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BENJAMIN J. MARRIOTT, saloon and billiard hall, Chenoa; was born in Lincolnshire, England, Oct. 14, 1836; he was raised on a farm, and, in 1856, came to this country, and coming direct to Peoria Co., Ill. began work as a hostler in a hotel in Brimfield; he was afterward employed for a short time in a brick yard, after which, in 1859, he went to work on a farm in Orange Prairie; in 1862, he went to El Paso, and learned the carpenter’s trade, which he followed in that place six years; in 1869, he came to Chenoa and worked at his trade for a while; he helped to build Mr. Balboch’s store, and several buildings in the country; he then engaged in his present business, which he has followed mainly to the present time. He was married Nov. 2, 1865, to Mrs. Eliza Kreis of El Paso, who was born in Tazewell Co., Ill., May 4, 1844; they have six children — Elizabeth, Charles H., George W., Alice M., John F. and Mary A.