Josiah Bowers French (December 13, 1799 – August 21, 1876) was a bank president who served as the
seventh mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilitie ...
of
Lowell, Massachusetts
Lowell () is a city in Massachusetts, United States. Alongside Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge, it is one of two traditional county seat, seats of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Middlesex County. With an estimated population of 115,554 in ...
.
Family life
French married Mary Anne Stevens of
Billerica, Massachusetts
Billerica ( ) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 42,119 according to the 2020 census. It takes its name from the town of Billericay in Essex, England.
History
In the early 1630s, a Praying Indian ...
, on April 6, 1823; they had nine children: Mary Ann French, born September 19, 1823, Josiah Stevens French born September 30, 1825, Harriet Stevens French born August 27, 1827, Josiah Bowers French born January 8, 1830, Samuel Lawrence French born September 25, 1832, Luther Bartlett French born October 25, 1834, Sarah Josephine French born March 3, 1838, Catherine Isabella French born December 20, 1840, and Francis Maria French born April 20, 1843.
Mayor of Lowell
French was elected mayor of
Lowell in 1848; he was re-elected mayor in December 1849.
References
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1799 births
1876 deaths
American bank presidents
Mayors of Lowell, Massachusetts
19th-century American businesspeople
19th-century mayors of places in Massachusetts