Benjamin Wetherill Brunson

Benjamin Wetherill Brunson[a] (1823–1898) was an American surveyor and politician who served in the Minnesota Territorial House of Representatives from 1849 until 1852.

In 1835, the Brunsons moved to Prairie du Chien, then a part of Michigan Territory.

It was built in a federal style and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

[2] Brunson joined the 8th Minnesota Infantry Regiment for the Civil War.

The regiment would eventually merge into William Tecumseh Sherman's army in North Carolina.