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Lawson Sibley

Lawson Sibley

American politician

Lawson Sibley (1836 – March 18, 1898) was an American businessman and politician who served as the Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts in 1892.

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Biography

Lawson Sibley was born in Barre, Massachusetts in 1836.[1] He married Harriet Emmons Aiken in 1863, and they had two daughters.[1][2] He worked in the flour and feed business.[3]

A Democrat, he served as county commissioner of Hampden County, Massachusetts from 1873 to 1876.[4]

He died at his home in Springfield on March 18, 1898.[1][3]

Notes

  1. [1]
    "Ex-Mayor Sibley Dead". Hartford Courant. Springfield, Massachusetts. March 19, 1898. p. 1. Retrieved March 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. [2]
    De Bolt, Mary M., ed. (1923). Lineage Book. Vol. LXVI. Washington D.C.: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. p. 74. Retrieved March 5, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  3. [3]
    "Ex-Mayor Sibley Dead". The New York Times. March 19, 1898. p. 2. Retrieved March 5, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. [4]
    Copeland, Alfred Minott (1902). Copeland, Alfred Minot (ed.). 'Our county and Its People': A History of Hampden County Massachusetts. Vol. One. The Century Memorial Publishing Company. p. 152. Retrieved March 5, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
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