George O. Brastow

George Oliver Brastow
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]

George Brastow later in his life

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. Gifford, Stephen Nye (1876), A Manual for the use of the General Court, Boston, MA: Massachusetts General Court, p. 319.
  3. Massachusetts Senate (1875), Journal of the Senate, Boston, MA: Printed by Order of the Senate, p. 12.
  4. 4.0 4.1 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.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 Haley, M. A. (1903), The Story of Somerville, Boston, MA: The Writer Publishing Company, p. 86.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Gifford, Stephen Nye (1869), A Manual for the use of the General Court, Boston, MA: Massachusetts General Court, p. 132.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 New York Times (November 23, 1878), "Obituary Notes", The New York Times (New York, N.Y.): 5.
  8. Gifford, Stephen Nye (1869), A Manual for the use of the General Court, Boston, MA: Massachusetts General Court, p. 220.
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 City of Somerville (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts, Somerville, MA: Somerville Journal Print., p. 183.
  10. 10.0 10.1 City of Somerville (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts, Somerville, MA: Somerville Journal Print., p. 184.
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 City of Somerville (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts, Somerville, MA: Somerville Journal Print., p. 175.
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 City of Somerville (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts, Somerville, MA: Somerville Journal Print., p. 179.
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 13.9 City of Somerville (1901), Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts, Somerville, MA: Somerville Journal Print., p. 185.
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 Nason, George Warren (1910), History and Complete Roster of the Massachusetts Regiments, Minute Men of '61, Boston, MA: Smith & McCance, p. 165.
  15. 15.0 15.1 Haley, M. A. (1903), The Story of Somerville, Boston, MA: The Writer Publishing Company, p. 85.
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 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. 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
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