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Joseph Oliver Burdett
1848 - -
Name Joseph Oliver Burdett Birth 30 Oct 1848 Lynnfield, Essex County, Massachusetts 
Gender Male Occupation 1871 Lawyer
Graduate of Tufts College 1871Notes - His early education was obtained in the public schools of his native town, and he was graduated at Tufts College in 1871. He was supported and educated by his own earnings from the age of twelve years. He taught school at intervals while in college, and during the winter of 1868-69 he taught the Centre Grammar School in Hingham. After graduation he studied law with John W. Hammond, Esq. (afterwards Judge Hammond of the Superior Court), of Cambridge, and in the Harvard Law School. He was admitted to the bar in Middlesex County April 19, 1873, and practiced law one year with Mr. -----unreadable line ----- with offices in Hingham and Boston. He was elected a member of the school committee of Hingham in 1876, and chairman of the board in 1880, which office he has held to the present time (1893). He was representative to the General Court from the First Plymouth District in 1884 and 1885, chairman of the Republican State Committee in 1889, and has been re-elected to the same office in 1890 and in 1891." George Lincoln, et. al., History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, (Hingham: Town of Hingham 1893; Vols. II & III repr. 2 vols. in 1, Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1982, 1987).
Lived with his daughter Edith for many years after his wife died.
Person ID I19526 OurNorthernRoots Last Modified 1 Mar 2014
Father Joseph Burditt, b. 14 Jul 1811, Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Mother Sarah Jenkins Mansfield, b. Abt 1810 d. Aft 1880 (Age ~ 71 years) Marriage 5 Jun 1832 Lynnfield, Essex County, Massachusetts Family ID F5371 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ella Jones Corthell, b. 15 Dec 1852, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Marriage 30 Jun 1874 Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Children 1. Harold Corthell Burdett, b. 5 May 1877, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts + 2. Edith Mansfield Burdett, b. 26 Dec 1879, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts 3. Helen Ripley Burdett, b. 27 Oct 1881, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Family ID F8603 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- His early education was obtained in the public schools of his native town, and he was graduated at Tufts College in 1871. He was supported and educated by his own earnings from the age of twelve years. He taught school at intervals while in college, and during the winter of 1868-69 he taught the Centre Grammar School in Hingham. After graduation he studied law with John W. Hammond, Esq. (afterwards Judge Hammond of the Superior Court), of Cambridge, and in the Harvard Law School. He was admitted to the bar in Middlesex County April 19, 1873, and practiced law one year with Mr. -----unreadable line ----- with offices in Hingham and Boston. He was elected a member of the school committee of Hingham in 1876, and chairman of the board in 1880, which office he has held to the present time (1893). He was representative to the General Court from the First Plymouth District in 1884 and 1885, chairman of the Republican State Committee in 1889, and has been re-elected to the same office in 1890 and in 1891." George Lincoln, et. al., History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, (Hingham: Town of Hingham 1893; Vols. II & III repr. 2 vols. in 1, Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1982, 1987).
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Birth - 30 Oct 1848 - Lynnfield, Essex County, Massachusetts 
Marriage - 30 Jun 1874 - Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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