Louisa Dwight Benton (née Dow; March 23, 1831 – December 7, 1895) was a 19th-century American linguist, translator,[1] and letter writer.

[5] She was educated in the best schools of Portland, the last and chief of which was the Free Street Seminary for Young Ladies, run by Master Hezekiah Packard.

Her hands and arms were so greatly and increasingly affected by the disease that she stopped drawing and painting, and devoted herself to the acquisition of languages, a study which was always especially attractive to her.

[4] Benton designed and gave a fountain to the town of Lancaster in memory of her husband, who died from the effects of an accident in late 1892.

This memorial fountain was erected on the corner of Main and Mechanic streets, directly in front of the doorway of the Town Hall building.