Samuel L. Montague

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Samuel Leland Montague[1]
Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
In office
January 1878 – January 1880
Preceded byFrank Augustus Allen
Succeeded byJames Morris Whiton Hall
Member of the Board of Aldermen
of Cambridge, Massachusetts[2]
In office
1875–1876
Member of the Common Council
of Cambridge, Massachusetts[3]
In office
1873–1874
Personal details
BornMay 4, 1829[4]
Montague, Massachusetts
DiedJanuary 16, 1869[5]
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Annie Maria Burchsted, m. December 23, 1852, d. September 12, 1854; Mary Elizabeth Burchsted, m. May 4, 1856.[6]
ChildrenAnnie Sybil Montague; Charles Hibbard Montague; Mary Noyes Montague.[6]

Samuel Leland Montague (May 4, 1829 – January 16, 1897) was a Massachusetts politician who served on the Common Council, the Board of Aldermen and as the Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts.[3]

Personal life[edit]

Montague was born in Montague, Massachusetts on May 4, 1829, to Simeon and Sybil (Leland) Montague.[1] He married Ann Maria Bucksted on December 23, 1853, who died less than a year later on September 12, 1854. After her death, he married Mary Elizabeth Bucksted. They had two children, Charles H. and Annie S. Montague.[3]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b The New England Historic Genealogical Society (1908), "Memorial Biographies of The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Volume IX 1890-1897", The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, p. 385
  2. ^ Paige, Lucius Robinson (1877), History of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1630-1877: With a Geological Register, Volume I, Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, p. 471
  3. ^ a b c The New England Historic Genealogical Society (1908), "Memorial Biographies of The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Volume IX 1890-1897", The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, p. 386
  4. ^ Rand, John Clark (1890), One of a thousand: a Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men, Boston, MA: First National Publishing Company, p. 421
  5. ^ Proceedings of the New England Historic Genealogical Society at the Annual Meeting, 7 January 1881, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 7 January 1881, p. 59
  6. ^ a b Rand, John Clark (1890), One of a thousand: a Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men, Boston, MA: First National Publishing Company, p. 422
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
January 1878 - January 1880
Succeeded by