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]

George Brastow later in his life

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b 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
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Gifford, Stephen Nye (1876), A Manual for the use of the General Court, Boston, MA: Massachusetts General Court, p. 319
  4. ^ Massachusetts Senate (1875), Journal of the Senate, Boston, MA: Printed by Order of the Senate, p. 12
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Haley, M. A. (1903), The Story of Somerville, Boston, MA: The Writer Publishing Company, p. 86
  6. ^ a b c d e Gifford, Stephen Nye (1869), A Manual for the use of the General Court, Boston, MA: Massachusetts General Court, p. 132
  7. ^ a b c d e f g City of Somerville (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts, Somerville, MA: Somerville Journal Print., p. 183
  8. ^ a b c d e f "Obituary Notes", The New York Times, New York, N.Y., p. 5, November 23, 1878
  9. ^ Gifford, Stephen Nye (1869), A Manual for the use of the General Court, Boston, MA: Massachusetts General Court, p. 220
  10. ^ a b City of Somerville (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts, Somerville, MA: Somerville Journal Print., p. 184
  11. ^ a b c d e f City of Somerville (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts, Somerville, MA: Somerville Journal Print., p. 175
  12. ^ a b c City of Somerville (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts, Somerville, MA: Somerville Journal Print., p. 179
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j City of Somerville (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts, Somerville, MA: Somerville Journal Print., p. 185
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i Nason, George Warren (1910), History and Complete Roster of the Massachusetts Regiments, Minute Men of '61, Boston, MA: Smith & McCance, p. 165
  15. ^ a b Haley, M. A. (1903), The Story of Somerville, Boston, MA: The Writer Publishing Company, p. 85
  16. ^ a b c 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
  17. ^ 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
Preceded by
Board of Selectmen
 1st Mayor of
Somerville, Massachusetts
January 1, 1872 – January 5, 1874 		Succeeded by
William H. Furber
Preceded by 45th President of the Massachusetts Senate
1868-1868 		Succeeded by
Preceded by 47th President of the Massachusetts Senate
1869-1869 		Succeeded by
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