Background
Viljoen, Benjamin Johannis was born on September 7, 1868 in Woodhouse, Creative Commons, South Africa. Son of Wynand J. and Susana (Storm) Viljoen.
Viljoen, Benjamin Johannis was born on September 7, 1868 in Woodhouse, Creative Commons, South Africa. Son of Wynand J. and Susana (Storm) Viljoen.
Educational public schools, military training at Model Academy and Military School, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.
Member Transvaal senate 2 years. Special commandant Johannesburg forces, Lieutenant general in Boer War, 2 years. Captured by British and exiled to island of Saint Helena.
Released and emigrated to America, 1902.
Head of Boer settlement, Chamberino, New Mexico, since 1905. President Western Mesilla Valley Farmers’ Union.
General manager Lucerne Farm Company (incorporated) President Boer War Exbn. at World’s Fair, Saint Louis, 1903.
Member Transvaal senate 2 years
Married Saint