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Burleigh, John H – Burnet, William

Burleigh, John H

manufacturer, congressman, was born Oct. 9, 1832, in South Berwick, Maine. He commanded a ship on foreign voyages seven years; left the sea in 1853 and engaged in manufacturing. He was a member of the state house of representatives in 1862, 1864, 1866, and 1872; delegate-at-large to the national republican convention at Baltimore in 1864; and was elected to the forty-third and forty-fourth congresses as a republican.

Burleigh, Walter A

congressman, was a delegate from the territory of Dakota to the thirty-ninth congress, and re-elected to the fortieth congress.

Burleigh, William

lawyer, congressman, was born in Rockingham, N.

H. He was a representative in congress from South Berwick, Maine, for two terms, from 1823 to 1827. He died in July, 1827.

Burleigh, William Henry

journalist, poet, was born Feb. 2, 1812, in Woodstock, Conn. He is an anti-slavery journalist of Hartford and elsewhere who won some notice as a poet. He died March 18, 1871, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Burleson, Solomon S

lawyer, missionary, was born Jan. 31, 1833, in Cortland, N. Y. He studied medicine under his father; taught school; and was admitted to the bar in 1855. In 1858 he moved to Wabasha, Minn., where he published the Minnesota Patriot, and the North Pepin Independent; and also successfully practiced law, and became district attorney. In 1862 he entered holy orders and became missionary to the Oneida Indians, in northern Wisconsin.

He died in 1896.

Burling, Gilbert

painter, was born in 1843. He excelled in studies of game birds. He died in 1875.

Burnell, George W

lawyer, jurist, was born in December, 1838, in St.

Albans, Vt. In 1862 he enlisted in the union army, taking part in the numerous engagements of the armies of the Potomac and James, as sergeant, lieutenant and captain. In 1865 he moved to Oshkosh, Wis., where he engaged in the practice of the law, and was for several terms district attorney of Winnebago county. He was appointed to the circuit judgeship by Governor Rusk in 1884.

Burnes, Daniel Dee

lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 4, 1851, in Ringgold, Mo. He was elected to the fiftythird congress as a democrat.

Burnes, James Nelson

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Aug. 22, 1833, in Morgan county, Ind. He was a presidential elector in 1856; circuit attorney in 1857; and in 1868 was unanimously elected judge of the court of common pleas, and served four years. He then engaged in railroad construction and other business; and was elected a representative from Missouri to the fortyeighth and forty-ninth congresses as a democrat.

Burnet, Robert

agriculturist, soldier, was born Sept. 22, 1762, in Little Briton, N. Y. He served in the revolutionary war and was promoted to the rank of major. He died Dec. 1, 1854.

Burnet, William

colonial governor, was born March, 1688, in Holland. He was governor of Massachusetts from 1725 to 1729. He died Sept. 7, 1729.

Burnet, William

physician, congressman, was born Dec. 13, 1730, in Elizabeth, N. J. He held at different times various offices in the state government, was elected to congress under the confederation in 1776; was a member of congress in 1780-81; and surgeon-general of the eastern district of the United States from 1776 till the close of the revolutionary war. He died Oct. 7, 1791, in Newark, N. J.