About Edward Silas Tobey
Lived 1813 – 1891 (aged 77–78). Edward Silas Tobey was a businessperson.
Edward Silas Tobey (1813 – March 29, 1891, in Brookline, MA) served as the postmaster at the Boston Office, president of American Missionary Association and president of Boston Board of Trade. He was the Republican Party nominee in the 1861 Boston mayoral election.
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American businessman
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Edward Silas Tobey was born in 1813.
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Edward Silas Tobey died on 29 March 1891.
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Edward Silas Tobey was a businessperson.
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