BLOSSOM, BENJAMIN FREEMAN, Banker, Peoria, was born at Brighton, New York, March 30, 1833, the son of Benjamin Bangs and Mehitable (Foster) Blossom, who were natives of Barnstable County, Massachusetts. His grandparents on the paternal side were Capt. Ezra and Mehitable (Crosby) Blossom, while his maternal grandparents were Chillingsworth and Priscilla (Hopkins) Foster—all being natives of the same locality as his father and mother.
Mr. Blossom was educated by his mother, in the common schools and at the Clover Street Seminary, near Rochester, New York; and, in 1855, came to Illinois, locating first in Chicago, where he remained until 1857, when he went to Pekin, Illinois, remaining there until 1876. In 1866 the Messrs. F. W. & I. E. Leonard, assisted by Mr. Blossom, organized the First National Bank of Pekin, of which bank Mr. Blossom became the Cashier.
In 1876 Mr. Blossom came to Peoria, where he has since resided. He was mainly instrumental, in 1884, in organizing the Central National Bank of Peoria, of which he is now the Second Vice-President.
Mr. Blossom was married at Brighton, New York, January 12, 1859, to Catherine A. Beckwith, and they have had two children: Frederick Freeman Blossom, now Cashier of the Central National Bank, and Mary Bates Blossom, at present a student in Berlin, Germany. In religious belief he is Protestant Evangelical, and in politics an avowed "Mugwump."
Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Peoria County, Volume II, 1902
Mr. Blossom was educated by his mother, in the common schools and at the Clover Street Seminary, near Rochester, New York; and, in 1855, came to Illinois, locating first in Chicago, where he remained until 1857, when he went to Pekin, Illinois, remaining there until 1876. In 1866 the Messrs. F. W. & I. E. Leonard, assisted by Mr. Blossom, organized the First National Bank of Pekin, of which bank Mr. Blossom became the Cashier.
In 1876 Mr. Blossom came to Peoria, where he has since resided. He was mainly instrumental, in 1884, in organizing the Central National Bank of Peoria, of which he is now the Second Vice-President.
Mr. Blossom was married at Brighton, New York, January 12, 1859, to Catherine A. Beckwith, and they have had two children: Frederick Freeman Blossom, now Cashier of the Central National Bank, and Mary Bates Blossom, at present a student in Berlin, Germany. In religious belief he is Protestant Evangelical, and in politics an avowed "Mugwump."
Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Peoria County, Volume II, 1902
BLOSSOM, BENJAMIN FREEMAN, Banker, Peoria, was born at Brighton, New York, March 30, 1833, the son of Benjamin Bangs and Mehitable (Foster) Blossom, who were natives of Barnstable County, Massachusetts. His grandparents on the paternal side were Capt. Ezra and Mehitable (Crosby) Blossom, while his maternal grandparents were Chillingsworth and Priscilla (Hopkins) Foster—all being natives of the same locality as his father and mother.
Mr. Blossom was educated by his mother, in the common schools and at the Clover Street Seminary, near Rochester, New York; and, in 1855, came to Illinois, locating first in Chicago, where he remained until 1857, when he went to Pekin, Illinois, remaining there until 1876. In 1866 the Messrs. F. W. & I. E. Leonard, assisted by Mr. Blossom, organized the First National Bank of Pekin, of which bank Mr. Blossom became the Cashier.
In 1876 Mr. Blossom came to Peoria, where he has since resided. He was mainly instrumental, in 1884, in organizing the Central National Bank of Peoria, of which he is now the Second Vice-President.
Mr. Blossom was married at Brighton, New York, January 12, 1859, to Catherine A. Beckwith, and they have had two children: Frederick Freeman Blossom, now Cashier of the Central National Bank, and Mary Bates Blossom, at present a student in Berlin, Germany. In religious belief he is Protestant Evangelical, and in politics an avowed "Mugwump."
Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Peoria County, Volume II, 1902
Mr. Blossom was educated by his mother, in the common schools and at the Clover Street Seminary, near Rochester, New York; and, in 1855, came to Illinois, locating first in Chicago, where he remained until 1857, when he went to Pekin, Illinois, remaining there until 1876. In 1866 the Messrs. F. W. & I. E. Leonard, assisted by Mr. Blossom, organized the First National Bank of Pekin, of which bank Mr. Blossom became the Cashier.
In 1876 Mr. Blossom came to Peoria, where he has since resided. He was mainly instrumental, in 1884, in organizing the Central National Bank of Peoria, of which he is now the Second Vice-President.
Mr. Blossom was married at Brighton, New York, January 12, 1859, to Catherine A. Beckwith, and they have had two children: Frederick Freeman Blossom, now Cashier of the Central National Bank, and Mary Bates Blossom, at present a student in Berlin, Germany. In religious belief he is Protestant Evangelical, and in politics an avowed "Mugwump."
Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Peoria County, Volume II, 1902
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