biography of Benjamin FESSENDEN (c.1809-?)
Birth place: Westminster, MA
Addresses: Boston, 1850's
Profession: Listed as "artist"
Comments: Wife Elizabeth was born in Dover (N.H.) c. 1809; and their three children (16, 14, and 12) were born in Boston. In 1860 Fessenden owned $7,000 in realty and $500 in personalty.
Sources: G&W; 8 Census (1860), Mass., XXV, 231; Boston CD 1851, 1860.