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About John Prescott Bigelow
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John Prescott Bigelow (August 25, 1797 – July 4, 1872) was an American politician, who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Secretary of State of Massachusetts, and most prominently as the twelfth mayor of Boston, Massachusetts from 1849 to 1851. Bigelow was born in Groton, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County.
Bigelow was the son of lawyer Timothy Bigelow. He studied law at Harvard College, graduating in 1815. On March 9, 1824, he married Louisa Ann Brown, and the following year their son, Prescott, was born. However, he died at a young age, and, in 1847, Louisa Ann Brown also died
Most significantly, by the end of his tenure, he would have laid the foundation for the construction of the Boston Public Library, the nation's first publicly funded library.
John had a very active life.
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John Prescott Bigelow's Timeline
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August 25, 1797
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Groton, Middlesex County, MA, United States
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| 1825 |
February 6, 1825
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| 1872 |
July 4, 1872
Age 74
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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
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