When Benton Chronister was born on 8 April 1874, in Bellville, Jefferson Township, Richland, Ohio, United States, his father, John W. Chronister, was 25 and his mother, Margaret I Colly, was 25. He married Silva Bula Zimmerman about 1895, in Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Plymouth, Plymouth Township, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Plymouth Township, Richland, Ohio, United States for about 30 years. He died on 14 January 1961, in Richland, Ohio, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Green Lawn Cemetery, Plymouth Township, Richland, Ohio, United States.
Altered form of South German Kronester, a habitationalname for someone from Kronast in Bavaria.
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