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Pritchard, Benjamin D. (Benjamin Dudley), 1835-1907


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  • Fuller Name

    • Benjamin Dudley

  • Variants

    • Pritchard, B. D. (Benjamin Dudley), 1835-1907

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  • Identifies RWO

    • Birth Date

        1835-01-29

    • Death Date

        1907-11-26

    • Has Affiliation

    • Has Affiliation

    • Has Affiliation

        • Affiliation Start: 18620725
        • Affiliation End: 18650701
        • Organization: United States. Army. Michigan Cavalry Regiment, 4th (1862-1865). Company L

    • Has Affiliation

        • Affiliation Start: 1879
        • Affiliation End: 1882
        • Organization: Michigan. State Treasurer

    • Has Affiliation

        • Affiliation Start: 1867
        • Affiliation End: 1870
        • Organization: Michigan. Land Commissioner

    • Birth Place

        Nelson (Ohio)

    • Occupation

      Carpenters

      Cabinetmakers

      Bankers

      Teachers

      Politicians

      (lcsh) United States. Army -- Officers

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    • Sources

      • found: Dudley Pritchard Collection, 1874-1974(Benjamin D. Pritchard)
      • found: Wikipedia, Nov. 13, 2009;(Benjamin D. Pritchard; Benjamin Dudley Pritchard, (January 29, 1835-November 26, 1907) was a United States Army officer, most known for leading the Union cavalry regiment which captured the fugitive Jefferson Davis)
      • found: Massie, Larry B. Capture of Jefferson Davis, 1974:p. 4 (Pritchard, Benjamin Dudley, b. 1835)
      • found: ancestry.com website, viewed Dec. 4, 2014:Find-a-grave (Benjamin Dudley Pritchard, born 29 Jan 1835 in Ohio, died Nov 26 1907 in Allegan, Michigan, burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Civil War Brevet Brigadier General. He first served during the Civil War as Captain and Commander of Company L, 4th Michigan Volunteer, eventually rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel of the unit. Colonel Pritchard was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on May 10, 1865 for his role in the capture of Jefferson Davis. Following the war he became a banker and later served two terms as Treasurer of the State of Michigan); member-contributed biography (Pritchard was born to Lambert and Zulpha (Adams) Pritchard in rural Nelson Ohio. Pritchard worked in the carpentry and cabinet making trade until he earned and saved enough money to enroll at Hiram College where his instructor was James A. Garfield (later US President); US Civil War soldier records and profiles 1861-1865 (Benjamin Dudley Pritchard, age 27 at enlistment; enlistment date 25 Jul 1862 as Captain; mustered in on 29 Aug 1862; promoted to full Lt Colonel on 26 Nov 1864; mustered out on 1 Jul 1865 at Nashville; promoted to Brevet Brig-General on 10 Mar 1865); 1880 US Census (Benj. D. Pritchard, 45 yo, state treasurer, lawyer and pres. National Bank; wife Mary B, daughter Bertha, son Harry D., living in Allegan); 1900 US Census (Benjamin D. Pritchard, 65 yo; widowed; banker); 1860 US Census (Benjamin Pritchard, 25 yo, teacher of common school); 1861 University of Michigan School catalog, p. 30 (Department of Law, B. D. Pritchard, Garrettsville, O); 1874 Hiram College catalog, p. 13 (list of men in Normal Class B. F. Pritchard, Hiram); 1876 Hiram College student list for Reunion of Hesperian Literary Society (B.F. Pritchard, teacher, from Grove)
      • found: Political graveyard website, viewed Dec. 4 2014(Benjamin D. Pritchard, of Allegan, Mich. Republican. Michigan land commissioner, 1867-1870, delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan 1872, Michigan state treasurer 1879-1882)

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    • Change Notes

      • 2009-11-13: new
      • 2014-12-09: revised

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