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Burnham, Frederick A

lawyer, was born Jan. 7, 1851, in Burrillville, R. I.

He has attained success as a noted lawyer of New York city. BURNHAM, GORDON WEBSTER, manufacturer, was born March 20, 1803, in Hampton, Conn. He became president of the Waterbury Clock Co., the Waterbury Watch Co., the Waterbury Brass Co., and the American Pin Co. In 1876 he presented to New York city a heroic bronze statue of Webster by Thomas Ball, which was erected in Central park. His own monument in Greenwood, built some years prior to his death, is one of the finest in the cemetery. He died March 18, 1885, in New York city.