Person:Benjamin Watson (9)

Benjamin Ely Watson was a businessman and banker, best known for his work at the Grocer's Bank of New York City from 1854 to 1878 — first as notary and then as paying teller.^[2] He was also proprietor of the Miner's Store at Sacramento, California, during the first tumultuous years of the California Gold Rush.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Beach, Moses S. (Moses Sperry); Sumner Ariel Ely; George Burritt Vanderpoel; and William Ely. The Ely Ancestry: Lineage of Richard Ely of Plymouth, England, Who Came to Boston, Mass., About 1655, & Settled at Lyme, Conn. in 1660. (New York: Calumet Press, 1902).
2. ↑ Trow's New York City Register, 1848-1878.
3.   Advertisement, New York Tribune, October 30, 1848.
4. ↑ New York Times (New York, NY), June 9, 1893
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   At Livingston, N.J., on June 7, BENJAMIN E. WATSON, in the 74th year of his age. His funeral will be held at his late residence on Saturday, June 10, at 12 o'clock.