WILLIAM APPLETON

Appleton, William (1786-1862), (Son of Rev. Joseph Appleton; cousin of Nathan Appleton; married to Mary Ann Cutler (1794-1860); father-in-law of Thomas Jefferson Coolidge.), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Brookfield, Worcester County, Mass., November 16, 1786; attended schools in New Ipswich, N.H., Francestown, N.H., and Tyngsboro, Mass.; worked in a country store at Temple, Hillsboro County, N.H., when fifteen years of age; moved to Boston in 1807; engaged in mercantile pursuits; president of the Boston Branch of the United States Bank 1832-1836; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress and for election in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress; elected as a Constitutional Unionist to the Thirty-seventh Congress and served from March 4, 1861, to September 27, 1861, when he resigned because of failing health; died at Longwood (Brookline), Norfolk County, Mass., February 15, 1862; interment in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
Parents: Joseph Appleton, Mary Hook
Spouse: Mary Ann Cutler
Born: 6 Mar 1794 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Died: 29 Mar 1861 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Marriage: 8 Jan 1815 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Children Sex Birth
James Amory Appleton M 29 Oct 1818 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Charles Hook Appleton M 27 Jul 1833 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

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