Hines, H. K. "An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon." Chicago: Lewis
Pub. Co. 1893.  p. 275.

BENJAMIN T. FLINT

     One of the most prosperous farmers and widely known and highly respected
citizens of Washington county, Oregon, residing near Scholls' Ferry, was born
near Quincy, Adams county, Illinois, April 9, 1836.  His parents, Arial and
Peces (Pinney) Flint, were born, reared and married in Connecticut.  His mother
was a daughter of Judge Pinney of that State, who belonged to an old and
prominent family of that commonwealth.  After marriage, this young couple
removed to the Western frontier, as Illinois was then called, where they engaged
successfully in farming.  They had four children:  Henry P., a resident of San
Buenaventura, California; Amelia, wife of Hoyt Foster, a railroad man of Albany,
New York; Elizabeth, widow of A. W. Allen, residing in Springfield,
Massachusetts; and the subject of this sketch, who was the third child.  When he
was two years of age, his mother died, after which his father remarried and went
to Ohio, where he resided until his death, at the age of fourty-nine years.  By
his second marriage he had four children, all of whom live in California.
     Mr. Flint, of this biography, spent his earlier years in Illinois and Ohio,
until, at the age of thirteen years, when his father died, he went to
Connecticut and lived with his grandfather Pinney.  In 1856, being then twenty
years of age, he sailed for San Francisco, and for a number of years, after
arriving in California, worked at sheep herding in Monterey county.  He saved
his wages on his own account, with a herd of 245 sheep, which he bought.  In
this venture he was greatly prospered, following it for twelve years, until
1868.  He then sold out and returned East, where he was married, October 21, of
that year, to Miss Julia Lawrence, born April 26, 1848, in Worcester county,
Massachusetts.  Her father, Samuel Lawrence, was a man of considerable note, a
native of Maine and of English ancestry.  After marriage, Mr. Flint returned
with his wife to the West and purchased the land on which he now resides.  This
included 800 acres, which he secured at the nominal price of $10 an acre, and
which comprised all of Judge Humphrey's donation claim and other land, which is
bounded on the back by the Tualatin river.  Neither time nor money has been
spared in its improvement, and it has responded generously to the care lavished
upon it, yielding bounteous harvest of the choicest fruits and grains.  In 1881
Mr. Flint erected a commodious farm residence, which stands on a slight
elevation well back, near the middle of the farm.  Back of the house and beyond
a slight depression, on two knolls, stand two large barns, which accommodate his
grain and stock.  This depression is laid with tile drainage, preventing the
accumulation of superfluous water in wet weather.  From the inclosure,
surrounding his residence, gates open into lanes leading to the several fields.
The front yard is filled with flowers in summer, with neatly kept walks and
lawn, the whole wearing an air of thrift and contentment most pleasing to
behold.  Indeed, the writer of this sketch, has not met in the whole of Oregon a
more thrifty, better improved or better tiled farm than this one, the sight of
which creates a desire to live amid rural scenes.  It is not surprising that Mr.
Flint should love the place and be firmly determined to live and die on it.  He
and his worthy wife have two sons, who are now young men:  Arthur Benjamin, born
March 8, 1870; and Harry Lawrence, born February 19, 1873.  Both were reared on
the farm and educated at the State University, and both are now at home, aiding
their father in managing the farm.
     Politically, Mr. Flint has been a reliable Republican since the
organization of the party.  He is an active member of the Grange, to which he
has belonged for many years.
     As a husband, father, business man and citizen,he has always been
characterized by the most sterling qualities of mind and heart, and justly
enjoys the confidence and esteem of his community.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in October 2005 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.