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American businessman and politician

Benjamin Burr
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
In office
1868
Personal details
Born(1818-04-08)April 8, 1818
Rodman, New York
DiedFebruary 16, 1894(1894-02-16) (aged 75)
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse Eliza Emmons ​ ​(m. 1847; died 1884)​
Children1
OccupationBusinessman, politician
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Benjamin Burr (April 8, 1818 – February 16, 1894) was an American businessman and politician.

Biography

Benjamin Burr was born in Rodman, Jefferson County, New York on April 8, 1818. He grew up on a farm, and moved to Rochester, New York as a young man. He had a business there, Spencer & Burr, which dealt with wholesale oysters and fruit. He married Eliza Emmons in 1847, and they had one child together.

In 1857, Burr and his wife moved to Stevens Point, Wisconsin. He was in the mercantile and grocery business there, and was president of the International Bank of Amherst. He served as chairman of the Portage County Board of Supervisors, was a member of the Stevens Point Common Council, and was elected to the school board, for which he was the clerk. In 1868, Burr served in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Democrat.

Burr died of pneumonia at his home in Stevens Point on February 17, 1894.

References

  1. ^ Nelke, D. I., ed. (1895). The Columbian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of the Representative Men of the United States, Wisconsin Volume, Part 1. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 258–261. Retrieved February 15, 2023 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Death of Benjamin Burr". The Stevens Point Journal. February 17, 1894. p. 5. Retrieved February 15, 2023 – via NewspaperArchive.
  3. The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. 1883. p. 218. Retrieved February 15, 2023 – via Google Books.
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