Dr. William Otis Faxon (October 24, 1853 – November 12, 1942) served in the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

Biography

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William Otis Faxon was born in Stoughton, Massachusetts on October 24, 1843. He graduated from the Boston University School of Medicine in 1876.[1][2]

He married Susan Reed Wales on July 10, 1878, and they had one son. She died in 1914.[1]

A Republican, Faxon served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1905 to 1906, and in the State Senate from 1907 to 1908.[1]

He died in Boston on November 12, 1942.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Dr. W. O. Faxon, Stoughton, Dies at Hospital Here". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 12, 1942. p. 11. Retrieved December 27, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. 
  2. ^ Bacon, Edwin M., ed. (1896). Men of Progress: One Thousand Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston: The New England Magazine. pp. 754–755. Retrieved February 7, 2022 – via Internet Archive.