Caleb Stetson
Caleb Stetson | |
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| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the Norfolk district | |
| In office 1853 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 6, 1801 |
| Died | January 1885 (aged 83–84) |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Susannah Hunt |
| Children | Albert Everett Stetson |
| Occupation | Shoe Manufacturer |
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Caleb Stetson (January 6, 1801 – January 1885) was an American businessman and politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A Democrat, in 1852 he was elected to serve in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. In the legislature he chaired the House Committee on Banking. He was a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1853. He was also an early promoter and president of the South Shore Railroad.[1] He lost property in the Great Boston Fire.[2]
References
- ↑ Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. 1907. p. 202.
- ↑ "List of homes and businesses destroyed in the Great Boston Fire". The Boston Globe. November 11, 1872.
Bibliography
- Annual Obituary Notices of Eminent Persons who Have Died in the United States p. 346 By Nathan Crosby (1858).
- History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men Vol I. By Duane Hamilton Hurd pp. 131–132. (1884).
- Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Begun and Held in Boston, on the Fourth Day of May, 1853 By Massachusetts Constitutional Convention p. 53, 191(1853).