George O. Brastow
George Oliver Brastow | |
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Member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council Sixth Councilor District[1][2][3] | |
In office 1874[4] – 1876[4] | |
1st Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts[5] | |
In office January 1, 1872 – January 5, 1874 | |
Preceded by | Board of Selectmen |
Succeeded by | William H. Furber |
47th President of the Massachusetts Senate | |
In office 1869–1869 | |
Preceded by | Robert C. Pitman |
Succeeded by | Horace H. Coolidge |
45th President of the Massachusetts Senate[6] | |
In office 1868[6] – 1868[6] | |
Preceded by | Joseph A. Pond[6] |
Succeeded by | Robert C. Pitman[6] |
Member of the Massachusetts Senate[7] Second Middlesex District[8] | |
In office 1867[9] – 1869[9] | |
Succeeded by | James Pierce[10] |
Member of the Massachusetts Senate[7] First Middlesex District[9] | |
In office 1866[9] – 1867 | |
Preceded by | Francis Childs[10] |
Member of the Massachusetts Senate[7] County of Middlesex[9][11] | |
In office 1854[9][11] – 1854[9][11] | |
Member of the Somerville, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen[12] | |
In office 1867[5][12] – 1867[5][12] | |
Member of the Somerville, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen[11] | |
In office 1845[5][11] – 1845[5][11] | |
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[7] Third Middlesex District[13] | |
In office 1862[13] – 1862[13] | |
Preceded by | Columbus Taylor[13] |
Succeeded by | Chester Guild[13] |
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[7] Town of Somerville District[13] | |
In office 1849[13] – 1851[13] | |
Preceded by | Edward L. Stevens[13] |
Succeeded by | Edward C. Purdy[13] |
Member of the Somerville, Massachusetts School Committee[5] | |
Personal details | |
Born |
September 8, 1811[14][15] Wrentham, Massachusetts[14][15] |
Died |
November 20, 1878[5][14] Canandaigua, New York[5][7] |
Nationality | American |
Military service | |
Allegiance |
United States of America Union[14] |
Rank | Major[14] |
Unit | Army of Northeastern Virginia |
Commands | Company I – Somerville Light Infantry – Company B 5th Regiment[14][16] |
Battles/wars | First Battle of Bull Run[16] |
George Oliver Brastow[17] (September 8, 1811 – November 20, 1878) was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served as a member and President of the Massachusetts Senate, as a member of the Governor's Council, and as the first Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.
Military service
Before the American Civil War Brastow was the Captain of Company I of the Somerville Light Infantry of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia.[14] Brastow commanded[14] the company, for the three months at the beginning of the Civil War, that Company I was federalized and reconstituted as Company B of the 5th Regiment. Brastow and his regiment fought at the First Battle of Bull Run.[16]
In 1862 Brastow was commissioned a paymaster[5] with the rank of Major.[14]
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George Brastow later in his life
Notes
- ↑ Warner, Oliver (1875), Acts and Resolves passed by the General Court of Massachusetts in the Year 1875, Boston, MA: Secretary of the Commonwealth, p. 960.
- ↑ Gifford, Stephen Nye (1876), A Manual for the use of the General Court, Boston, MA: Massachusetts General Court, p. 319.
- ↑ Massachusetts Senate (1875), Journal of the Senate, Boston, MA: Printed by Order of the Senate, p. 12.
- 1 2 Drake, Samuel Adams (1880), History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Containing Carefully Prepared Histories of Every City and Town in the County, Vol. II, Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, p. 338.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Haley, M. A. (1903), The Story of Somerville, Boston, MA: The Writer Publishing Company, p. 86.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Gifford, Stephen Nye (1869), A Manual for the use of the General Court, Boston, MA: Massachusetts General Court, p. 132.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 New York Times (November 23, 1878), "Obituary Notes", The New York Times, New York, N.Y., p. 5. External link in
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(help) - ↑ Gifford, Stephen Nye (1869), A Manual for the use of the General Court, Boston, MA: Massachusetts General Court, p. 220.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 City of Somerville (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts, Somerville, MA: Somerville Journal Print., p. 183.
- 1 2 City of Somerville (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts, Somerville, MA: Somerville Journal Print., p. 184.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 City of Somerville (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts, Somerville, MA: Somerville Journal Print., p. 175.
- 1 2 3 City of Somerville (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts, Somerville, MA: Somerville Journal Print., p. 179.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 City of Somerville (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts, Somerville, MA: Somerville Journal Print., p. 185.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Nason, George Warren (1910), History and Complete Roster of the Massachusetts Regiments, Minute Men of '61, Boston, MA: Smith & McCance, p. 165.
- 1 2 Haley, M. A. (1903), The Story of Somerville, Boston, MA: The Writer Publishing Company, p. 85.
- 1 2 3 Drake, Samuel Adams (1880), History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Containing Carefully Prepared Histories of Every City and Town in the County, Vol. II, Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, p. 320.
- ↑ Drake, Samuel Adams (1880), History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Containing Carefully Prepared Histories of Every City and Town in the County, Vol. II, Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, p. 337.
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by Board of Selectmen |
1st Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts January 1, 1872 – January 5, 1874 |
Succeeded by William H. Furber |
Preceded by Joseph A. Pond |
45th President of the Massachusetts Senate 1868-1868 |
Succeeded by Robert C. Pitman |
Preceded by Robert C. Pitman |
47th President of the Massachusetts Senate 1869-1869 |
Succeeded by Horace H. Coolidge |
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