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Artimus (Artie)Benton was born March 8, 1903 at Galatia, Kansas, in Barton county to Henry Frank and Lillie Iowa Larkin Hayse, the eighth child of twelve.
His family moved to a farm southeast of Greensburg in 1909, coming by covered wagon.
Artie married Leona Marium Lindsay on her eighteenth birthday, April 11, 1931. Her dad said Artie could not have her until she was 18!
To this union were born four sons: Charles Benton, John Mac, Frank Lindsay and Merlyn Don, and two daughters: Roe Ann and Mary Marjean.
He touched the lives of nine foster children and various nieces and nephews.
Leona, his wife of 64 years, preceded him in death on August 12, 1995.
Artie farmed near Greensburg and in 1942 moved to a farm southwest of Greensburg. Artie and Leona raised their children on that farm. He retired from the farm in 1965 and moved to Greensburg where he was caretaker of the Greensburg parks for 18 years, retiring from that in 1983. He was very proud of all the trees that he helped plant at the Davis Park. As a young man, Artie would rather fish and trap at the spring just south in the next pasture from the house, rather than go to the one room schoolhouse down the road. He and his brothers broke mules for other people. He talked of bringing his sister, Aggie, by wagon to their grandparents in Greensburg so that she could go by train to Winfield to college. Artie was too young for W W 1 and too old for W W 2, but he and Leona opened their home to several of her family and several babies were born there. He and two of his brothers-in-law were big teasers. They loved to play tricks on everyone they could think of and on each other. Between the three of them, two of them hid the bucket of home-made ice cream which upset the other one (probably because he didn't think of it.) Artie played the fiddle and loved to dance; he just didn't care for the drinking that seemed to go with the dances. Artie and Leona were very involved in 4-H with their kids and had just as much fun as the kids did.
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1903 - 2000 (96 years)
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