When Nels Junius Benson was born on 9 January 1872, in Lyngåkra, Harplinge, Halland, Sweden, his father, Bengt August Andersson, was 33 and his mother, Christina Gustava Nilsdotter, was 37. He married Hannah Augusta Larson on 31 December 1904, in Veinge, Halland, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Harplinge, Halland, Sweden in 1881. He died on 22 February 1953, at the age of 81, and was buried in Warrenton, Clatsop, Oregon, United States.