Preceded by Linus Bacon Comins Name James Ritchie Children James Ritchie, Jr. | Nationality American | |
Born May 12, 1815
Canton, Massachusetts ( 1815-05-12 ) Died March 16, 1873(1873-03-16) (aged 57)
Atlantic Ocean off te coast of Duxbury, Massachusetts Spouse(s) Caroline Whitaker (Married April 1837; d. 1841), Mary Jane Kimball b. October 19, 1817. | ||
Succeeded by John Sherburne Sleeper | ||
James Ritchie (May 12, 1815 - March 16, 1873) was an American teacher and politician, who served as the fifth Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1855, and as a member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council.
Death
Ritchie drowned in the sinking of the steamboat Grace Darling off of Duxbury, Massachusetts his body was never found.
References
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