John S.C. Knowlton
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John Stocker Coffin Knowlton (December 11, 1798 - June 10, 1871) was born in Hopkinton, New Hampshire. He was the son of Daniel Knowlton and Mary Stocker. He attended Hopkinton and Phillips Andover academies, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1828.
He married Anna Wheeler Hartwell, of Littleton, Massachusetts on September 17, 1829. He died in Worcester on June 10, 1871.
[edit] Positions held
- Editor and publisher of the Palladium, Worcester, Massachusetts from 1830-71
- State senator from 1853-54
- Mayor of the city of Worcester, Massachusetts from 1855-56
- High Sheriff of the county from 1856-71.