Benjamin Samuel Welles (1823-1904)
Dry Goods Merchant, of 46 West 39th Street, New York City; and Islip, Long Island
He was born in Boston and was the nephew of Samuel Welles who founded the famous banking house of Welles & Co. in Paris. He was a patron and member of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New York Botanical Gardens. He married Catherine, sister of the Mrs Astor. He was survived by a son and two daughters.