Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. IV, Part 23

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 710

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(VI) General Caleb Burbank, son of Abijah Burbank (5) and uncle of Gardner S. Burbank, born in Sutton July 18, 1761, became a famous paper maker in his day. He was in partnership with his brother Elijah after their father withdrew from the business, as stated above. The brothers, Caleb and Elijah Burbank, February 23, 1798, bought the paper mill which Isaiah Thomas built in 1794 and operated in Worcester on the present site of the wire mill in Quinsigamond village. For some years they oper- ated both mills. Elijah Burbank seems to have run the Worcester plant and Caleb the Sutton mill. February 8, 1811, Elijah bought out all the inter-

est of Caleb in the Worcester mill. Elijah erected a mill twenty-five rods below the paper mill for a sickle factory for his son Gardner Burbank and his partner, Belknap. The paper mill was greatly enlarged. Elijah Burbank sold this mill in 1834 to the Quinsigamond Paper Company, composed of William and others. Elijah Burbank owned the fourth paper mill in the county, at Fitchburg. The third was at Leominster about 1796. The Fitch- burg mill was owned by Elijah Burbank, was bought of the founders, February 8, 1808, by Edward Sim- mons and Solomon Dwinnel, Jr., and sold Septem- ber II, same year, to his son Leonard Burbank. That was the beginning of the paper making at Fitch- burg with which the Burbank name has been prom- inently connected for a hundred years. Caleb Bur- bank increased his plant at Sutton (or Millbury as it became known), when he was at the height of his powers. He became the richest man in the town, and was very popular.

He was one of the first board of directors of the Millbury Bank. He was a soldier in the revolu- tion, commissioned lieutenant, August 25, 1790; cap- tain, May 26, 1794; major May 24, 1797 ; lieutenant- colonel, April 13, 1801 ; brigadier-general, April 15, 1807; major-general, June 15, 1813. He was cash- iered October 21, 1818, on charges of neglect of duty, charges that he vehemently denied, and over which there was much controversy. It must be said of him that he was one of the leading men of Massachusetts in military affairs, and made a gal- lant record whenever in the service. He was in the war of 1812 as general in command. The people of . his own town never lost their respect and admiration for him in spite of the reverses of fortune. He was sent to the general court in 1819. He manufactured paper for fifty years. Owing to the financial panic of the time and his generous way of doing business and helping others, he failed, January 2, 1834, and made an assignment. The business passed into the hands of Shepard & Goddard, and the Burbank fam- ily ceased to be connected with the ownership of the Sutton mill. But Gardner S. Burbank was as- sociated with his uncle at Sutton from April, 1829, until June, 1835. He became an even greater force in the paper making world than the old general .. General Burbank married Lucy, daughter of Asa Waters, who was a grandson of Nathaniel Waters, of Salem. She was born in Sutton in 1765, died 1823. He married (second) Hannah, daughter of David Smith, of Rutland. He died December 9, 1849, leaving no descendants.

(VI) Silas Burbank, son of Captain Abijah Burbank (5), born in Sutton, Massachusetts, Sep- tember 19, 1769; married Bathsheba Egery at Hard- wick, Massachusetts, January, 1792. They settled in Montpelier, Vermont, and had twelve children. He died April 20, 1847. The children of Silas and Bathsheba ( Egery) Burbank were: I. Fanny, born February 25, 1793, died January 13, 1847. 2. Susan, born December 30, 1795, died November 26, 1880. 3. Elutheria, born December 7, 1797, died February 6. 1863. 4. Bathsheba, born November 25, 1799, died June 6, 1825. 5-6. Eliza and Emily (twins), born December 17, 1803; Eliza died May 19, 1882; Emily died in infancy. 7. daughter unnamed, born Sep- temiber 27, 1801, died young. 8. daughter unnamed, born September 10, 1802. died young. 9. son un- named, born March 1, 1806, died young. 10. Silas Burbank, born July 22, 1809, died August 14, 1872. II. Gardner S., born July 22, 1809; died February

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7. 1888. 12. Emily, born August 27, 1811, died in infancy.

VII) Gardner S. Burbank, son of Silas Burbank (6), was born in Montpelier, Vermont, July 22, 1809. He attended the public schools of his native town. but at an early age went to work to learn the paper making business in Montpelier. In 1827, at the age of eighteen, he went to Millbury, Massachusetts ; and for about seven years was associated with his uncle Caleb Burbank in the manufacture of paper. He then went to Worcester, and for eleven years operated the paper mill formerly owned by Isaiah Thomas, and later by his uncle, Elijah Burbank, at Quinsigamond. In 1846 he moved to Russell, Massachusetts, and formed a partnership with Cyrus \V. Field and Marshall Fales. The firm erected a large paper mill there and ran it for about five years. Mr. Burbank being in poor health was obliged to give up business and withdraw from the firm. In 1851 he went to Fitchburg and soon after- ward formed a partnership wth the late Hon. Alvah Crocker, at whose earnest solicitation he went there. The firm name was Crocker & Burbank. In 1855 C. T. Crocker was admitted to the firm, and in 1863 G. F. Fay and S. E. Crocker also came into the partnership. During the fifteen years Mr. Burbank was connected with the firm of Crocker, Burbank & Co., their business became the leading one amiong paper manufacturers in the vicinity. Mr. Burbank .sold his interests in the firm in 1866 and retired from active business. Flis well known business ability and sterling character were recognized in many ways. He was charged with many private trusts. He was a director of the Fitchburg National Bank from 1871 until his death ; was a director of the Fitchburg Mutual Fire Insurance Com any from July, 1875, until his death, and a trustee of the Fitchburg Savings Bank from June. 1875. He was a member of the board of investment ten years. Fle was a representative to general court from Rus- sell in 1849 and 1850, but declined public office in Fitchburg. He was always interested in the public welfare of Fitchburg. He was a man of great publie spirit and in a quiet way was constantly helping others. His habits and strong will un- doubtedly prolonged his life many years. From early childhood his health was not good, and after middle life was seriously impaired. He died February 7, 1888.

Through his generous bequest in his will, the city of Fitchburg is indebted for the magnificent Burbank Memorial Hospital. He had no children to leave his property to. and it was at the suggestion of his wife. as he stated in his will, that he pro- vided for the hospital. She not only deserves credit for the magnificent gift of her husband, but she is daily blessed by the beneficiaries of the institution for waiving her rights under the will so that the hospital was constructed within a few years after the death of Mr. Burbank, instead of having to wait until after her death. She has lived herself to see the fruits of her generous benevolence. The Burbank Hospital buildings and grounds cost about $200.000. and the institution has already taken a high rank as an institution, affording the surgeons of the city valuable opportunities for practice and study, as well as giving aid to the suffering and wounded, curing disease and giving the surgeon a chance to restore health and save life and limb. The following provision of the bequest was char-

acteristic of the large heart and thoughtful ways of the donor :

"First, I desire that alarge substantial and commodius building shall be erected, and as I trust that my charity may survive and do good to the poor and sick for many generations, and also believe that the city of Fitchburg will in time be a large and prosperous city, I would suggest that the sum of at least $100.000 he devoted to the purchase of the necessary land and the erection of the neces- sary structure.

And I also direct and request that while those who are able to pay for the services rendered them in the Hospital may be subjected to such moderate and reasonable charge as is usual in such cases in similar charitable institutions : those on the other, who are in pov- erty and sickness. shall ever he received and cared for kindly and tenderly, 'without money and without price' and without regard to color or nationality.

'It is hy request of my wife, whose judgment has so greatly aided me in all the affairs and purposes of my life, that I was led to make the foregoing provision for the foundation of a hospital."

In 1900 Mrs. Burbank gave $30,000 from her personal estate for the building of the Nurses' Home in connection with the Burbank Hospital as a memorial to her daughters Mary and Sarah. Mr. Burbank married, at Auburn, Massachusetts, May 23, 1837, Mary Sibley, who died at Worces- ter, December 4, 1839. He married ( second) May 27, 1841, Sarah W. Grout. Their children are all deceased. They were : I. Edwin F., born 1842, died August 18, 1855. 2. Mary J., born 1845, died August 28, 1861. 3. Sarah F., born 1849, died Feb- ruary 10, 1879, married Dr. F. B. Joy.

ADAMS FAMILY. Henry Adams (I), of Braintree, progenitor of the Adams family of Fitch- burg, is believed to have arrived in Boston from England in 1632 or 1633, accompanied by his wife, eight sons and one daughter. He was allotted forty acres of land at Mount Wollaston, as Braintree was originally called, February 24, 1639-40. The name of his wife is unknown and it is thought that she with her son John and daughter Ursula returned to England and died there. Henry Adams died at Braintree, June 8, 1647. Something of the English pedigree of Henry Adams will be found elsewhere in this work. The best authority fixes the English home of Henry Adams at Braintree, Essex county.

The children of Henry Adams were: Lieutenant Henry, born 1604. married, in Braintree, Elizabeth Paine, daughter of Moses Paine: he was deputy to the general court, lieutenant of the military com- pany; killed by the Indians while standing in the doorway of his house in Medfield and his wife was accidentally killed the same day. Lieutenant Thomas, born 1612, married in Braintree Mary Blackmore; he became town clerk. selectman, deputy to the general court in Concord, where he settled. Captain Samuel, born 1617, married (first) Rebecca Graves ; married (second) Esther Sparhawk; was prominent in eivic and military life. Deacon Jonathan, born 1619, married (first) Elizabeth Fussell: married (second) Mary -: settled in Medfield, where his house was burned by the Indians in 1676. Peter, born 1622, married Rachel -, and his house at Medfield was also burned by the Indians in 1676. John, born about 1624. Joseph. born 1626, was a maltster, selectman 1673, married Abigail Baxter. Ensign Edward, of whom later.

(II) Ensign Edward Adams, son of Henry Adams (1), was born about 1630 in Eng-

land. He settled in Medfield and was the last of the original settlers to die. November 12, 1716. He is buried in the old Medfield grave- yard. He was in Medfield as early as 1652, was an

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ensign in the army. His house was burned by the Indians in 1676 during King Philip's war. He was a selectman, deputy to the general court from 1692 to 1702, commissioner to end sinall causes.

He married (first). 1652, Lydia Rockwood, daughter of Richard and Agnes (Bicknell) Rock- wood. She died March 3, 1675-6. He married (second). 1678, Abigail Day, of Dedham, who died in1 1707. He married (third), January 6, 1710, Sarah Taylor, of Medfield. The children of Ensign Ed- ward and Lydia Adams were: Lydia, born 1655; Jonathan, born 1656; John, born 1657; Elizabeth, born 1658; Sarah, born 1660; James, born 1661, at Barrington, Rhode Island; Henry, born 1663; Elisha, born 1666; Edward, born 1668; Eliashib; Bethia, born 1671. died young; Bethia, born 1672; Abigail, born 1674; Miriam, born 1675.

(III) John Adams, son of Ensign Edward Adams (2), was born in Medfield, 1657. He settled in Medfield in the part afterwards called Medway. He married Deborah -, who died before 1695, and he married (second) Susanna' Brick or Breck, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Hill) Brick. She was born May 10, 1667, at Sherborn. He died March 1, 1751, and she died March 28, 1741. Their children were: Edward, born 1682, settled in Mil- ton ; John, born 1684: Daniel, born 1686; Eleazer, born 1687; Obadiah, born at Medfield; Jonathan ; Thomas, horn 1695, settled in Amherst; Susanna, settled in Brookfield ; born 1697; Jeremiah,

Abraham, born 1701.

settled in Brookfield ; Bethia, born 1702, married, February 27, 1729, Timothy Stearns, of Framingham: Phinehas, born 1707, married, January 1, 1730, Timothy Ellis; (sec- ond) William Richardson.

(IV) Daniel Adams, son of John Adams (3), was born in Medfield, 1686. He settled in West Medway. He married Sarah -, who died July 21, 1739. Their children were: Benjamin; Sarah, born November, 1714, died April 1, 1716; Deborah, born February 12, 1717: Sarah, born March, 1719; Elizabeth, born May 12, 1721; Daniel, of whom later : Thomas, born April 15, 1726; Ruth, born March 6, 1729, married, May 17, 1750, Benjamin Rockwood; Moses, born August 4, 1731; Abigail, born July 23, 1736, married Abraham Harding ; Tabitha, born November 12, 1738, married, June 27, 1754. John Littlefield.

(V) Daniel Adams, son of Daniel Adams (4), was born in Medway, January 18, 1724. He died in Barre (Rutland district), 1809. aged eighty-five years. He removed to Rutland district about 1763. He married (first) Elizabeth -, and (second) Martha His children : Daniel, born 1750, of whom later; John, born October 10, 1765; Mary, born October 30, 1768; Timothy, born May 9, 1771 ; Jesse, born October 11, 1772.

(VI) Daniel Adams, son of Daniel Adams (5). was born in 1750 and died at Rutland, November. 1815. He married, June 25, 1778. He settled in Barre, where his father lived. His widow died at Rutland, October 30, 1838, aged seventy-five years. His children, all born at Barre, were: William, born September 6, 1778; Mary, born May 10. 1780: Josiah, born July 1. 1783: Rebecca, born October 8, 1785 ; Joseph. of whom later; Nancy, born June 16, 1793 : Daniel Perry, born October 9, 1796: Julia, born March 2, 1805; Joel, settled in Shirley; John. of Shirley.

(VII) Joseph Adams, son of Daniel Adams (6). was born in Barre, March 26, 1788. He was a

farmer. He settled in Lunenburg and died there in 1835. He married Abigail Augusta Going, daugh- ter of Ezekiel Going and his wife Lucy (Douglas) Going. She was born June 27, 1799. She inar- ried (second ) Amos Robbins, of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Her grandfather was Eben- ezer Going, who married Abigail Symonds and re- sided in Shirley. The children of Joseph and Abi- gail Augusta Adams were: Caroline Frances, mar- ried Edward Woods; Benjamin Oscar. born 1835. supposed to have been lost at sea; Henry Otis, of whom later.

(VIII) Henry Otis Adams, son of Joseph Adams (7), was born in Lunenburg, March 5, 1837, and died in Lunenburg, February 25, 1894. He was educated in the common schools of Lunenburg and then learned the trade of currier, at which he worked until the civil war broke out. He enlisted in 1861 in the Fifteenth Massachusetts Regiment, Company C, and participated in many battles and engagements. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Ball's Bluff and confined in the infamous Libby Prison. He was exchanged and returned to his regiment. At the battle of Antietam he was wounded in the eye by a rifle ball and also shot through the face. He survived but never was able to return to the regiment and never recovered his health so that he could follow his trade. He lived a retired life at Lunenburg until his death. He was Republican in politics. He was active the

work of the Grand Army Post, to which he be- longed. He attended the Congregational Church.

He married, 1863, Susan R. Shattuck, daughter of Charles R. and Rebecca (Eagles) Shattuck, of Lunenburg. His widow who survives him is an invalid. Their children were: William, died young ; Albert, died young.

CHARLES EDWARD BURNAP. Robert Bur- nap (I), the immigrant ancestor of Charles E. Bur- nap, of Fitchburg, was born, acording to an affi- davit made in 1653, about !595 in England. He set- tled first in Roxbury in New England, where he was a proprietor about 1640. He removed to Reading and was a proprietor of that town in 1652. He mortgaged his farm in 1655. There is an interesting deed on record in Essex county from Robert Bur- nap, Sr. and wife Mary, Robert Burnap. Jr. and wife Sarah, and Thomas Burnap, all of Reading, and Isaac Bullard (probably the husband of Ann), of all their interest in half of a farm in Salem, form- erly the property of Isaac Burnap. Isaac was the eldest son of Robert, Sr. This deed seems to indi- cate that the other children of Robert Burnap died before the date 1668. He was selectman for four- teen years.

Robert Burnap married (first) Margaret Davis ; (second) Mary -; (third) Ann -, who died 1681. His children were: Isaac, married, 1658, Hannah Antrum, of Salem, died before 1668: Robert, of whom later ; Thomas, born in England, 1624, ancestor of the Sutton branch of the family: Ann, probably married Isaac Bullard ; Richard, born 1627, died young ; Sarah, born November 5. 1653; Mary, born June 17, 1661. Robert Burnap died September 27. 1680. His will was dated November 15, 1688, and proved October 1, 1689. He bequeathed to sons Robert and Thomas: daughters Ann Jones and Sarah Browne: cousin Thomas Burnan, grandchil- dren Joseph and Thomas, Sarah and Isaac South- ericke.

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(II) Robert Burnap, son of Robert Burnap (1), was born in England about 1626-8. He married (first) about 1651, Ann -, who died 1661. He married (second), May 28, 1662, Sarah Browne, who died in 1695. He was a very prominent man in Reading and was for nineteen years one of the selectmen. He died in 1695. The children of Robert and Ann Burnap were: Sarah, born 1653; John, born 1655; Robert, born 1657, died 1674; Mary, born 1661. The children of Robert and Sarah Burnap were: Elizabeth, born 1664, married, 1683, Jona- than Eaton; Lydia, born 1667; Joseph, born about 1669, of whom later; Samuel, born 1675, died 1676; Benjamin, born 1677, married, 1700, Elizabeth New- hall; Dorcas, born 1679, married, 1700, William Sawyer; Mary, born 1681.

(III) Captain Joseph Burnap, son of Robert Burnap (2), was born in Reading about 1669. He married Tabitha - -. He lived on the Captain Jonathan Weston place in the West Parish of Read- ing. He died 1744. The children of Captain Joseph and Tabitha Burnap were: Tabitha, born 1692, married Ebenezer Flint: Elizabeth, died young ; Sarah, born 1694, married Jeremiah Swain; Abigail, born 1699, married James Smith; Joseph, born 1701 ; Samuel, of whom later; Lydia, born 1706, married William Upton, of Salem; John, born 1708, married, 1732, Ruth Smith; Martha, born 1710, married John Walton : Isaac, born 1713, married Susanna Emer- son, father of the Rev. Jacob Emerson, of Merrimac, New Hampshire; Hepsibath, married, 1725. Na- thaniel Emerson.

(IV) Samuel Burnap, son of Captain Joseph Burnap (3), was born in Reading, Massachusetts, 1703. He settled in Andover, Massachusetts. Among his children was Samuel, born July 17, 1744, of whom later.

(V) Samuel Burnap, son of Samuel Burnap (4), was born in Andover, Massachusetts, July 17, 1744, and died at Temple, New Hampshire, Janu- ary 2, 1832. Ile married, 1770, Betsey Howard, of Reading, Massachusetts, who was born in 1789 and died April 10, 1838. The children of Samuel and Betsey Burnap were: Betsey; Samuel, of whom later ; Ruth, Bethiah, Eunice.

(VI) Samuel Burnap, second child of Samuel Burnap (5), was born November 23, 1773, at An- dover, Massachusetts, died at Fitchburg, Massachu- setts. January 18, 1842. He settled in Temple, New Hampshire, when a young man. His children were : Sewell I., born March 12, 1802, at Temple, New Hampshire, died at Holliston, Massachusetts ; mar- ried Betsey A. Brown, of Medway, Massachusetts; (second), January 17, 1844, Elizabeth Blanchard, of Boston: had Charles B., born May 22, 1835, died October 26, 1851. Betsey, born June 20, 1804, at Temple, New Hampshire, died at Fitchburg; mar- ried Reed Dutton, and they had a daughter, Lois, died February II, 1906. at Clinton, Massachusetts, the wife of Abram G. Lawrence, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Israel Hutchinson, born May 28, 1806, at Temple, married, September 5. 1835. Esther C. Lawrence, of Ashby, and they had four children, viz. : Eliza A., born February 15, 1837, died Sep- tember 3, 1856; Mary A., born August 22, 1838, at Temple. married, April 18, 1866, .J. Calvin Spauld- ing, of Roxbury. Boston, Massachusetts. Their chil- dren: Charles Lincoln Spaulding, born March 27, 1867. at Fitchburg: Esther Mary Spaulding, horn September 22, 1868, at Fitchburg. Urania E., born December 23, 1844, at Leominster, Massachusetts ;

married, October 7, 1863, E. Irving Wright, of Ashby. Their children : Clara E. Wright, born June 9. 1870, at Newton, married Edward Arch, of Fitch- burg. July 30, 1890, and have four children; Edward B. Wright, born July 10, 1874, at Newton, married Flo Farwell, of Fitchburg, and have two children; William Irving Wright, born July 19, 1874, at New- ton, married - Neil, of Fitchburg ; Herbert Good- ridge, born July 4, 1847, at Leominster, married Mary E. Jennison, and have three children. Samuel, of whom later. Charles Cotesworth Pinkney, born October 26, 1812, at Temple, New Hampshire, and died December 30, 1858, at Holliston, Massachu- setts.

(VII) Samuel Burnap, son of Samuel Burnap (6), was born October 13, 1809, at Temple, New Hampshire, and died March 4, 1890, in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He married March 20, 1834, Lucinda Farwell, of Ashby, who died September 29, 1852, at Fitchburg. He married (second), Febru- ary 15, 1853, Harriet Trow, of Barre, Vermont. He bought a farm at Fitchburg, October 30. 1861, of Mr. Marshall at the corner of South and Paysan streets. He left bequests in his will for the Amer- ican Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and to the American Home Missionary Society. He was a prosperous farmer.

The children of Samuel and Lucinda Burnap were: I. Charles Edward, born December 12, 1834, at Temple, died September 27, 1868, at Fitchburg; married, April 2, 1862, Emma L. Stearns, of Ash- burnham, and they had two children: Lillian Eliza, born October 10, 1863, at Ashby, married Walter A. Hale, of Rindge, New Hampshire, October 17, 1886, has daughter Amy Hale: Annie, born October 10, 1866, deceased. 2. Maria E., born January 15, 1838, at Temple, died January 15, 1853, at Fitch- burg. 3. Edwin Samuel, of whom later. 4. Ellen Lucinda, born June 10, 1841, at Fitchburg, died August. 1905, at Holliston. Massachusetts : married, June 10, 1863, Francis F. Fiske, and had three children ; their son George was born February I, 1868. 5. George Franklin, born October 25, 1849, at Fitchburg, married Hattie B. Howard, of Ran- dolph, Vermont, June 5. 1873. and they have seven children: Kate Elizabeth. born August 1, 1875, at Fitchburg, married Ernest Whitney, of Fitchburg, and had two children. David and Elizabeth: Ellen Lucinda, born February 5. 1879, at Fitchburg; Theo- dore George, born December 15. 1881, at Fitchburg, died there December 1, 1882: Margaret Maria, born March 18. 1883. at Fitchburg : Richard Samuel, born December 12, 1884, at Fitchburg: Clara Alice, born June 27. 1887, died young: George Howard.

(VIII) Edwin Samuel Burnap. third child of Samuel Burnap (7), was born in Temple, New Hampshire, August 19, 1838. He came to Fitch- burg with his parents when a young child and at- tended the public schools there. He assisted his father in carrying on the farm. This is the place his father bought of Joseph Smith, October 30, 1861. His father was wealthy for his day. leaving an estate valued at $25.000. The son has been equally suc- cessful and has developed one of the finest dairy farms in that section. In politics Mr. Burnap is a Republican, but never cared to hold public office. He is a member of the local grange and of the Congregational Church.

He married. April 0. 1862. Mary M. Bancroft, of Rindge. New Hampshire. Their children are: I. Irving Arthur (Reverend), born April 22, 1863,

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at Fitchburg, married, June 20, 1893, Annie Binnie, at Hartford, Connecticut, and they have four chil- dren: Robert Samuel, born July 12, 1894, at Monterey, Massachusetts; Arthur Edwin, born Feb- ruary 9, 1896, at Monterey; Raymond James, born August 4, 1899, at South Natick, Massachusetts ; Irving Alan, born July 2, 1904, at Broad Brook, Connecticut. 2. Hattie Maria, born October 16, 1864, at Fitchburg, married, October 10, 1889, George S. Boynton, of Leominster, and they have one child, Gladys Lillian, born February 28, 1894. 3. Charles Edward, of whom later.

(IX) Charles Edward Burnap, youngest child of Edwin Samuel Burnap (8), was born in Fitch- burg, Massachusetts, June 18, 1870. He attended the public schools of his native town and the Fitch- burg high school. He entered Harvard University, from which he was graduated in 1892. For two years he taught school in Keene, New Hampshire. Since 1896 he has assisted his father in the care and management of the farm. Mr. Burnap is a Re- publican in politics and attends the Congregational Church.

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Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. IV, Part 23

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed Publication date: 1907 Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company Number of Pages: 710

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 710