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Colonel Richard Borden
Richard Borden
Born(1795-04-12)April 12, 1795
Freetown, Massachusetts
DiedFebruary 25, 1874(1874-02-25) (aged 78)
Fall River, Massachusetts
Resting placeOak Grove Cemetery
OccupationIndustrialist
Known forFall River Iron Works
SpouseAbby W. Durfee
Children7, including M.C.D. Borden

Colonel Richard Borden (1795–1874) was an American businessman and civic leader from Fall River, Massachusetts. He co-founded the Fall River Iron Works in 1821, and later built several early cotton mills, as well as the Fall River Line, Fall River Gas Works Company, the Fall River Railroad, banks and other businesses. The Borden family would dominate the economic and civic life of Fall River into the early 20th century.

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