Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Benjamin M. DANCER (deceased), farmer, Sec. 25; was born in the State of New York, 
Dec. 24, 1809; when he came West, first settled in Chicago, remaining there about 
two years; his parents coming West, they all went to Kankakee Co., IL, where his 
mother died, when he first came to this county he lived near Hadley P. O.; in 1843, 
he settled upon the farm his widow now resides on, and lived there until his death, 
Jan. 4, 1864. Had been Supervisor. Married Miss Emily SIMMONS (daughter of Thomas 
SIMMONS, one of the early pioneers of this county, having come here in 1833, from 
Dunkirk, N. Y.) in Joliet, Oct. 30, 1843; she was born May 3, 1823; they had eight 
children - John and William (twins), born Nov. 12, 1844, Mariah, March 7, 1846; 
Mary, born March 22,1851, died March 21, 1864; Emma, born May 16, 1853; Benjamin 
F., born Feb. 22, 1857, died November of the same year; Alice R., born Aug. 12, 1859, 
died March 16, 1860; George, born Dec. 30, 1861, died July 14,1877.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.