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Benjamin Tupper
Benjamin Tupper marker at Mound Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio
Born(1738-03-11)March 11, 1738
Sharon, Massachusetts
DiedJune 7, 1792(1792-06-07) (aged 54)
Marietta, Ohio
Place of burial
Mound Cemetery (Marietta, Ohio)
AllegianceUnited States of America
Service/branchContinental Army
RankBrigadier General
Commands held6th Massachusetts Regiment,
10th Massachusetts Regiment,
11th Massachusetts Regiment
Battles/warsAmerican Revolutionary War
*Siege of Boston
*Battle of Saratoga
*Battle of Monmouth
RelationsHuldah White, 1762–1792,
sons:
Maj. Anselm Tupper
Gen. Edward W. Tupper
Col. Benjamin Tupper, Jr.
Other workPioneer to the Ohio Country

Benjamin Tupper (March 11, 1738 – June 7, 1792)[1] was an American soldier in the French and Indian War, and an officer of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, achieving the rank of brevet brigadier general. Subsequently, he served as a Massachusetts legislator, and he assisted Gen. William Shepard in stopping Shays' Rebellion. Benjamin Tupper was a co-founder of the Ohio Company of Associates, and was a pioneer to the Ohio Country, involved in establishing Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent settlement in the Northwest Territory.

  1. ^ Chaffin, William L. (1880). Brigadier General Benjamin Tupper. [Marietta, Ohio, Leader print. pp. 2–7.

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