William H. Kent
William Henry Kent[1] | |
|---|---|
| 11th Mayor of Charlestown, Massachusetts | |
| In office 1870–1873 | |
| Preceded by | Eugene L. Norton |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Stone |
| Member of the Charlestown, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen Ward 2[2] | |
| In office 1865–1868 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 21, 1823[3] Duxbury, Massachusetts[4] |
| Died | February 7, 1889[3] Charlestown, Massachusetts[5] |
| Spouse(s) | Rebecca Prentiss, b. West Cambridge, (Arlington), Massachusetts, October 10, 1822. |
| Parent | Alice Kent[4] |
William Henry Kent (March 21, 1823 – February 7, 1889) was a Massachusetts politician who served as a member of the Boston, Massachusetts, Board of Aldermen, the Charlestown, Massachusetts, Board of Aldermen, on the Charlestown, Massachusetts School Committee, and as the eleventh mayor of Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Family life[edit]
Kent married Rebecca Prentiss of West Cambridge, (Arlington), Massachusetts, in that town on August 5, 1846,[6] they had one child, a daughter, Alice Kent.[7]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Briggs, Lloyd Vernon (1898), Genealogies of the different families bearing the name of Kent in the United, Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill Press, p. 99
- ^ A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, pp. 353–354
- ^ a b Briggs, Lloyd Vernon (1898), Genealogies of the different families bearing the name of Kent in the United States, Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill Press, p. 99
- ^ a b Briggs, Lloyd Vernon (1898), Genealogies of the different families bearing the name of Kent in the United States, Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill Press, p. 99
- ^ Briggs, Lloyd Vernon (1898), Genealogies of the different families bearing the name of Kent in the United States, Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill Press, p. 99
- ^ Woods, Henry Earnest (1904), Vital records of Arlington, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, p. 86
- ^ Briggs, Lloyd Vernon (1898), Genealogies of the different families bearing the name of Kent in the United States, Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill Press, p. 99
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