Nathaniel Silsbee Jr.
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Nathaniel Silsbee Jr. | |
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Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the Essex district | |
5th Mayor of Salem, MA[1] | |
In office 1849[1] – 1851 Salem, Massachusetts[2] | |
Preceded by | Joseph S. Cabot |
Succeeded by | David Pingree |
11th Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts[4] | |
In office 1858[3]–1859[3] | |
Preceded by | William S. Messervy |
Succeeded by | Stephen Palfrey Webb |
Member of the Salem, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen[5] | |
In office 1851–1852 | |
Personal details | |
Born | December 28, 1804 Salem, Mass. |
Died | July 9, 1881 Milton, Mass. | (aged 76)
Political party | Whig |
Spouse | Marianne Cabot |
Relations | Nathaniel Silsbee father Jared Sparks brother in law. |
Alma mater | Harvard |
Nathaniel Silsbee Jr. (December 28, 1804 – July 9, 1881) was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and twice as the Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts, and was for many years the treasurer of Harvard.[6]
Early life
[edit]Silsbee was born on December 28, 1804, to former U.S. Senator Nathaniel Silsbee and Mary (Crowninshield) Silsbee.[6]
Family life
[edit]Silsbee married Ann Cabot Devereux on November 9, 1829, in Salem, Essex Co., Mass. She was born Feb. 6, 1812 in Salem.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Capen, Naphen (1850), The Massachusetts State Record and Year Book of General Information 1850, Vol. IV, Boston, MA: James French, p. 279
- ^ Capen, Naphen (1851), The Massachusetts State Record and Year Book of General Information 1851 Vol. V, Boston, MA: James French, p. 297
- ^ a b Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1888), History of Essex County, Massachusetts: with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume 1, Issue 1, Philadelphia, PA: J.W. Lewis & Co., p. 227
- ^ Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1888), History of Essex County, Massachusetts: with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume 1, Issue 1, Philadelphia, PA: J.W. Lewis & Co., p. 225
- ^ Salem City Council (1867), Municipal register, for 1867, Salem, MA: City of Salem, p. 18
- ^ a b Essex Institute (1878), Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. XV, Salem, Ma.: The Essex Institute, p. 304
- ^ Salem Marriages - Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 page 295
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- 1804 births
- 1881 deaths
- Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- Harvard University alumni
- Massachusetts city council members
- Mayors of Salem, Massachusetts
- 19th-century American legislators
- 19th-century Massachusetts politicians
- 19th-century mayors of places in Massachusetts
- 19th-century members of the Massachusetts General Court