Deborah Bache Duane
(1781-1863)
BIRTH
October 1, 1781
PLACE
Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania, British America
DEATH
February 12, 1863
PLACE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
FAMILY
FATHER
Richard Bache
(1737-1811)
MOTHER
Sarah Franklin Bache
(1743-1808)
BROTHER
Benjamin Franklin Bache
(1769-1798)
SISTER
Elizabeth Franklin Bache Harwood
(1777-1820)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Deborah Franklin Bache Duane (1781–1863) was the daughter of Sarah Franklin and Richard Bache and a granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin. She married Philadelphia lawyer William John Duane in 1805; he briefly served as Treasury secretary in 1833. Her surviving correspondence includes an 1834 letter to her nephew, naval officer Andrew Allen Harwood, discussing a new baby and family news. Letters and inherited portraits preserve her personal record.
EARLY LIFE
Deborah Franklin Bache was born on Oct 1, 1781. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Deborah Franklin Bache is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Deborah Franklin Bache died on Feb 12, 1863. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Deborah Franklin Bache died on Feb 12, 1863, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Deborah Franklin Bache Duane was the daughter of Sarah Franklin and Richard Bache and a granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin. She married Philadelphia lawyer William John Duane in 1805; he briefly served as Treasury secretary in 1833. Her surviving correspondence includes an 1834 letter to her nephew, naval officer Andrew Allen Harwood, discussing a new baby and family news. Letters and inherited portraits preserve her personal record. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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