DATE OF BIRTH: June 18, 1818 |
PLACE OF BIRTH: Methuen, MA |
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DATE OF DEATH: December 15, 1887 |
PLACE OF DEATH: Hallowell |
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PROFESSION: Farmer, Businessman (Owner of granite works in Vinalhaven and Hallowell) |
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POLITICAL AFFILIATION: Republican |
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TERM IN OFFICE: January 6, 1887 – December 15, 1887 |
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FIRST LADY: Hannah C. Fox |
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QUOTE: The Industrial School for Girls, established some years since at Hallowell, has proved an excellent institution. It has saved a large number of girls from the unfortunate surroundings in which fate had placed them and has secured for them respectable employment.
Inaugural Address, January 6, 1887 |
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OTHER ELECTED OR APPOINTED OFFICES: Mayor of Hallowell, State Representative |
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FURTHER READING:
Biographical Encyclopedia of Maine of the 19th Century. Boston: Metropolitan Publishing and Engraving Company, 1885, pp. 379-382.
Chase, Henry. Representative Men of Maine. Portland: The Lakeside Press, 1893, p. LI.
In Memoriam: Governor Bodwell. Augusta: Burleigh & Flynt, 1888.
Kennebec Journal. Augusta, December 16, 1887.
Lapham, Dr. William B. “Gov. Joseph R. Bodwell,” Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder, Bangor, 1895, p. 191-197. |
