Byron Weston

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name= Captain Bryon Curtis Weston


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order= 32nd
office= Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
term_start= 1880
term_end= 1883
governor= John Davis Long
predecessor= John Davis Long
successor= Oliver Ames
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party= Republican
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Captain Byron Curtis Weston was a native of Massachusetts who founded the Weston Paper Company in 1863 (which still exists today) and served as lieutenant governor 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. 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.

References

[http://extras.denverpost.com/books/chap3.htm Byron Weston at Denver Post Online]
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