(30 July 1873-1954), farmer. Parents: David Benning and his wife Mary Annie Hall. James Benning farmed at The Glen, Williamstown (farm name: Glenhurst). He was distinguished as an Ayrshire breeder and importer, and as a large scale farmer. James Benning’s father had started the family Ayrshire herd at Beauharnois Co., Que. James Benning was inducted into the Glengarry Agricultural Wall of Fame, 1992. He was married to Isabel Jean Findlay and is interred in St Andrew's cemetery, Williamstown.

Biog. sketch of first fifteen inductees into Glengarry Agricultural Wall of Fame, Glengarry News 9 Sept. 1992 * Stiles 48-51(portrait) * MacGillivray & Ross 366