John Sherburne Sleeper

John Sherburne Sleeper
6th Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts
In office
1856–1858
Preceded byJames Ritchie
Succeeded byTheodore Otis
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
from the 7th Suffolk[1] district
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Personal details
Born(1794-09-25)September 25, 1794[2]
Tyngsborough, Massachusetts,[3][4]
DiedNovember 14, 1878(1878-11-14) (aged 84)[2]
NationalityAmerican
SpouseMary Folsom Noble[2]
ChildrenMary Rindge Sleeper (1833-1897);
Herbert Sleeper (1841–1874);[5]
Ariana E. Sleeper (1829–1911);[6]
Charles F. Sleeper (1826-1915).[7]
Alma materPhillips Exeter Academy[2]

John Sherburne Sleeper (1794–1878) was an American sailor, ship master, novelist (who used the pseudonym of Hawser Martingale), journalist and politician.

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  2. ^ a b c d Thwing, Walter Eliot (1908), History of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1630-1904, Boston, MA: W.A. Butterfield, p. 318
  3. ^ Nason, Elias (1890), A Gazetteer of the State of Massachusetts: With Numerous Illustrations, Boston, MA: B. B. Russell, p. 647
  4. ^ Drake, Samuel Adams (1880), History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Containing Carefully Prepared Histories of Every City and Town in the County Vol. II, Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, p. 399
  5. ^ Harvard Class of 1861 (1892), Fifth Report of the Harvard Class of 1861 Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Vol. I, New York, NY: Harvard Class of 1861, pp. 112–114{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Davis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Vol. I, Boston, MA: The Boston History Company, p. 588
  7. ^ "The Magazine of history with notes and queries – Vol. I – January–June 1905". New York, NY: William Abbatt. 1905. p. 393. Retrieved December 25, 2019.