Dr. Benjamin Tappan, III

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Dr. Benjamin Tappan, III

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Steubenville, Jefferson, OH, United States
Death: January 17, 1884 (71)
Steubenville, Jefferson, OH, United States
Place of Burial: Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Benjamin Tappan, U.S. Senator and Nancy Tappan
Husband of Helen Tappan; Nancy Tappan and Oella Wright
Father of Nancy Tappan; William Tappan; Isabella Tappan; Charles Avery Tappan; Helen Lowther Collins and 9 others
Half brother of Eli Todd Tappan, Dr.

Occupation: Doctor, Special Minister Extraordinary to Ecquador
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About Dr. Benjamin Tappan, III

  • http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=97737528 *http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames_tappan/rss.xml Benjamin Tappan, M.D. of Steubenville, Ohio, son of Benjamin Tappan, was born April 1, 1812 and died January 17, 1884. He was graduated from the medical dept. of the University of Pennsylvania in 1836. He attended the University of France, Paris, in 1837, holding an important position in the Paris hospital, at the time the largest and most scientific in the world. He was appointed by President Van Buren special minister extraordinary to Ecuador, South America, 1839, largely because of his proficiency in the Spanish language, a rare accomplishment among politicians of that day. In 1840, he returned to Ohio where he practiced medicine until his death. He married first, May 1838, Oella Stanton, sister of Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War under Lincoln; she was born May 4, 1822. He married second, April 27, 1856, Helen Rowan, and married third, February 2 1860, Nancy Lowther.

Tappan-Toppan Genealogy by Daniel Langdon Tappan, 1915, page 26

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Dr. Benjamin Tappan, III's Timeline

1812
April 1, 1812
Steubenville, Jefferson, OH, United States
1841
November 19, 1841
1843
March 1, 1843
Champaign County, Ohio, United States
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April 2, 1845
Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States
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April 22, 1847
Champaign County, Ohio, United States
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November 22, 1850
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July 3, 1861
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February 26, 1866