Jonathan Bourne

Jonathan Bourne (1811–1889) was a New Bedford alderman, major investor in the whaling business,[1] member of executive councils of Massachusetts governors George D. Robinson and Oliver Ames, and namesake of the town of Bourne.[2]

This article is about the businessman and namesake of Bourne, Massachusetts. For his son, the United States Senator from Oregon, see Jonathan Bourne Jr.
Jonathan Bourne
NationalityUnited States
OccupationBusinessman and Politician
Known forNamesake of Bourne, Massachusetts

References
  1. John Clark Rand. One of a thousand: a series of biographical sketches of one thousand representative men resident in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, A.D. 1888-'89. First national publishing company, 1890; p.66-67
  2. Elias Nason, George Jones Varney. A gazetteer of the state of Massachusetts, rev. ed. B.B. Russell, 1890; p.190.


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