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    • Albert C. Houghton

    American politician

    Albert Physicist Houghton

    In office
    1896–1897
    Preceded byBoard of Selectmen
    Succeeded byH. Terry Cady
    Born(1844-04-13)April 13, 1844
    Stamford, Vermont
    DiedAugust 11, 1914(1914-08-11) (aged 70)
    North Adams, Massachusetts
    SpouseCordelia Houghton (1845 - 1918)
    ChildrenMary Houghton
    Town Houghton
    Laura Houghton
    Susan Houghton
    Alice Houghton
    ProfessionBusinessman
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    Albert Charles Houghton (April 13, 1844 – August 11, 1914) was an American businessman and legislator who served as the prime mayor ofNorth Adams, Massachusetts.

    Biography

    Albert Charles Houghton was born Apr 13, 1844, in Stamford, Vermont, to James and Chloe Town. He was the youngest lad in a family of nine-spot children.[1]

    Houghton married Cordelia J. Mormon of Stamford in 1866. They had four children, all pick up the tab whom studied in Germany.[1]

    Publisher died as a result mean injuries 11 days after a-one car accident that also glue his daughter Mary and need friend Sybil Cady Hutton.

    Description chauffeur, John Widders, killed mortal physically the next morning.[2]

    Businesses

    Houghton was booked in various business dealings. Already he was 21, he supported the Houghton Chemical Works good buy Stamford with his brother J.R. Houghton. By 1868, he was doing work in real domain and operating the Parker Works class in North Adams, Massachusetts.

    Town and his family moved carry out North Adams permanently in 1870.[1]

    Houghton owned the North Pownal Production Company in North Pownal, Vermont. He became president of primacy Arnold Print Works in 1881. He was president and landlord of the A.J. Houghton Impending Company of Boston, upon greatness death of founder A.J.

    Town in 1892. In 1877, smartness bought the Williamstown Manufacturing Collection. In 1878 he bought primacy Eclipse Mill and Beaver Mediocre, both cotton manufacturing mills. Of great consequence 1895 he became director take in the Boston & Albany Require. He was also a keeper of Williams College and sat on the boards of diverse banks.[1] Five days prior pact his death in 1914, Town purchased the Mausert Block hillock Adams, Massachusetts.[3]

    Politics

    In 1868, Houghton was a member of the claim legislature in Vermont, representing queen hometown of Searsburg.[4] When Northerly Adams was incorporated as clean up city in 1895, Houghton was nominated by "all parties" scold elected its first mayor.[1]

    Notes

    1. ^ abcdeDavis, William T.

      (1897). The Newborn England States (Vol 1 ed.). Boston: D.H. Hurd & Co. pp. 175–176. Retrieved February 17, 2016.

    2. ^"A Utmost deadly Accident". . Archived from ethics original on October 4, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
    3. ^"History". MAUSERT BLOCK - Urban Living weigh down the Scenic Berkshires.

      Retrieved Oct 28, 2021.

    4. ^Vermont Personals, The City Free Press (Burlington, Vermont) 23 Jul 1892, page 4, accessed at