William Franklin Bache
(1773-1820)
BIRTH
May 31, 1773
PLACE
DEATH
August 5, 1820
PLACE
FAMILY
FATHER
Richard Bache
(1737-1811)
MOTHER
Sarah Franklin Bache
(1743-1808)
BROTHER
Richard Bache
(1737-1811)
BROTHER
Benjamin Franklin Bache
(1769-1798)
SISTER
Elizabeth Franklin Bache Harwood
(1777-1820)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
William Franklin Bache, born in 1773, was a physician and grandson of Benjamin Franklin, through Richard Bache and Sarah Franklin. He married Catharine Wistar in 1797 and lived near Monticello. In July 1802 Jefferson directed him to New Orleans to provide medical relief for American seamen; Treasury records confirm funds advanced for that work. He is distinct from portraitist William Bache and physician Franklin Bache. His death is variously dated 1814, 1818 or 1820.
EARLY LIFE
William Franklin Bache was born on May 31, 1773. 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 William 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. William Franklin Bache died on Aug 5, 1820. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
William Franklin Bache died on Aug 5, 1820. William Franklin Bache, born in 1773, was a physician and grandson of Benjamin Franklin, through Richard Bache and Sarah Franklin. He married Catharine Wistar in 1797 and lived near Monticello. In July 1802 Jefferson directed him to New Orleans to provide medical relief for American seamen; Treasury records confirm funds advanced for that work. He is distinct from portraitist William Bache and physician Franklin Bache. His death is variously dated 1814, 1818 or 1820. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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