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Benjamin Franklin Ficklin
Benjamin Franklin Ficklin (1827–1871) was a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, Class of 1849. He is famous for his help in starting the Pony Express and for establishing other stage coach and mail routes in the United States during the nineteenth century. Ficklin was also one of the people responsible for the creation of the Pacific Telegraph Company in 1861.
Born in Albemarle County, Virginia in 1827, Ficklin had a reputation for misbehaving. So in 1845, his father sent young Ficklin to attend the
while trying to remove the bone.
He is buried in Maplewood Cemetery in Charlottesville, Virginia.
One of his descendants, Jared Ficklin, would later appear on the PBS reality show Texas Ranch House portraying a cowboy. Correction: Jared Ficklin is related to Benjamin Franklin Ficklin, but is not a descendant given that Benjamin Franklin Ficklin died without children, therefore, he can have no direct descendants.
References.
- Mauer, D.A. (Spring, 1993) Pony Express pioneer left his mark on VMI. "