Benjamin Welles was one of five children born to Katharine Elida Schermerhorn and Benjamin Sumner Welles, a dry-goods merchant who was a descendant of Colonial Gov.
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Benjamin Welles's siblings included Helen Schermerhorn Welles, who married George Lovett Kingsland, and Harriet Katherine Welles.
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Benjamin Welles's mother was one of nine children born to his maternal grandparents, Abraham Schermerhorn, a wealthy New York City merchant, and Helen Van Courtlandt Schermerhorn of the Van Cortlandt family.
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Benjamin Welles graduated from Harvard College in 1878, of which his family had been producing graduates dating back to 1707 with Samuel Benjamin Welles.
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Benjamin Welles was the treasurer of the House of Rest, a philanthropic sanitarium near Yonkers, and belonged to the Society of Colonial Wars, University Club of New York, Union Club of the City of New York, and the Harvard Club of New York.
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On Wednesday October 27,1886, Benjamin Welles was married to Frances Wyeth Swan at the West Presbyterian Church in New York by the Rev Dr Howard Crosby.
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Benjamin Welles was the daughter of Frederick George Swan, an attorney, and Emily Swan.
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The Benjamin Welles lived at 6 West 37th Street in New York City.
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Benjamin Welles died of pneumonia on December 26,1935, at the Presbyterian Hospital in New York City.
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Benjamin Welles was buried at the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.