Club of Benjaminville

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Nick Name	Benjaminville
Earliest Known Date	1869
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Location	Benjaminville, IL, United States
Modern Address	Holder
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	The Bloomington Pantagraph, Oct., 5, 1870 reports that the Ireland's Grove Sunday School club beat the base ball club of Benjaminville 34-9 last Sunday (Oct. 1). Says the latter club had been in existence about 2 years. The winners, a new team. Benjaminville was founded in 1856 as a quaker settlement. It is now a ghost town. Near present day Holder and Bentown in Tazewell County. Ireland Grove was 5-6 miles east of Bloomington, according to old newspapers.
Sources	The Bloomington Pantagraph, Oct., 5, 1870
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
First in Location	Benjaminville, IL
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