Edward Elsworth Willard (September 25, 1862 – January 11, 1929) was an American politician who served as Mayor of Chelsea, Massachusetts.

[1][2][3] Willard was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts,[1][3] on September 25, 1862,[1] to Edman[3] and Elizabeth E.

Willard.

[3] Willard married Lissis Doan Nickerson[3] of Chatham, Massachusetts,[3] in that town in December 1895.

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