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Benjamin True Gault
Biography and Vital Statistics
BENJAMIN TRUE GAULT
Birth: Nov. 2, 1858 Decatur, Macon
County, Illinois, USA
Death: Mar. 20, 1942 Glen Ellyn,
DuPage County, Illinois, USA
Father: James Cochran Gault
Birth: 19 Dec 1825 in Pembroke, Merrimack, New
Hampshire, United States
Married: 29 Mar 1854 in Pembroke, Merrimack, New
Hampshire, United States
Mother: Mary True Dudley
Birth: 17 Mar 1829 in Pembroke, Merrimack, New
Hampshire, United States
“Benjamin T. Gault, called "the bird man" by the
village folk lived for many years in the house on the
southwest corner of Main and Hawthorne, last occupied by
the Earl Twichells. He is a member of the American
Ornithological Union, the National Geographic Society,
the American Audubon Society, the Cooper Ornithological
Society of Cali-
fornia, secretary of the Wilson Ornithological Club,
also on the advisory council of "Bird Lore." He writes
for this magazine, also the Smith- sonian Institute, the
Auk, Birds and Nature and Forest and Stream. In pursuing
his bird studies, Mr. Gault has traveled far and wide.
Mr. Gault lived in the house on Main street with his
mother until her death at the age of ninety years, when
he sold his home and left Glen Ellyn for a time. The
house during his occupancy, was filled on the first
floor, with cases reaching to the ceiling containing
stuffed specimens of birds of all kinds from every
country. It was considered a
great honor to have the privilege of viewing this
collection and the Study Club and school children were
so honored.
The Gault house on Madison and Market, Chicago, is owned
by his family. Mr. Gault returned in 1928 to Glen Ellyn
to make his home.”
-- from “The Story of an Old Town – Glen
Ellyn” by Ada Douglas Harmon (Page #84).
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