Pease, Benjamin F., 1822-

Benjamin Fish Pease (1836-1911) was a cooper, soldier and farmer, first in Michigan and later in Armada Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska.

Born in Ontario County, New York to Granger and Anna (Fish) Pease, he moved with his parents to Michigan in 1839. Pease began to learn the cooper trade when he was eighteen, and followed it for five years. His first wife, whom he was married October 24, 1859, was Martha Judd (1838-1868) by whom he had a son, Herbert. His second wife, married May 30, 1872, was Charlotte Odell, by whom he had three children: Charles, Salina, and Floyd.

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