James Ritchie (Massachusetts politician)

James Ritchie (May 12, 1815 - March 16, 1873) was an American teacher[2] and politician, who served as the fifth Mayor[3] of Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1855, and as a member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council.[4]

James Ritchie
5th Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts
In office 1855–1855
Preceded by	Linus Bacon Comins
Succeeded by	John Sherburne Sleeper
Member Massachusetts Governor's Council
Personal details
Born	May 12, 1815 Canton, Massachusetts
Died	March 16, 1873 (aged 57) Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Duxbury, Massachusetts
Nationality	American
Spouse(s)	Caroline Whitaker (Married April 1837; d. 1841), Mary Jane Kimball b. October 19, 1817.[1]
Children	James Ritchie Jr.[2]
Alma mater	Harvard
Profession	Teacher

Death

Ritchie drowned in the sinking of the steamboat Grace Darling off Duxbury, Massachusetts.[5] His body was never found.[2]

References

1. Palmer, Joseph (1864), Necrology of alumni of Harvard college, 1851-52 to 1862-63, Boston, MA: Joseph Palmer, pp. 393–395.
2. A History of Cleveland and its Environs The Heart of a New Continent, Volume II, Biography, Cleveland, Ohio: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1918, p. 421.
3. Winsor, Justin (1881), The Memorial History of Boston: Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630-1880 Vol. III, Boston, MA: Ticknor and Company, p. 578.
4. Thwing, Walter Eliot (1908), History of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1630-1904, Boston, MA: W. A. Butterfield, p. 294.
5. Hartford Daily Courant (Mar 19, 1873), THE FOUNDERING OF THE GRACE DARLING, Hartford, Conn.: Hartford Daily Courant, p. 2.

Bibliography

• History of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1630-1904 By Walter Eliot Thwing (1908).
• Memorials of the Class of 1835, Harvard University: Prepared on Behalf of the Class Secretary by Harvard College Class of 1835 (1886).
• The Memorial History of Boston: Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630-1880. Justin Winsor (1881).

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