- Samuel Wescott
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name = Samuel Wescott
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residence =Jersey City, New Jersey
office = Mayor of Jersey City
order = 10th
term_start =May 4 ,1857
term_end =May 2 ,1858
predecessor =David Stout Manners
successor =Dudley S. Gregory
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website =Samuel Wescott was the tenth Mayor of Jersey City. He succeeded
David Stout Manners . Wescott served fromMay 4 ,1857 toMay 2 ,1858 . He was succeeded byDudley S. Gregory .Wescott incorporated the "Mutual Benefit Life and Insurance Company of the County of Hudson" in 1860. His partners included
Dudley S. Gregory , John Van Vorst, Edmund Kingsland, Garret Sip, John M. Cornelison, Hery F. Cox, Peter Bentley, Augustus A. Hardenburgh, and Jonathan D. Miller. [cite book | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Acts of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey | publisher = Secretary of State | date = 1860 | location = Trenton, NJ | pages = 380-385 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=pEM4AAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA381&dq=%22samuel+wescott%22+jersey+city&ei=vdWgR_HyOJnmtQPJqLGnCg#PRA1-PA385,M1 | doi = | id = | isbn = ]Wescott donated land in Cannelton (now Darlington), Pennsylvania for the construction of St. Rose Catholic Church circa 1861 [cite book | last = Bausman | first = Jospeh H. | title = History of Beaver County Pennsylvania and its Centennial Celebration | publisher = Knickerbocker Press | date = 1904 | location = New York, NY | pages = 945-946 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=3o0CAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA946&lpg=PA946&dq=%22samuel+wescott%22+jersey+city&source=web&ots=Cu4YkNCI0T&sig=LohYpaELxBZKsH__5q8X-C37A4A#PPA946,M1 | doi = | id = | isbn = ]
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External links
* [http://www.cityofjerseycity.org/mayors/wescott.shtml Jersey City Mayors]
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