Moses Tyler Stevens (October 10, 1825 – March 25, 1907) was an American textile manufacturer and a

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Moses Tyler Stevens was born in North Andover (then a part of

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on October 10, 1825, the son of textile manufacturer Nathaniel Stevens. He was also the brother of

Charles Abbot Stevens and a cousin of U.S. Representative Isaac Ingalls Stevens. Stevens attended Franklin Academy, a public school in North Andover. He graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, in 1842. He attended

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for one year in 1842 and 1843. Stevens joined his father's woolen goods manufacturing business after leaving college and became a partner in the business in 1850 under the name Nathaniel Stevens & Son in North Andover. Stevens married Charlotte Emeline Osgood in 1853. The Stevenses had three sons and three daughters. Stevens served as member of the

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in 1861. He served in the Massachusetts State Senate in 1868. He also served as president of the Andover National Bank. In 1876 Stevens dissolved Nathaniel Stevens & Son. Stevens and his brothers continued the business separately. His three sons, Nathaniel, Samuel, and Moses, became partners in the business in 1886 and the firm became M. T. Stevens & Sons. Stevens was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895). He served as a member of the

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. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress. After retiring from Congress, Stevens resumed his interests in the manufacturing business. He died in North Andover on March 25, 1907, and was interred in Ridgewood Cemetery. His estate, Osgood Hill, was saved from destruction and is now owned by the town of North Andover. Now listed on the

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, it serves as a conference center.

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