military officer
Benjamin Tupper.
Continental Army officer, pioneer to the Ohio Country
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About Benjamin Tupper
Benjamin Tupper 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 as the first permanent settlement in the Northwest Territory.
Everything about Benjamin Tupper →- Occupation
- military officer, judge
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 11, 1738
- Died
- June 16, 1792