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American politician
Austin Belknap
3rd
Mayor of
Somerville, Massachusetts
In office
January 3, 1876 – January, 1878
Preceded byWilliam A. Furber
Succeeded byGeorga A. Bruce
Chairman of the
Somerville Massachusetts
Board of Selectmen
In office
1870 – January 2, 1872
Preceded byFrances Houghton
Succeeded byGeorge O. Brastow, Mayoralty; Selectmen's Office Abolished
Member of the
Somerville Massachusetts
Board of Selectmen
In office
1869 – January 2, 1872
Preceded byNew position
Board of Selectmen expanded from five to nine members.
Succeeded byGeorge O. Brastow, Mayoralty; Selectmen's office abolished
Member of the
Somerville Massachusetts
School Committee
In office
1862–1864
Personal details
BornJuly 18, 1819
Westboro, Massachusetts
DiedDecember 9, 1902
Roxbury, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
SpouseJane P. Brigham
ChildrenRobert W. Belknap
Alma materWorcester Manual Labor High School
ProfessionCivil engineer, engaged in Railway construction until 1843;
Produce business from 1843 to December 1902

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.

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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ Samuels, Edward A. (1897), Somerville, Past and Present, Boston, MA: Samuels and Kimball, p. 493
  8. ^ Somerville Historical Society (January 1904), Historic leaves, Volume II, No. 4;January, 1904, Somerville, MA: The Somerville Historical Society, p. 100
  9. ^ Somerville Historical Society (January 1904), Historic leaves, Volume II, No. 4;January, 1904, Somerville, MA: The Somerville Historical Society, p. 101
Political offices
Preceded byFrances Houghton Chairman of the
Somerville, Massachusetts
Board of Selectmen
1870-January 2, 1872 		Succeeded byOffice abolished
Preceded byWilliam H. Furber Mayor of
Somerville, Massachusetts
January, 1876-January, 1878 		Succeeded byGeorge A. Bruce


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