Biographies
Biographies
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first seven Bio's are links to "Linkpendium," a great site
John
MX Burnham
Of Ontario
Thomas
Winston Burnham
New York
Zacheus
Burnham
Ontario, Parents from NH and NY
Dea
Billy Burnham
Vermont to NH
George
Herbert Burnham
England
Rev.
Mark Burnham
NH to Canada back to NH
George
Burnham M.D.
NH to Canada and NY
Burnham,
Frederick Russell (1861–1947)
Link to lots of data on Frederick
Alfred
Burnham
Off Site From Dodge County, Georgia
Mills Olcott Burnham
Off Site, From Vermont to, St
Lucie, Florida
Ralph H.
Burnham Orange, California, ( born at Bativa, Illinois)
This Biography is on Site
Submitted by: Sue Poole
William
Burnham of Kensington CT.
This Bioigraphy is on this site
Anthony
Rollins Burnam of Madison Co. KY
This Biography is at the Kentucky Biography
Project.
Curtis
F. Burnam Born 1820 Richmond, KY
This Biography is at the Kentucky Biography
Project.
Robert
Rodes Burnam of Madison, KY.
This Biography is at the Kentucky Biography
Project.
Thompson
Burnam born 1830 Richmond, KY.
This Biography is at the Kentucky Biography
Project.
Rufus
Burnham of Burnham, Waldo Co.
Maine
This Biography is at the
Waldo Co. Me. Archives Page
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Henry
C. Burnham of De Calb Co. Mo.
From "History of Missouri,
Andrew & DeKalb County" Published 1888,
Goodspeed Publishing Company
Dexter
S. Burnham of Milford, New Hampshire
This Biography
is from, The History of Milford, New Hampshire
Hosea
Ballou
Burnham of Rockingham Co. NH
This Biography is on this site
New
Hamshire Biographies
From a book called "Life and Times in Hopkinton,
N. H. in three parts"
by C. C. Lord published 1890
Dewitt
Colony Biographies of Tennessee
Illinois
Source;
Illinois, History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry
Perrin.
O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882.
Cass
County.
ALONZO F. BURNHAM, physician and
surgeon,
Ashland;
was born in Mason County, Ill.
June 29, 1853; son of Henry C. and
Angeline(Currier)
Burnham. Henry C. Burnham, a farmer
by occupation, was born at Hampton,Windham Co.,
Conn., Jan. 30, 1826, and has, since 1853,
resided in Salt Creek Township, Mason Co., Ill.;
his wife was born at Canadaigua, Ontario, N.Y.
Dec. 16, 1825; they are the parents of seven
children. The doctor received his primary education
in the country schools, and afterward attended
an academy, after which he taught school and worked
on the farm.At the age of twenty-two he began
the study of medicine with Dr. J. P. Walker, of
Mason City, Ill.; and attended the Rush Medical
College three winter terms and one summer term,
and graduated in 1878. He came to Ashland,
April 3, 1878, and entered into partnership with
Dr. John Walker; they practiced in company until
October, 1880, when, on account of ill health,
Dr. Walker retired from the practice of his
profession,
and Dr. Burnham has since practiced alone,
meeting with good success. He was married
Oct.29, 1879, in Mason Co., Ill., to Emma Blunt,
a native of that county, born Jan. 3, 1859,
daughter of A. A. and Martha A.(Trailor) Blunt; he was
born in Hart Co., Ky., Feb. 21, 1831; she
was born in Springfield, Ill., June 23, 1831; from this union
they have had one child, P. Garfield, born April
4, 1881, died Aug. 2, 1881. The doctor is a
Republican and a member of the I.O.O.F., the
K. of H. and the A.O.F.
Kentucky
History of
Trigg
County,
Historical and Biographical, Ed. W. Herrin
Battey Pub. Co., Chicago, 1884 P.256 (Rock
CastlePrecinet)
J.R.Burnam was born in North
Carolina,
October
4,1823. He is the son of Wilson and Elizabeth (Gambrel) Burnam both
natives
of North Carolina and of English desent. Wilson emigrated to Kentucky
about
the year 1830,and settled in Trigg County.He was a carpenter,and worked
at his trade along with farming until his death in 1877 J.R.
Burnam
was educated in Trigg County and remained with his parents until 1850,
when he married Sarah J. Holly a native of Kentucky. To them was born
two
sons and one daughter. Mrs. Burnam died some seventeen years ago and
Mr.Burnam
next married Lucy Hyden, a native of Tennessee. Two children bless this
union,one son and one daughter. Mr Burnam is by trade a bricklayer and
works his trade in connection with farming. He is a member of the
I.O.O.F.
at Rock Castle, also of the Blue Lodge, A,F.&A.M. at
Parkersville,Kentucky.
He is one of the leading men of the precinet and county.
These
Biographies were taken from the, Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of
American
Biography of the Nineteenth Century.
All on Page 175
Hiram Burnham, soldier, was born in Maine. At
the second battle of Fredericksburg he distinguished hinself for
bravery
and courage, and again at Gettysburg. In April
1864, he was made brigadier-general, and during the campaign from the
Wilderness
to Petersburg he bore a conspicuous part. He was killed in battle
September
29, 1864.
James C. Burnham, soldier, was born
about 1820
in New York. After the fall of Colonel Baxter he commmanded the
regiment
at the storming of Chapultepec, was promated to be lieutenant- colonel
Setember 27, 1847, and led the regiment through the several battles
around
the city of Mexico, distinguishing himself in the attack on the Belen
gate.
After the war Colonel Burnham was city marshall of New York under Mayor
Wood, and was a prominent politician for several years. He died
September
2, 1866, in New York.
John Howard Burnham, soldier,
journalist,
bridge
builder, was born October 31, 1834, in Essex, Mass. He was captain in
company
A, thirty-third Illinois volunteer infantry, during the Civil War. In
1864
he was superintendent of public schools at Blomington, Illinois, where
for several years he was editor of the Pantagraph. As a bridge
contractor
he has been instrumental in the building of some of the largest bridges
in Illinois and the West.
Michael Burnham, clergyman, author,
was born
June
28, 1839, in Essex, Mass. This eminent congregational clergyman is now
pastor of the Pilgrim church of St. Louis, Mo. He is the author of
numerous
pamplets and orations.
Samuel Burnham, author, was born in
1883,
in
Rindge, N.H. He wrote the history of East Boston, several small volumes
for the American tract society on natural history, was one of the
editors
of the Congregationalist, literary editor of the Watchman and
Reflector,
a correspondent for peridicals, edited Charles Sumner's works,and at
time
of his death had nearly completed a history of the Old South church of
Boston. He died June 22, 1873, in Boston, Mass.
Sarah Maria Burnham, author, was born
in 1818,
in Chester, Vermont. She is the author of Limestones and Marbles,their
History and Uses: Struggles of the Nations, and Pleasant Memories of
Foreign
Travel: and other works.
Sherburne W. Burnham, astronomer,
author, was
born in 1838, in Vermont. He was astronomer at Lick Observatory
from
its foundation to 1892: and is now connected with Yerkes' Observatory
and
the universty of Chocago. He is the author of a number of scientific
works,
and has contributed valuable papers to current magazines.
.
Thomas Brownell Burnham, manufacturer,was born
in January 30, 1866, in New York city. He is a director in the Benedict
and Burnham Manufacturing Co. Holmes, Booth, and Haydens, brass
manufacturers,
and the Waterbury Watch Co. all of Waterbury, Conn. He is also a large
stockholder and director in the Sixth Avenue railroad of New York city.
Victor C. Burnham, farmer, lawyer,
public
official,
was born April 23, 1851, in Wayne county, Mich. He graduated from the
university
of Michigan. He has served as mayor of Rogers City: has been city
attorney:
circuit court commissioner: and prosecuting attorney of Alpena county.
He has served as city attorney and city judge of Alpena; and is
also
as United States commossioner.
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