George Stevens (Massachusetts politician)
George Stevens | |
|---|---|
| District Attorney of Middlesex County, Massachusetts | |
| In office 1874–1879 | |
| Preceded by | John B. Goodrich |
| Succeeded by | John Wilkes Hammond |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 23, 1824 Stoddard, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Died | June 6, 1884 (aged 59) Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Rachel Kimball (1850–1884; his death) |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
George Stevens (October 23, 1824 – June 6, 1884) was an American politician and lawyer who held office in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Early life
[edit]Stevens was born in Stoddard, New Hampshire, on October 23, 1824.[1] He was the eighth of twelve children born to Daniel and Tabitha (Sawyer) Stevens. Daniel Stevens died when George was young, and the family moved to Hancock, New Hampshire, when he was twelve. He attended the Hancock and Phillips academies and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1849.[2] He taught at the Gilmanton Academy from 1849 to 1850, the Pittsfield Academy from 1850 to 1851, and the Mount Vernon Academy from 1851 to 1854.[3]
On September 19, 1850, he married Elizabeth Rachel Kimball of Littleton, Massachusetts. They had thee children: George Hunter, Elizabeth Harris, and Mary Greenleaf Stevens.[1] George Hunter Stevens followed his father into the legal profession and became his law partner.[4]
Career
[edit]Stevens studied law in the offices of Ira Allen Eastman of Gilmanton, New Hampshire, Moses Norris Jr. of Pittsfield, New Hampshire, and Daniel Samuel & William Adams Richardson of Lowell, Massachusetts. In October 1854, Stevens began practicing law in Lowell.[3]
Stevens was clerk of the Lowell police court in 1857, represented the 24th Middlesex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1858, was a justice of the Lowell police court from 1859 to 1874, was Lowell's city solicitor from 1867 to 1868, and was a member of the city's board of aldermen from 1873 to 1874.[5][6][7][8] From 1874 to 1879 he was district attorney of Middlesex County, Massachusetts.[7] He died in Lowell on June 6, 1884.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (PDF). Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society. 1907. p. 180. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ Gazetteer of Cheshire County, N.H., 1736-1885. Syracuse: Hamilton Child. 1885. p. 392. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ a b Chapman, George T. (1867). Sketches of the Alumni of Dartmouth College From the First Graduation in 1771 to the Present Time, with a Brief History of the Institution. Cambridge: Riverside Press. p. 381. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ Hurd, D. Hamilton, ed. (1890). History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men. Philadelphia: J. W. Lewis & Co. p. lxiv.
- ^ Adams, George (1857). The Massachusetts Register and United States Calendar for the Year of 1857. Boston: George Adams. p. 29. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ Poole's Statistical View of the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts. Boston: Dutton & Wentworth. 1849. p. 9. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ a b c Conklin, Edwin P. (1927). Middlesex County and Its People. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 190. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ Lowell, MA City Documents 1894-1895. 1895. p. 68. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- 1824 births
- 1884 deaths
- Dartmouth College alumni
- District attorneys in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- People from Hancock, New Hampshire
- People from Stoddard, New Hampshire
- Phillips Academy alumni
- Politicians from Lowell, Massachusetts
- Republican Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- Schoolteachers from New Hampshire
- 19th-century members of the Massachusetts General Court