MACHELSEA-L Archives
Archiver > MACHELSEA > 2007-08 > 1186943625
From:
Subject: [MACHELSEA] Judge Albert Davis Bosson b. Chelsea, Mass.
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 14:33:45 EDT
Subject: Judge Albert Davis Bosson, born Chelsea, Mass.
Source: Genealogical & Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston &
Eastern Mass.
by William Richard Cutter. (google book online)
p.1383
Judge Albert Davis Bosson, eldest son and second child of George Chapman
Bosson and Mary Jane Hood,
was born at Chelsea, Mass., Nov. 8, 1853. He was educated at the Chelsea
High School, graduating in
1869; then at Philip's Exeter Academy, where he remained from the fall of
1869 to January, 1871, then de-
ciding to enter Brown University, he entered the University grammar school
at Providence, where he finished
his preparation for college, graduating from Brown Univ. in 1875, taking the
degree of Bachelor of Arts,
afterwards receiving from the institution the Master of Arts degree. He
studied law in the office of Brooks,
Ball & Story, and also at the Boston Univ. School of Law. He was admitted to
the bar Feb. 18, 1878, and
immediately began practice in Boston. In 1890 he was elected Mayor of
Chelsea, and while in that office,
reorganized the finances and various departments of the city. Having
accomplished the purposes which he
had in mind upon his election, he declined a renomination. In 1882 he was
appointed by Governor John D.
Long, special Justice of the Chelsea Court, and in 1892 was appointed
Justice of the Court by Governor
William E. Russell, which office he now holds. Mr. Bosson was the founder
of the Provident Co-operative
Bank of Chelsea and of the County Savings Bank, serving the latter as
President from the date of its in-
corporation, 1890 until the present time. He was one of the organizers of
the Winnisimmet National Bank
and served as its Director, Vice-President, and President. He was President
of the Boston & Lockport Block
Company, the Hood Rubber Company and of various other manufacturing
concerns. He was a member of the
University, Saint Botolph, Harvard Travelers,' Twentieth Century, Chelsea
Review and other
p.1384
clubs. In college he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi. He was a senior warden
of St. Luke's Church,
Chelsea, for several years and had been for many years a member of the
vestry of the Church of the
Ascensiion, Ipswich, Mass. For purposes of business, health or pleasure, he
made frequent trips to
Europe, where he traveled extensively.
Albert Davis Bosson married in 1887, Alice Lavinia Campbell, dau. of the
Hon. Charles A. and Lavinia
(Hutchinson) Campbell; children:
1. Campbell Bosson b. Nov. 18, 1888; a student at Harvard Univ.
2. Pauline Arland Bosson, b. Feb. 24, 1894.
End.
Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth
************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at
http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
This thread: