Austin Belknap

Austin Belknap
3rd
Mayor of
Somerville, Massachusetts[1]
In office
January 3, 1876  January, 1878
Preceded by William A. Furber[2]
Succeeded by Georga A. Bruce[3]
Chairman of the
Somerville Massachusetts
Board of Selectmen[4]
In office
1870  January 2, 1872
Preceded by Frances Houghton[5]
Succeeded by George O. Brastow, Mayoralty; Selectmen's Office Abolished
Member of the
Somerville Massachusetts
Board of Selectmen[6]
In office
1869[6]  January 2, 1872[4][6]
Preceded by New position
Board of Selectmen expanded from five to nine members.[5]
Succeeded by George O. Brastow, Mayoralty; Selectmen's office abolished
Member of the
Somerville Massachusetts
School Committee[7]
In office
1862[7]  1864[7]
Personal details
Born July 18, 1819[8]
Westboro, Massachusetts[8]
Died December 9, 1902[8]
Roxbury, Massachusetts[8]
Nationality American
Spouse(s) Jane P. Brigham[9]
Children Robert W. Belknap[9]
Alma mater Worcester Manual Labor High School[7]
Profession Civil engineer, engaged in Railway construction until 1843;
Produce business from 1843 to December 1902[8]

Austin Belknap (July 18, 1819 – December 9, 1902) was a Massachusetts businessman and politician who served as a member, and last Chairman, of the Board of Selectmen of Somerville, Massachusetts, and as the third Mayor, of Somerville.

Early life

Belknap was born July 18, 1819 in Westboro, Massachusetts to John and Ruth (Fay) Belknap of Westboro.[7]

Notes

  1. City of Somerville, Massachusetts (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts: published in the Year 1901, Somerville, MA: City of Somerville, Massachusetts, pp. 191–192.
  2. City of Somerville, Massachusetts (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts: published in the Year 1901, Somerville, MA: City of Somerville, Massachusetts, p. 191.
  3. City of Somerville, Massachusetts (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts: published in the Year 1901, Somerville, MA: City of Somerville, Massachusetts, p. 192.
  4. 4.0 4.1 City of Somerville, Massachusetts (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts: published in the Year 1901, Somerville, MA: City of Somerville, Massachusetts, p. 180.
  5. 5.0 5.1 City of Somerville, Massachusetts (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts: published in the Year 1901, Somerville, MA: City of Somerville, Massachusetts, p. 179.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 City of Somerville, Massachusetts (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts: published in the Year 1901, Somerville, MA: City of Somerville, Massachusetts, pp. 179–180.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Samuels, Edward A. (1897), Somerville, Past and Present, Boston, MA: Samuels and Kimball, p. 493.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Somerville Historical Society (January 1904), Historic leaves, Volume II, No. 4;January, 1904, Somerville, MA: The Somerville Historical Society, p. 100.
  9. 9.0 9.1 Somerville Historical Society (January 1904), Historic leaves, Volume II, No. 4;January, 1904, Somerville, MA: The Somerville Historical Society, p. 101.
Political offices
Preceded by
Frances Houghton
Chairman of the
Somerville, Massachusetts
Board of Selectmen

1870-January 2, 1872
Succeeded by
Office abolished
Preceded by
William H. Furber
Mayor of
Somerville, Massachusetts

January, 1876-January, 1878
Succeeded by
George A. Bruce