JOHN BASSETT ALLEY

Alley, John Bassett (1817-1896), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Lynn, Essex County, Mass., January 7, 1817; attended the common schools; at the age of fourteen was apprenticed as a shoemaker, but was released at nineteen; moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1836; freighted merchandise up and down the Mississippi River; moved to Lynn, Mass., in 1838 and entered the shoe manufacturing business; established a hide and leather house in Boston in 1847; member of the first board of aldermen of Lynn in 1850; member of the Governor’s council 1847-1851; served in the State senate in 1852; member of the constitutional convention of 1853; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1867); chairman, Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads (Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses); was not a candidate for renomination in 1866; became connected with the Union Pacific Railroad; abandoned active business pursuits in 1886 and lived in retirement until his death in West Newton, Middlesex, Mass., January 19, 1896; interment in Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Mass.
Father: John Alley
Born: 14 Jan 1777 Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
Died: 17 Jun 1851 Massachusetts
Mother: Mercy Buffum
Born: 5 Apr 1779 in Massachusetts
Died: 29 Oct 1862
Spouse: Hannah Maria Rhodes
Born: 12 Oct 1826 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
Died: 7 Jan 1895 in Middlesex, Massachusetts
Marriage: 15 Sep 1841 in Essex, Massachusetts
Children Sex Birth
Emma Rhodes Alley F 15 Oct 1846 in Massachusetts
May F Alley F 21 Nov 1849 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
J Arthur Alley M abt 1855
John Stuart Alley M 31 Mar 1856 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
William Henry Alley M 10 Jan 1859 in Massachusetts

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Massachusetts Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell