NATHANIEL BRIGGS BORDEN

BORDEN, Nathaniel Briggs (1801-1865), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Fall River, Bristol, Mass., April 15, 1801; attended the district school and Plainfield (Conn.) Academy; organized the Pocasset Manufacturing Co., in Fall River, Mass.; member of the State house of representatives in 1831 and 1834; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1839); unsuccessful Whig candidate for reelection to the Twenty-sixth Congress in 1838; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843); member of the State senate from 1845 to 1848; served in the State house of representatives in 1851; elected mayor of Fall River in 1856 and reelected in 1857; again a member of the State house of representatives in 1864; engaged in banking and served as president of the Fall River Savings Bank and of the Fall River Union Bank; was president also of the Fall River Railroad Co.; died in Fall River, Bristol County, Mass., April 10, 1865; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Father: Simeon Borden
Born: 1759 Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
Died: 27 Nov 1811 Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
Mother: Amey Briggs
Born: 3 Sep 1758 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island
Died: 26 May 1817 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
Spouse 1:
Sarah Gray
Born:
Died: 22 May 1840
Marriage: 16 Mar 1820
Children Sex Birth
Amey Borden F 3 Jan 1821
Simeon Borden M 26 Dec 1824
Sarah Borden F 27 Aug 1826
Simeon Borden M 29 Mar 1829
Nathaniel Borden M 21 Oct 1832
Louisa G Borden F 14 Jan 1836 in Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts
Spouse 2:
Louisa G Gray
Born:
Died: 4 Jun 1842
Marriage: 1840
Spouse 3:
Sarah Gould Buffum
Born:
Died: 10 Sep 1854
Marriage: 12 Jul 1843
Children Sex Birth
Nathaniel Briggs Borden M 23 Feb 1844

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Massachusetts Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell