<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Harper_(politician)" class="extiw" title="en:Ben Harper (politician)">Benjamin Harper</a> (1817-1887), Rock Island, IL
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Halliday Witherspoon: <i>Men of Illinois</i>. Chicago: H. Witherspoon, c 1902. (p. 76)