LUTHER SEVERANCE

Severance, Luther (1797-1855), a Representative from Maine; born in Montague, Franklin, Mass., October 26, 1797; moved with his parents to Cazenovia, N.Y., in 1799; attended the common schools; learned the printer’s trade in Peterboro, N.Y.; established the Kennebec Journal in Augusta, Maine, in 1825; member of the State house of representatives in 1829, 1839, 1840, 1842, and 1848; served in the State senate in 1835 and 1836; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847); vice president of the Whig National Convention in 1848; United States commissioner to the Sandwich Islands 1850-1854; died in Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, January 25, 1855; interment in Forest Grove Cemetery.
Parents: Elihu Severance, Tryphena Gunn
Spouse: Anna Hamlin
Born: 31 May 1801 in Maine
Died: 2 Apr 1887
Marriage: 12 OCT 1827
Children:
Henry Weld Severance 1828–1920 in Maine
Anna Severance 1832–1926 ""
Luther Severance 1836–1927 ""

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