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Burnett, Sawn Moses
physician, lecturer, author, was born March 16, 1847, in New Market, Tenn. In 1878 he founded the eye and ear clinic at the Central Dispensary, and became ophthalmic and aural surgeon to the Garfield hospital.
He was president of the Medical society of the District of Columbia. He is a noted lecturer, and the author of a work entitled Treatise on Astigmatism.
Burnett, Waldo Irving
naturalist, author, was born July 12, 1828, in Southborough, Mass. He was a naturalist of Boston, and the author of The Cell, its Physiology, Pathology, and Philosophy. He died July 1, 1854, in Boston, Mass.
Burnett, William
congressman.
He graduated at Princeton college in 1749, and was a delegate from New Jersey to the continental congress in 1780 and 1781.
He died in 1791.
Burney, Stanford Guthrie
educator, clergyman, author, was born in 1814, in Tennessee. He is a Cumberland presbyterian divine, and professor of systematic theology at Cumberland university. He is the author of Treatise on Elocution; Baptismal Regeneration; Atonement and Law Reviewed; Chart of Duty; Soteriology; Studies in Moral Science; Studies in Psychology; and Studies in Theology.
Burnham, Alfred A
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born March 8, 1819, in Windham, Conn. He was elected to the Connecticut legislature in 1844 and 1845; was subsequently appointed judge of probate for the district of Danbury; and in 1850 was again elected to the state legislature. In 1857 he was lieutenant-governor of Connecticut; and in 1858 was again elected to the legislature, and made speaker. In 1859 he was elected a representative from Connecticut to the thirtysixth congress, and re-elected to the thirty-seventh congress.
Burnham, Benjamin F
educator, lawyer, jurist, author, was born Oct. 2, 1831, in Sharon, Vt. He graduated from Dartmouth college; was judge advocate, New Orleans, La.; and judge of the municipal court of Boston, Mass. He is a successful lawyer, educator, and law and theological author.
Burnham, Mrs. Clara Louise
author, was born May 25, 1854, in Newton, Mass. She is the author of No Gentlemen; A Sane Lunatic; Dearly Bought; Next Door; Young Maids and Old; The Mistress of Beech Knoll; Miss Bagg's Secretary, a West Point Romance; Dr. Latimer, a story of Casco Bay; Sweet Clover; and The Wise Woman.
Burnham, Curtis F
lawyer, state legislator, financier, was born May 24, 1820, in Richmond, Ky. He was elected to the state legislature; and in 1852 was a presidential elector. In 1875 he was appointed assistant secretary of the treasury.
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.
Burnham, Hiram
soldier, was born in Maine. At the second battle of Fredericksburg he distinguished himself 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 Sept. 29, 1864.
Burnham, James C
soldier, was born about 1820, in New York. After the fall of Colonel Baxter he commanded the regiment at the storming of Chapultepec, was promoted to be lieutenant-colonel Sept. 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 marshal of New York under Mayor Wood, and was a prominent politician for several years.
He died Sept. 2, 1866, in New York.
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Burnham, John Howard
soldier, journalist, bridge builder, was born Oct. 31, 1834, in Essex, Mass. He was captain in company A, thirty-third Illinois volunteer infantry, during the civil war. 1864 he was superintendent of public schools at Bloomington, Ill., where for several years he was the 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.
Burnham, Michael
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 pamphlets and orations.
Burnham, Samuel
author, was born in 1833, 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 periodicals, edited Charles Sumner's works, and at the time of his death had nearly completed a history of the Old South church of Boston. He died June 22, 1873, in Boston, Mass.
Burnham, Sarah Maria
author, was born in 1818, in Chester, Vt. 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.
Burnham, Sherburne W
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 university of Chicago. He is the author of a number of scientific works, and has contributed valuable papers to current magazines.
Burnham, Thomas Brownell
manufacturer, was born Jan. 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.
Burnham, Victor C
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 also as United States commissioner.
Burns, James Austin
soldier, educator, author, was born Jan. 25, 1840, in Oxford, Maine. In August, 1861, he entered the United States volunteer service as lieutenant in the seventh Connecticut infantry, and was promoted to be captain in 1862. Subsequent to the war he settled in Atlanta, Ga., where he has followed the profession of civil engineering and also filled the chair of chemistry in the Southern Medical college in Atlanta.
He has published a series of Juxtalinear Translations of the Classics.
Burns, John
soldier, was born Sept. 5, 1793, in Burlington, N. J. He was among the first to volunteer for the war of 1812; was present in the actions at Plattsburg, Queenstown and Lundy's Lane, in which last-named engagement he was one of Colonel Miller's regiment that captured the British battery in the center and turned the tide in favor of the Americans. He volunteered promptly for the war with Mexico, and again for the civil war. He died Feb. 7, 1872, in Gettysburg, Pa.
Burns, John M
lawyer, state senator, jurist, was born March 11, 1825, in Lawrence county, Ky. He has been a member of the Kentucky state legislature, state senator, and circuit court judge, embracing seven counties. A good portion of his time was spent in the revenue service of the government, and in public speaking on national and political issues.
Burns, Joseph
congressman, was born March 11, 1800, in Waynesborough, Va. He was elected from the state of Ohio a representative in the thirty-fifth congress.
Burns, Robert
state senator, congressman, was born in New Hampshire. He served three years in the state legislature as senator and representative; and was a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1833 to 1837. He died June 20, 1866, in Plymouth, N. H.
Burns, William Henry
railroad president, was born in July, 1848, in Boston, Mass. Since 1890 he has been president of the Montana Union railway at Butte, Mont.
Burns, William Wallace
soldier, was born Sept. 3, 1825, in Coshocton, Ohio. From 1843 till 1847 he was a cadet at the United States military academy.
Joining the third infantry after graduation, he served through the war with Mexico, and, after ten years of frontier, garrison and recruiting service, received a staff appointment as captain and commissary of subsistence.
Burnside, Ambrose Everett
general, manufacturer, governor, United States senator, was born May 23, 1824, in Liberty, Ind. He served with credit on the frontier as an officer of artillery; and in 1853 resigned his commission and turned his attention to the manufacture of guns, and invented the rifle which bears his name.
During the whole progress of the civil war his services as a general will always be treasured in the military history of his country. In 1866 he was elected governor of Rhode Island; and in 1875 took his seat in the senate of the United States for the term ending in 1881. He died Sept. 3, 1881, in Bristol, R. I.