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Wentworth, John
Biography
5 Mar. 1815–16 Oct. 1888. Teacher, newspaper editor and owner, lawyer, politician, historian. Born in Sandwich, Strafford Co., New Hampshire. Son of Paul Wentworth and Lydia Cogswell. Graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, 1836. Moved to Chicago, 25 Oct. 1836. Became editor of Chicago Democrat, 1836; purchased newspaper, 1839. Appointed aide-de-camp to Illinois governor Thomas Carlin, 1839. Admitted to Illinois state bar, 1841. Served in U.S. House of Representatives, 1843–1851, 1853–1855, 1865–1867. Married Roxanna Marie Loomis, 13 Nov. 1844, in Troy, Rensselaer Co., New York. Mayor of Chicago, 1857–1858, 1860. Appointed police commissioner, 1863. Authored three-volume The Wentworth Genealogy: English and American, by 1878. Died in Chicago.
Links
papers
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Times and Seasons, 1 March 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 April 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 August 1842
- Times and Seasons, 15 June 1842
- Times and Seasons, 16 May 1842
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- History Draft [1 January–30 June 1842]
- History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
- Index to Nauvoo City Council Minute Book–B
- Journal, 1835–1836
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Letter from Clyde, Williams & Co., circa 15 July 1843
- Letter from Eli Maginn, 1 and 3 May 1842
- Letter from John Wentworth, 25 May 1844
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 25 April 1844
- Letter from Orson Hyde, 30 April 1844
- Minutes, 19 March 1844
- Minutes, 21 March 1844
- Minutes, 22 April 1842
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 1841–1845
- Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, January–November 1842
- Resolution, 22 April 1842–A
- Resolution, 22 April 1842–A, as Published in the Wasp –B
- Resolution, 22 April 1842–A, as Published in the Wasp –A
- Resolution, Council of Fifty, 19 March 1844
- “Church History,” 1 March 1842
- Gender
- Male