KENTON, a post-village, capital of Hardin county, Ohio, on the Scioto river, where it is crossed by the Mad River and Lake Erie railroad, 71 miles N. W. from Columbus. The surrounding country is level and productive. Since the completion of the railroad the population and business of Kenton have much increased. It contains several churches, 3 printing offices, 2 mills, and 1 iron foundry. Population in 1850, 1065. Kenton is situated 302 meters above sea level. |