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He was born in Pierstown, New New York
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Francis Burnell
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He was raised in Otsego County, New York, and attended schools in Richfield Springs, New New York
Career
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. He was the principal of the Hartwick Union school, and East End School at Oneonta, New New York
He studied medicine at Long Island Medical College, and graduated in 1894.
He took up residence in Norwalk on September 28, 1895. In 1907, Burnell defeated Republican Matthew Corbett for mayor of South Norwalk.
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. Member, Old Well Lodge Number 108 of Masons.
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Political Party
Republican party