Benjamin D. Dwinnell

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Benjamin Dudley Dwinnell
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19th Sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts
In office
1910 – December 15, 1916
Preceded byRobert H. Chamberlain
Succeeded byAlbert F. Richardson
Member of the
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Common Council
Personal details
BornSeptember 14, 1834
Charlestown, New Hampshire
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican[1]
Spouse(s)Nellie Shepard, m. December 19, 1861.[1]
OccupationLaw Enforcement Officer
Corrections Officer
Politician
Signature
Military service
AllegianceUnited States of America
Union
Branch/serviceUnion Army
Years of service1862-September 23, 1865[1]
RankUnion army maj rank insignia.jpg Brevet Major
Unit51st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 2nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery[1]
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Benjamin Dudley Dwinnell (September 14, 1834 - December 15, 1916) was an American law enforcement officer, military officer and politician who served as the nineteenth Sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts.

Early life[]

Dwinnell was born in Charlestown, New Hampshire on September 14, 1834.[1] Dwinnell was educated in the local public schools, after his education he worked for a year in the printing operations[1] of the National Eagle in Claremont, New Hampshire[2] after which Dwinnell moved to Worcester, Massachusetts where he worked in the grocery trade[2] and in a hardware store.[1]

Family life[]

On December 19, 1861, Dwinnell married Nellie Shepard, Daughter of Russell Rice Shepard of Worcester, Massachusetts.[1]

Military service[]

In 1862 Dwinnell enlisted in the 51st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Dwinell served as a First Lieutenant and Quartermaster of the 51st Regiment.[1] In February 1864, after his enlistment in the 51st Regiment expired Dwinnell enlisted as a First Lieutenant and Quartermaster of the 2nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery, serving with Augustus B. R. Sprague.[1] Dwinnell saw service with the 2nd Regiment in Virginia and North Carolina. Having reached the rank of Brevet Major; Dwinnell was mustered out on September 23, 1865.[1][2]

Post war service[]

After the American Civil War, Dwinnell returned to Worcester where he became the assistant Post Master under General .[1] In 1875 Dwinnell was appointed, by his former commanding officer Sheriff Augustus B. R. Sprague, as a Deputy Sheriff, and the Jailer and Master of the House of Correction at Fitchburg, Massachusetts.[1]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Crane, Ellery Bicknell (1907), Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume IV, New York, New York: Lewis Publishing Company, p. 223
  2. ^ a b c Howard, Marion (November 1, 1922), The Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History, Biography, Literature, and State Progress, Volume XIV, No. 11; New Hampshire Men in Fitchburg, MASS; Maj. Benjamin Dudley Dwinnell, Concord, New Hampshire: The Granite Monthly Company, p. 141
Political offices
Preceded by 19th Sheriff of
Worcester County, Massachusetts
1910 – December 15, 1916 		Succeeded by
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