BENJAMIN G. TOMPKINS, a native of Virginia, came to Kane township from Kentucky, where he was reared, in 1826, and located on section 28, near the site of the village of Kane, where he entered 160 acres of land, where he resided until the day of his death, Oct. 16, 1878. His wife was formerly Rebecca Hoffman, born in Virginia, and brought up in Kentucky; she died in Greene county.