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George Bailey Loring (1818-1891) | George Bailey Loring (1818-Sept. 15, 1891) | ||
Loring Avenue in Salem is named for him. | Loring Avenue in Salem is named for him. | ||
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George Bailey Loring died on Sept. 13, 1891 and is buried in Harmony Grove. Adjacent headstones mark the graves of wife Mary and Loring's in-laws William, Love and Sophia Pickman. | George Bailey Loring died on Sept. 13, 1891 and is buried in Harmony Grove. Adjacent headstones mark the graves of wife Mary and Loring's in-laws William, Love and Sophia Pickman. | ||
Loring's residence, off Loring Ave. was purchased in 1915 for use as Saint Chretiennes' Convent. In the 1970's, Salem State College | |||
acquired the compound as part of its expansion. | |||
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*Vertical File in Salem Collection- '''Loring Farm/George B. Loring''' | *Vertical File in Salem Collection- '''Loring Farm/George B. Loring''' | ||
*[http:// | *[http://salem.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/1744216?locg=63 Salem, Massachusetts] Turino and Schier, p. 41 (photo of Loring residence) | ||
*[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/2382888?locg=63 Essex Institute Historical Collections] Vol. 122, p. 35 (Jan. 1986) | *[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/2382888?locg=63 Essex Institute Historical Collections] Vol. 122, p. 35 (Jan. 1986) | ||
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*[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/2058815?locg=63 Celebration at North Bridge, Salem, July 4, 1862:oration] by George B. Loring | *[http://evergreen.noblenet.org/eg/opac/record/2058815?locg=63 Celebration at North Bridge, Salem, July 4, 1862:oration] by George B. Loring | ||
*"Loring Avenue's storied history" ''Salem News'', Aug. 24, 2016, p. 9 | |||
Latest revision as of 16:37, 28 July 2025
George Bailey Loring (1818-Sept. 15, 1891)
Loring Avenue in Salem is named for him.
George Loring represented his district in the U.S. House of Representatives as well as the Massachusetts State House and Senate. A Harvard graduate, he also served in the U. S. Commissioner of Agriculture and Minister to Portugal.
He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1866–1867); chairman of the Massachusetts State Republican committee (1869–1876); served in the State senate (1873–1876) and was also president of that body.
He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1868, 1872, and 1876; appointed United States centennial commissioner for the State of Massachusetts in 1872; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1881).
George Bailey Loring died on Sept. 13, 1891 and is buried in Harmony Grove. Adjacent headstones mark the graves of wife Mary and Loring's in-laws William, Love and Sophia Pickman.
Loring's residence, off Loring Ave. was purchased in 1915 for use as Saint Chretiennes' Convent. In the 1970's, Salem State College acquired the compound as part of its expansion.
See Also
- Vertical File in Salem Collection- Loring Farm/George B. Loring
- Salem, Massachusetts Turino and Schier, p. 41 (photo of Loring residence)
- Essex Institute Historical Collections Vol. 122, p. 35 (Jan. 1986)
- "Obituary. George B. Loring" Salem Evening News, Sept. 14, 1891, p. 1
- Salem, Massachusetts ed. by K. Turino, p. 41 (photograph of Loring Farm)
- Celebration at North Bridge, Salem, July 4, 1862:oration by George B. Loring
- "Loring Avenue's storied history" Salem News, Aug. 24, 2016, p. 9
