Alvin Foye Sortwell (July 21, 1854 – March 21, 1910) was a Massachusetts politician who served as the twenty-sixth Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Alvin Foye Sortwell | |
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| 26th Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts | |
| In office January 1897 – January 1899 | |
| Preceded by | William Bancroft |
| Succeeded by | Edgar R. Champlin |
| Member of the Board of Aldermen of Cambridge, Massachusetts[1] | |
| In office January 1889 – January 1890 | |
| President of the Common Council of Cambridge, Massachusetts[1] | |
| In office 1888[2]–1888[2] | |
| Member of the Common Council of Cambridge, Massachusetts[1] | |
| In office 1886[2]–1888[2] | |
| Member of the Common Council of Cambridge, Massachusetts[1] | |
| In office 1879[2]–1879[2] | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 21, 1854[1] Boston, Massachusetts, US[1] |
| Died | March 21, 1910[1] Cambridge, Massachusetts, US[1] |
| Spouse | Gertrude Winship Dailey[1] |
| Children | 6[1][3] |
| Signature |  |
Sortwell was born to Daniel Robinson Sortwell[1] and Sophia Augusta (Foye) Sortwell in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 21, 1854.[2] On December 31, 1879, Sortwell married Gertrude Winship Dailey,[2] they had six children, Clara, Frances Augusta, Daniel Richard, Marion, Edward Carter and Alvin Foye Sortwell.[1] Edward Carter Sortwell[3] joined the American Ambulance Field Service, Edward died in Salonika, Greece in November 1916 the result of being struck by a staff car while crossing a darkened alleyway.[3]
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Eliot, Samuel Atkins (1913), Biographical History of Massachusetts: Biographies and Autobiographies of the Leading Men in the State. Volume IV, Boston, MA: Massachusetts Biographical Society'
- ^ a b c d e f g h Eliot, Samuel Atkins (1913), "A History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1913", The Cambridge Tribune, Cambridge, MA, p. 246
- ^ a b c Howe, Mark Antony De Wolfe (1920), Memoirs of the Harvard Dead in the War Against Germany, Volume 1, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, p. 166
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