Elijah Benton Withers (December 31, 1836 – April 23, 1898) was an American politician and lawyer from North Carolina and Virginia.
Elijah Benton Withers was born on December 31, 1836, at his father's farm in Caswell County, North Carolina, to Mary or Nancy Bethell (née Lawson) and Elijah Keen Withers.
He then volunteered in the Yanceyville Grays of the 3rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment and later served with the 13th North Carolina Infantry Regiment of the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.
[2] In 1876, Withers moved to Danville, Virginia, and continued practicing law in North Carolina.
They had four children, Daniel Price, Mary Stokes, Elijah Benton Jr. and Anna Gertrude.