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Otis C. Norcross (November 2, 1811 – September 5, 1882) served as the nineteenth Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, from January 7, 1867 to January 6, 1868 during the Reconstruction era of the United States. Norcross was a candidate (1861) for the Massachusetts State House of Representatives; served as a member of Boston's Board of Aldermen from January 6, 1862 to January 2, 1865; Chairmen of the Board of Aldermen from January 4, 1864 to January 2, 1865; and served as a Trustee of the City Hospital, 1865 & 1866; and a member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council, under Gov. William Claflin (1869).〔Chapman, Jacob Chapman & Fitts, James Hill, comp. ''Lane Genealogies''. Exeter, NH: The News-Letter Press. 1897, Vol. II, p. 240.〕 As a politician, he was "very pronounced" in his views; a () Whig Party member, with a "most consistent temperance." At the onset of the American Civil War his political views were aligned with the Republican Party. The sentiment of Norcross' spirit was reflectively shared upon his death:
It is with this in mind, that "()is failure to receive the customary re-election for a second-term was due, perhaps, to a certain stiffness of virtue, which in political life at least, seldom receives the reward it merits." During his tenure as Mayor, he had the great distinction of welcoming as guests to the City, both 17th U. S. [President Andrew Johnson and General Philip Sheridan. His distant fourth cousin Jonathan Norcross served as fourth ante-bellum Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, as candidate of the Moral Party.〔Kaemmerlen, Cathy J. The Historic Oakland Cemetery of Atlanta: Speaking Stones. The History Press, 2007, p. 26.〕 In his civic life, Otis Norcross was one of the Boston Committee (1871) to relieve sufferers of the Great Chicago Fire. In 1872, while the Boston Fire was raging, he was made treasurer of the Relief Committee. His legacy includes serving as a member of the Water Board (1865) that helped to promote the construction of the Chestnut Hill Reservoir, and the Bunker Hill Monument Assoc. ==Family == Otis C. Norcross married Lucy Ann () (1816–1916), his first cousin, on 9 December 1835, at the Twelfth Congregational Church in Boston,〔Pray, Lewis G. ''Historical Sketch of the Twelfth Congregational Society in Boston''. (Boston, MA: John Wilson and Son, 1863). ()〕 strict disciples of Unitarianism.〔 His wife was the daughter of George Lane and Sarah Merritt (), married 27 July 1814;〔Chapman, Jacob Chapman & Fitts, James Hill, comp. ''Lane Genealogies''. Exeter, NH: The News-Letter Press. 1897, Vol. II, pp. 234–241.〕 younger sister of the Mayor's mother Mary Cunningham () Norcross (''noted below''). Notable Boston Brahmins, the Norcrosses resided at No. 249 Marlborough Street, Boston, adjacent to Boston Common. He later died at the family home, No. 9 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, and is interred with the family at Mount Auburn Cemetery, in Cambridge, MA.〔Lane Genealogies. Vol. II. Compiled by Jacob Chapman & James Hill Fitts. Exeter, NH: The News-Letter Press. 1897, pp. 234–241.〕 Otis Norcross, Jr. and Lucy Ann's eight children〔New England Historic Genealogical Society. ''Memorial Biographies of New England Historic and Genealogical Society, 1853–1855''. Pub. by the Society, 1907, Vol. 8, p. 112.〕 include: their first four children, all of whom died in infancy: two sons (the first originally named Otis, ()) and two daughters.〔 Those surviving into maturity included: Laura () (1845–1926), married Kingsmill Marrs; Otis Norcross (), ''Esq'' (b. 1848) (Harvard College, A.B., 1870, Harvard Law, LL.B., 1873), married Susannah Ruggles (); descendant of Timothy Ruggles; Addison Norcross (1850–1873; ''a''. 23 yrs.); and Grenville Howland Norcross, ''Esq'' (1854–1937) (Harvard College, A.B., 1875, Harvard Law, LL.B., 1877), who resided as a bachelor at the family home; No. 9 Commonwealth Avenue, as was customary for the time.〔New England Historical Society. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Pub. New England Genealogical and Historical Society, 1917, pp. xlvi–xlvii.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Otis Norcross」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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