Background
Stevens, William Burnham was born on March 23, 1843 in at Stoneham, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Doctor William Flint and Mary Jane Gould (Burnham) Stevens.
Stevens, William Burnham was born on March 23, 1843 in at Stoneham, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Doctor William Flint and Mary Jane Gould (Burnham) Stevens.
Entered Dartmouth College, 1861, but at close of 1st year enlisted in Company C, 50th Massachusetts Volumes, for 9 months, and served nearly a year. Reentered college and graduate Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1865. Read law in office of Sweetser & Gardiner, Boston, and at Harvard Law School.
2d, Mary Williamine Green, of Stoneham, September 30, 1873. Began practice at Boston and Stoneham, 1867. District attorney for Northern District of Massachusetts, 1880-1890.
Resumed practice at Boston.
The American Association Foreign Justice Superior Court of Massachusetts, April 1898-March 1917, resigned. President Stoneham Five Cent Savings Bank.
Member Massachusetts Bar Association, Middlesex Bar Association, American Institute Criminal Law and Criminology.
Married Amelia Josephine Hill, of Stoneham, October 20, 1868 (died December 22, 1869).