Background
Hampton, Benjamin Bowles was born on March 19, 1875 in Macomb, Illinois, United States. Son of David Hail and Mary (Bowles) Hampton.
Hampton, Benjamin Bowles was born on March 19, 1875 in Macomb, Illinois, United States. Son of David Hail and Mary (Bowles) Hampton.
Academic education.
Newspaper editor public in Illinois for several years. Moved to New York, 1900. Editor Hampton’s Magazine, 1907-1911.
Vice president American Tobacco Company, 1911-1916. Producer, director, and writer of motion pictures, 1916-1922. author: A History of the Movies, 1931, reissued as History of the American Film Industry from its Beginnings to 1931, 1970.
Member.
Married Maria Somers Bartleson, February 14, 1897 (died 1922).; married second, Claire Adams, September 1924. Children: Catherine, David Bartleson, Helen Janet, Mary, Benjamin Randolph.