Who is the founder of Benson, Minnesota?

Question

The person who founded the town, who was it named after

Answer 1

I found some interesting information on Benson.
Exerpt below:

The first white man to travel across the future Benson area was Gideon S. Pond, an Indian Missionary who accompanied an Indian hunting party up the Chippewa River in order to study their habits and customs. However, it was not until after the Great Sioux Uprising that western Minnesota was made safe for white settlement. The first white settler in the Benson area is thought to be Ole Corneiliusen, a Norwegian who arrived in 1866.
By this time the railroad had been extended from Minneapolis to Delano.
This resulted in more rapid settlement in western Minnesota.
The railroad continued laying tracks in the westward direction and by 1870 they had reached the site that they had determined to be a trading center named "Benson" in memory of a prominent politician from Anoka.

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