Benjamin F. Pleasants (November 10, 1795 – June 2, 1879) was an American government official who served as acting Solicitor of the United States Treasury. He was also the son in law of John Adair.
Biography Benjamin Franklin Pleasants was born in Richmond, Virginia, on November 10, 1795. In 1803 his family relocated to Versailles, Kentucky, where he was raised and educated.
In February, 1817 Pleasants married Isabella McCalla Adair.Adair History and Genealogy, by James Barnett Adair, 1924, page 123 He lived in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, studied law and was admitted to the bar, and also served as Cashier of the Bank of the Commonwealth in Harrodsburg.Edward Pleasants Valentine, The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers: Hardy-Pleasants, 1927, page 1291William Curry Harllee, Kinfolks: a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Thomas and Elizabeth (Stuart) Harllee, etc., Volume 2, 1935, page 1235
In 1830 Pleasants was appointed to a Clerk's position in the United States Treasury Department.Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, published by the society, Volume 16, Number 46, (January, 1918), page 70 During his government career he became Chief Clerk in the Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury, and he occasionally served as acting Solicitor of the Treasury.Executive Documents of the House of Representatives at the Second Session of the Twenty-First Congress, published by Duff Green, 1831, page 30Historical Genealogy of the Woodsons and Their Connections, compiled and published by Henry Morton Woodson, 1915, page 149The Political Register and Congressional Directory, published by Houghton, Osgood and Company, Boston, 1878, page 230
Pleasants continued to work at the Treasury Department almost until his death. He died in Washington, D.C., on June 2, 1879.History of Woodford County, Kentucky, By William Edward Railey and William E. Railey, 1938, page 256 He was buried in Washington's Oak Hill Cemetery.
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