Francis Burnell

Francis Irwin Burnell
15th Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut
In office
1913–1915
Preceded by Edward J. Finnegan
Succeeded by Carl Harstrom
25th Mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut
In office
1907–1909
Preceded by Charles E. Dow
Succeeded by Robert M. Wolfe
Personal details
Born Pierstown, New York[1]
Died March 18, 1926(1926-03-18)
Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, Connecticut[1]
Resting place Riverside Cemetery[1]
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Fanny Tripp
Residence

Armonk, New York[2]

Norwalk, Connecticut[3]
Alma mater Long Island College Hospital (1894)[4][5]
Occupation physician,[6] school principal[1]

Francis Irwin Burnell (? – March 18, 1926) was a one term Republican mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut from 1913 to 1915. He was also mayor of South Norwalk from 1907 to 1909 prior to the consolidation of the two municipalities into one.

Early life

He was born in Pierstown, New York.[1] He was raised in Otsego County, New York, and attended schools in Richfield Springs, New York.[1]

He was the principal of the Hartwick Union school, and East End School at Oneonta, New York.[1] He studied medicine at Long Island Medical College,[1] and graduated in 1894. On February 26, 1895, he married Fanny Tripp of Mamaroneck, New York.[1] Soon after his marriage, he took up graduate school at Polyclinic Hospital in New York City.[1] He took up residence in Norwalk on September 28, 1895.[1]

Political career

In 1907, Burnell defeated Republican Matthew Corbett for mayor of South Norwalk.[7] He served two one-year terms, and when South Norwalk, and Norwalk were consolidated into one city, he was elected the first mayor of the consolidated city.[1]

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References

Preceded by
Edward J. Finnegan
Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut
1913–1915
Succeeded by
Carl Harstrom
Preceded by
Charles E. Dow
Mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut
1907–1909
Succeeded by
Robert M. Wolfe
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