Jonathan Bourne

This article is about the businessman and namesake of Bourne, Massachusetts. For his son, the United States Senator from Oregon, see Jonathan Bourne, Jr..
Jonathan Bourne
Nationality United States
Occupation Businessman and Politician
Known for Namesake of Bourne, Massachusetts

Jonathan Bourne (1811–1889) was a New Bedford alderman, major investor in the whaling business,[1] member of executive councils of Massachusetts governors George D. Robinson and Oliver Ames, and namesake of the town of Bourne.[2]

References

  1. ↑ John Clark Rand. One of a thousand: a series of biographical sketches of one thousand representative men resident in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, A.D. 1888-'89. First national publishing company, 1890; p.66-67
  2. ↑ Elias Nason, George Jones Varney. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts, rev. ed. B.B. Russell, 1890; p.190.
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