Burt Zelotes Kasson (August 23, 1877 in Gloversville,

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– September 26, 1943 in Gloversville, Fulton Co., NY) was an American engineer and politician from

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Life

He was the son of Harvey Zelotes Kasson and Ella (Dean) Kasson. He graduated from

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in 1897. He attended

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, but left without degree during his junior year, and then became a

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and

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. On November 22, 1911, he married Grace Adams Martin (born 1882), and they had several children, among them John Martin Kasson (1919–2008) who was Clerk of Fulton County. Kasson was a member of the Board of Supervisors of Fulton County from 1912 to 1915; and was Chairman of the Board for two years. He was a member of the

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(Fulton and Hamilton Co.) in

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and

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; and a member of the

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(35th D.) in

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and

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. Later he was Fulton County Superintendent of Highways.

Sources

''Class of 1901''
(Harvard College, Secretary's Third Report, 1911, pg. 217)
''Class of 1901''
(Harvard College, Secretary's Fourth Report, 1916, pg. 248f)

at Schenectady History

in NYT on September 28, 1943 (subscription required)

his son's obit, in ''The Leader-Herald'' on February 21, 2008 {{DEFAULTSORT:Kasson, Burt Z 1877 births 1943 deaths Republican Party New York (state) state senators People from Gloversville, New York Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly Phillips Exeter Academy alumni Harvard College alumni American mining engineers Engineers from New York (state) 20th-century members of the New York State Legislature