caption death_date death_place predecessor birth_place successor children party office birth_date term spouse image article_title name
portrait of alexander brush 01 june 1892 at sea william findlay rogers , solomon scheu brushland , new york lewis p. dayton , grover cleveland no children republican mayor of buffalo february 8 , 1824 1870 -- 1873 , 1880 -- 1881 married twice ; lucinda bucklin and sarah a. leonard 1870brush.jpg alexander brush
 alexander brush
alexander brush

alexander brush -lrb- 1824 -- 1892 -rrb- was mayor of the city of buffalo , new york , serving 1870 -- 1873 and 1880 -- 1881 .
he was born on february 8 , 1824 at brushland , new york .
in 1848 , he moved to buffalo and opened a brick making business .
in april 1863 , he married lucinda bucklin of titusville , pennsylvania ; she died within the year and he remarried in 1866 to mrs. sarah a. leonard , -lrb- née warner -rrb- of south wales , new york .
brush first served as alderman for the third ward in 1861 and reelected to that position until becoming street commissioner .
he was elected mayor november 2 , 1869 , as the republican candidate .
he was re-elected in a special election held in february 1872 during his term the cornerstone was laid for the county and city hall , which was not completed until early in 1876 .
at the end of his second term , he declined to be a candidate for re-election .
in 1879 , six years after retiring from public office , on november 4 , 1879 , he was once again elected mayor and served until 1881 .
he died while traveling across the ocean to europe on june 1 , 1892 .
his body was laid to rest in forest lawn cemetery .
