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	In 1854, Provoost came to Dubuque after being appointed Chief Engineer of the [[DUBUQUE AND PACIFIC RAILROAD]]. He located the road to Sioux City and had charge of building the road as far west as Manchester. He afterward located and helped build the Western Union Railroad from Freeport to Lanark. (3)		In 1854, Provoost came to Dubuque after being appointed Chief Engineer of the [[DUBUQUE AND PACIFIC RAILROAD]]. He located the road to Sioux City and had charge of building the road as far west as Manchester. He afterward located and helped build the Western Union Railroad from Freeport to Lanark. (3)

	Settling in Dubuque after his days as an engineer, Provoost was for many years one of the directors of the [[SECOND NATIONAL BANK]]. He was also a large stockholder in the [[DUNLEITH ~~AND~~ DUBUQUE BRIDGE CO]]. (4)		Settling in Dubuque after his days as an engineer, Provoost was for many years one of the directors of the [[SECOND NATIONAL BANK]]. He was also a large stockholder in the [[DUNLEITH & DUBUQUE BRIDGE CO.]] (4)

	See: [[MASON, Roswell B.\|Roswell B. MASON]]		See: [[MASON, Roswell B.\|Roswell B. MASON]]

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	In 1854, Provoost came to Dubuque after being appointed Chief Engineer of the [[DUBUQUE AND PACIFIC RAILROAD]]. He located the road to Sioux City and had charge of building the road as far west as Manchester. He afterward located and helped build the Western Union Railroad from Freeport to Lanark. (3)		In 1854, Provoost came to Dubuque after being appointed Chief Engineer of the [[DUBUQUE AND PACIFIC RAILROAD]]. He located the road to Sioux City and had charge of building the road as far west as Manchester. He afterward located and helped build the Western Union Railroad from Freeport to Lanark. (3)

	Settling in Dubuque after his days as an engineer, Provoost was for many years one of the directors of the [[SECOND NATIONAL BANK]]. He was also a large stockholder in the [[DUNLEITH AND DUBUQUE BRIDGE ~~COMPANY~~]]. (4)		Settling in Dubuque after his days as an engineer, Provoost was for many years one of the directors of the [[SECOND NATIONAL BANK]]. He was also a large stockholder in the [[DUNLEITH AND DUBUQUE BRIDGE CO]]. (4)

	See: [[MASON, Roswell B.\|Roswell B. MASON]]		See: [[MASON, Roswell B.\|Roswell B. MASON]]

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	PROVOOST, Benjamin B. (New York, NY, Feb. 15, 1813--Oct. 22, 1881). ~~In 1854, Provoost came~~ to ~~Dubuque after being appointed Chief Engineer~~ of the ~~[[DUBUQUE AND PACIFIC RAILROAD]]~~. He ~~located~~ the ~~road~~ to ~~Sioux City~~ and ~~had charge of~~ building the ~~road as far west as Manchester. He afterward located~~ and ~~helped build~~ the ~~Western Union Railroad from Freeport to Lanark~~.		PROVOOST, Benjamin B. (New York, NY, Feb. 15, 1813--Dubuque, IA, Oct. 22, 1881). Proovst helped built the Catskill and Canajoharie railroad crossing from the Hudson River to the headwaters of the Mohawk. He was later hired as an engineer on the Housatonic Road until it was completed from Bridgeport on Long Island Sound to a connection with the Albany and Boston Railroad. He then worked on building the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad under the direction of Col R. M. Mason. (1)

	Provoost was for many years one of the directors of the [[SECOND NATIONAL BANK]].		When Col. Mason of Chicago was appointed the chief engineer of the [[ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD]], Provoost traveled east with him and was appointed the division engineer. In this position he had charge of the survey and building of the road fro the Rock River to Dunleith. (2)

			In 1854, Provoost came to Dubuque after being appointed Chief Engineer of the [[DUBUQUE AND PACIFIC RAILROAD]]. He located the road to Sioux City and had charge of building the road as far west as Manchester. He afterward located and helped build the Western Union Railroad from Freeport to Lanark. (3)

			Settling in Dubuque after his days as an engineer, Provoost was for many years one of the directors of the [[SECOND NATIONAL BANK]]. He was also a large stockholder in the [[DUNLEITH AND DUBUQUE BRIDGE COMPANY]]. (4)

	See: [[MASON, Roswell B.\|Roswell B. MASON]]		See: [[MASON, Roswell B.\|Roswell B. MASON]]
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	Oldt, Franklin T. '''The History of Dubuque County, Iowa'''. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880, p. 859-860		1. "Sudden Death," The Daily Herald, October 23, 1881, p 4

			2. Oldt, Franklin T. '''The History of Dubuque County, Iowa'''. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880, p. 859-860

			3. "Sudden Death..."

			4. Ibid.

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PROVOOST, Benjamin B. (New York, NY, Feb. 15, 1813--Oct. 22, 1881). In 1854, Provoost came to Dubuque after being appointed Chief Engineer of the [[DUBUQUE AND PACIFIC RAILROAD]]. He located the road to Sioux City and had charge of building the road as far west as Manchester. He afterward located and helped build the Western Union Railroad from Freeport to Lanark.

Provoost was for many years one of the directors of the [[SECOND NATIONAL BANK]].

See: [[MASON, Roswell B.|Roswell B. MASON]]

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Source:

Oldt, Franklin T. '''The History of Dubuque County, Iowa'''. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880, p. 859-860

[[Category: Banker]]