Burd, George
congressman, born in 1794. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania, from 1831 to 1835. He died Jan. 13, 1844, in Bedford, Pa.
BURDEN, JAMES ABERCROMBIE, manufacturer, inventor, was born Jan. 6, 1833, in Troy, N. Y. He became president of the Burden Iron company of Troy and New York. He has obtained eighteen patents for inventions of his own for machines used in the manufacture of iron, one of the most important being that for making horse and mule shoes, this machine producing seventy finished shoes per minute, punched with holes and prepared in every other way, ready for the horse's foot. In 1883 he became president of the Hudson River Ore and Iron compa- His iron foundries and machine ny. shops give employment to three thousand men. He has declined nominations as mayor of Troy, member of congress, and other offices, but has been twice a presidential elector.