Joseph Oliver Burdett

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  • Name Joseph Oliver Burdett 
    Birth 30 Oct 1848  Lynnfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1871 
    Lawyer
    Graduate of Tufts College 1871 
    Notes 
    • 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 Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Sarah Jenkins Mansfield,   b. Abt 1810   d. Aft 1880 (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Marriage 5 Jun 1832  Lynnfield, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5371  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ella Jones Corthell,   b. 15 Dec 1852, Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 30 Jun 1874  Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Harold Corthell Burdett,   b. 5 May 1877, Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Edith Mansfield Burdett,   b. 26 Dec 1879, Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Helen Ripley Burdett,   b. 27 Oct 1881, Hingham, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F8603  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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