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Coveney: Cambridge Leader with Civil War Valor
Hon John W Coveney a lifelong Cambridge figure born 1845 in East Cambridge built a Sixth Street home opposite Sacred Heart Church A veteran of the 26th Massachusetts he served in the Butler campaign before New Orleans later becoming a prominent undertaker and long time public servant with multiple terms on the Board of Aldermen and in the state senate He is rumored as a Democratic mayoral candidate this fall aiming to become Cambridge’s first from his district.
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Mr. Coveney
Cambridge
East
Short Street
Otis
Sixth Streets
Sacred Heart Church
Coveney
Lincoln
Massachusetts
New Orleans
Washington
William L. Lockhart
New England
Regular
East Cambridge
William E. Russell
Board of Aldermen
Russell
Roosevelt
Cambridge Water