About Alvin F. Sortwell
Lived 1854 – 1910 (aged 55). Alvin F. Sortwell was an American politician.
Alvin Foye Sortwell (July 21, 1854 – March 21, 1910) was a Massachusetts politician who served as the twenty-sixth Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Sortwell was born to Daniel Robinson Sortwell and Sophia Augusta (Foye) Sortwell in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 21, 1854. On December 31, 1879, Sortwell married Gertrude Winship Dailey, they had six children, Clara, Frances Augusta, Daniel Richard, Marion, Edward Carter and Alvin Foye Sortwell. Edward Carter Sortwell joined the American Ambulance Field Service, Edward died in Salonika, Greece in November 1916 the result of being struck by a staff car while crossing a darkened alleyway.
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Who was Alvin F. Sortwell?
American politician
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Alvin F. Sortwell was born on 21 July 1854 in Boston.
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Alvin F. Sortwell died on 21 March 1910 in Cambridge.
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Alvin F. Sortwell was a politician.
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Alvin F. Sortwell was American.
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