Joseph warren revere

Revere was born on April 30, , in Boston, Massachusetts. He was named after Dr. Joseph Warren , the Massachusetts militiaman who was killed in action during the Battle of Bunker Hill in , and who sent Revere's father on his famous midnight ride. In , his father purchased the Canton Mill, an ironworks mill, and using a loan from the Department of the Navy , established the Revere Copper Company in Canton, Massachusetts , [ 4 ] which young Revere joined in From to and again in , Revere served in the Massachusetts Legislature and was a member of the Board of Aldermen in the s.

He also was a member of the Massachusetts Humane Society , an organization that provided money for the physically and mentally ill and the poor, and the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. Together, Joseph and Mary Revere were the parents of eight children:. Revere died, aged 91, on October 11, , in Canton , Massachusetts.

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