About Benedict Lapham
Lived 1816 – 1883 (aged 66). Benedict Lapham was an American industrialist and philanthropist.
Benedict Lapham (June 26, 1816 – June 16, 1883) was a New England industrialist and philanthropist.
Biography
He was born in Burrillville, Rhode Island to a Yankee family on June 26, 1816. His parents were Phebe Arnold and Reverend Richard Lapham, a farmer, and a minister in the Wesleyan Methodist Church. Lapham farmed before becoming involved in manufacturing in Burrillville, Rhode Island, and Palmer and Douglas, Massachusetts, and he managed a farm for the Albion Manufacturing Company in Smithfield, Rhode Island. but closed in 1876.
He died at his home in Centerville, Rhode Island on June 16, 1883, and was buried in Swan Point Cemetery.
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American philanthropist and industrialist (1816-1883)
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Benedict Lapham was born on 26 June 1816 in Burrillville.
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Benedict Lapham died on 16 June 1883 in West Warwick.
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Benedict Lapham was an industrialist and philanthropist.
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Benedict Lapham was American.
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