Benjamin Drew
- Born: 28 Nov 1812, Washington, District Of Columbia 2 3
- Marriage: Carolina Bangs on 19 Jan 1842 in Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts 1
- Died: 19 Jul 1903, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts at age 90 1 2 4
- Buried: Jul 1903, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts 2
 General Notes:
In 1881, Benjamin traveled around the world, spending a short time on the way with his son, Edward Bangs Drew, a Mandarin in the Chinese Imperial Customs Service, with headquarters at Tientsin, where he passed his 70th birthday. 5
Noted events in his life were:
• Census, 1830, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. 6
Benjamin Drew: Males: 1 - 15 to 20, 1 - 60 to 70. Females: 1 - 15 to 20, 1 - 20 - 30, 2 - 30 to 40, 1 - 40 to 50, 1 - 50 to 60, 1 - 60 to 70.
• Occupation: teacher, 1860, St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. 5
• Occupation: journalist. 5
Benjamin often wrote under the name of "Ensign Stebbins" and his humorous columns were published int he Boston Post. He was later a proof reader in the Government printing office in Washington D. C.
• Occupation: author. 1
Benjamin wrote the books, "Pens and Types, " a standard work on typography, and antoher entitled, "The North side of slavery," and after his final return to Plymouth, he published a valuble descriptive catalogue of the gravestones and inscriptions on Plymouth Burial Hill.
Benjamin married Carolina Bangs on 19 Jan 1842 in Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts.1 (Carolina Bangs was born about 1816 in Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts.)
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