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Cheney, Benjamin P. (1815-1895)

Name:
Cheney, Benjamin P. (1815-1895)
Title:
Founder, Adams Express Company
Owner, Elm Bank (the Cheney Estate)
Graduate, Dartmouth College
Other Names:
Cheney, Benjamin Pierce
Born:
08/12/1815
Birthplace:
Hillsborough, NH
Died:
07/23/1895
Death Location:
Dover, MA
Residence:
Hillsborough, NH
Boston, MA
Natick, MA
Wellesley, MA
Nationality:
American
Occupation:
Stage Driver, Adams & Co., Peterborough to East Harrisville, NH (carried Daniel Webster)
Stage Agent
Railroad Developer
Banker
Father:
Cheney, Jesse
Mother:
Steele, Alice
Spouse:
Married Elizabeth Stickney Clapp of Dorchester, MA, June 6, 1865.
Children:
Alice Steele (m. Dr. William Hewson Baltzell)
Benjamin Pierce Jr.
Charles P.
Mary (m. Arthur Edward Davis, 1900)
Elizabeth
Notes:
Buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery
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