Nathaniel Silsbee Jr.

Nathaniel Silsbee Jr. was born on December 28, 1804, in Salem. He was the son of former U.S. Senator Nathaniel Silsbee and Mary (Crowninshield) Silsbee. He graduated from Harvard College in 1824.

On November 9, 1829, Silsbee married Mary Ann Cabot Devereux (1812–1889), a daughter of Humphrey Devereux and Eliza (Dodge) Devereux, in Salem.

Silsbee served as the 5th Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts, from 1849 to 1850, and again as the 11th Mayor of Salem from 1858 to 1859. From 1851 to 1852, he was also a member of the Salem Board of Aldermen.

He was a member of the MA House of Representatives from the Essex district in 1833, 1846, and in the extra special session called in 1848 to choose presidential electors. He was also treasurer of Harvard College from 1862 to 1876 and a trustee of Harmony Grove, serving from 1841 to 1872. Nathaniel Silsbee Jr. died in Milton, Massachusetts, on July 9, 1881.

He is buried on Amaranth Path, Lot #130.