When William Dyer Van Benscoter was born in 1795, in Ohio, United States, his father, William Van Benscoten, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Humphreys Dyer, was 25. He married Sally Fritz on 25 June 1811, in Fairfield, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 10 daughters. He lived in Highland, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States in 1850. He died on 18 May 1869, in Mahaska, Iowa, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Mahaska, Iowa, United States.
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