Bio of Burnham, George H. (b.1837) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Burnham, George H., a native of New Hampshire, was born May 20, 1837, in 
the town of Derry, Rockingham county. His parents were George and Eliza 
(McNeil) Burnham, both natives of the Old Granite State. In 1869 Robert H. 
Burnham, of Long Meadow, Massachusetts, compiled and published the 
genealogy of the Burnham family in the United States. The work contains 
five hundred and forty-six pages, and shows the family to be a very large 
one. Maj. John Burnham, of the revolutionary army, was the grandfather of 
the subject of this sketch. George H. Burnham's early life was passed on a 
farm. In 1856 his brothers, John and William, came to Minnesota, and the 
following year George joined them in their pioneer life. He pre-empted 
that year one hundred and sixty acres on section 17, where he built the 
customary log cabin, and continued to reside for seven years. In 1864 he 
sold his pre- emption, and two years later purchased from Mr. Woodward a 
quarter-section on section 33, where he now has his home. March 3, 1862, 
he was married to Mary E. Gaylord, a native of Gainesville, New York. Her 
parents, Elijah and Huldah (Alvord) Gaylord, were also natives of New York 
State. The following are the names of their children now living, viz: 
George M., born August 17, 1864; Frank A. (surviving twin), May 24, 1868; 
William H., July 19, 1871; Mary E., July 4, 1874; Maggie, April 4, 1876; 
John S., November 25, 1878; Charles A. G., November 1, 1880; Elsie I., 
December 8, 1882. Mr. Burnham has a fair education; attended the Derry 
Academy, New Hampshire, five terms; is a member of the Plainview 
Congregational church, and a republican sprung from the old whig stock.
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1920.
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http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnwabbio/wab3.htm
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of the bios on her pages.

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