Byron Curtis Weston (1832 - 1898)

Born 9 Apr 1832 in Dalton, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA

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Died 8 Nov 1898 at age 66 in Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

Byron Weston is Notable.

Biography

Capt. and Lieut Gov.

Captain Byron Curtis Weston was a native of Massachusetts who founded the Weston Paper Company in 1863 (which was in business until 2008) and served as Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1880 to 1883. He came from an old New England Congregationalist family of extraordinary wealth. In 1865, he married Julia Clark Mitchell, with whom he had ten children, including Julia Carolyn Weston, mother to the well known chef Julia Child. They lived in a mansion known as Westonholme, in Dalton, Massachusetts. Weston was known for his gifts to the community, including the Grace Episcopal Church in his hometown and funds towards the debt incurred for the grading and draining of an athletic field and monies toward upkeep and a grandstand at Williams College. Weston received an honorary M.A. from Williams College in 1886 and the field, still used today, was named Weston Field in his honor.

Parents: Isaiah Weston (1804 - 1835) & Caroline W Curtis-Weston (1809 - 1865)

Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57092047

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Weston

"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCWN-X5P : 10 February 2018), Byron Weston, 09 Apr 1832; citing DALTON,BERKSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 6,101,281.

"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4SL-SJR : 24 May 2018), Bryson Weston and Julia C. Mitchell, 28 Jun 1865; citing Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,022.

United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDSN-GS7 : 12 April 2016), Byron Weston, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 20, family 152, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,100.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDY-P71 : 26 August 2017), Byron Weston, Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 24, sheet 419A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0520; FHL microfilm 1,254,520.

Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWQ3-8GZ : 10 March 2018), Byron Weston, 08 Nov 1898; citing Dalton, Massachusetts, p 53 no 61, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,524.