Benjamin Welles

Benjamin Welles
Born
Benjamin Sumner Welles Jr.

January 11, 1857
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedDecember 24, 1935(1935-12-24) (aged 78)
New York City, U.S.
Burial placeWoodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York, U.S.
Alma materHarvard College
Columbia Law School
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Frances Wyeth Swan
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(m. 1886; died 1911)​
ChildrenEmily Frances Welles
Sumner Welles
RelativesVan Cortlandt family

Benjamin Sumner Welles Jr. (January 11, 1857 – December 24, 1935) was an American philanthropist who was a descendant of many prominent Colonial families.

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