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FRANCIS WILLIAMS ROCKWELL
ROCKWELL, Francis Williams, (son of Julius
Rockwell), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Mass., on May 26, 1844;
attended the public schools and Edwards Place School, Stockbridge, Mass.; was graduated from Amherst (Mass.) College
in 1868 and from the law department of Harvard University in 1871; commenced the practice of law in Pittsfield in
1871; appointed one of the special justices of the district court of central Berkshire in 1873, resigning in 1875;
served in the State house of representatives in 1879; served in the State senate in 1881 and 1882; elected as a
Republican to the Forty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George D. Robinson;
reelected to the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-first Congresses and served from January 17, 1884, to March 3,
1891; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; resumed the practice of law in
Pittsfield, Mass., until 1916 when he retired; president of the City Savings Bank 1893-1916; delegate to the
Republican National Convention in 1900; member of the Greylock Reservation Commission 1898-1926; died in Pittsfield,
Mass., June 26, 1929; interment in Pittsfield Cemetery.
Spouse:
Mary Gilbert Davis
Born: 10 Oct 1848 in Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Died: 8 Jan 1939 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Marriage: 11 Jun 1873 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Children Sex Birth
William Walker Rockwell M 4 Oct 1874 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Henry Davis Rockwell M 6 Sep 1876 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Samuel Forbes Rockwell M 28 Oct 1878 in Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Julius Rockwell M 16 Jul 1880 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Lawrence Dowse Rockwell M 27 Sep 1883 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Francis Williams Rockwell M 1 Sep 1885 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Elizabeth Rockwell F 27 Mar 1888 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Father: Julius Rockwell
Born: 26 Apr 1805 Colebrook, Litchfield, Connecticut
Died: 19 May 1888 Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Mother: Lucy F Walker
Born: 6 Jan 1808 in Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Died: 13 Feb 1887 in Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Sources:
United States Federal Census
Massachusetts Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell |