Marion County WV Archives Biographies.....Burt , Franklin 1841 - unkn ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Burkett marionwvusgwarch@gmail.com March 5, 2012, 6:43 pm Source: Prominent Men of West Virginia / Published by W. L. Callin, Wheeling, W.Va. 1890 Author: George Wesley Atkinson, LL.D. and Alvaro F. Gibbens, A.M. Pages 880-882 CAPT. FRANK BURT was born in New Boston, Berkshire county, Massachusetts. He was educated in Southern New York, at the Susquehanna Seminary and Windsor Academy. In 1861 he was engaged with his father in the general merchandise and tanning business. Living in a "Copperhead" district, in the face of great opposition, he recruited a company for the war, of which he was elected Captain, and at a public meeting his friends presented him with the necessary officer's accoutrements. This company belonged to the Eighty-ninth New York regiment, and throughout the war was in active service. At the battle of Fredericksburg he led a "forlorn hope" across the Rappahannock, in small boats, in the face of the enemy's fire, capturing one hundred and thirty-seven men with a force of less than one hundred for which gallantry he has a persoual letter from Gen. Burnside, signifying his intention to petition Congress for a gold medal for Capt. Burt and his men. Lieut. A. C. Burt, his brother, was killed before Richmond in 1864, while charging a line of earthworks. Captain Burt became a citizen of West Virginia in 1866, and established the firm of F. H. Burt & Son, in Mannington, one of the largest tanning, farming and merchandising firms in the State. By their success they have built up around them a small town. He never was a candidate for political office, and never engaged actively in politics until he became identified with the Prohibition party in 1884, in which he is a leading, active organizer and worker. He was a St. John's Elector in 1884. He is now a member of the National and State Committee ot that party. He was chairman of the first Prohibition State Convention ever held in West Virginia, and was also the Congressional nominee from the Second district on the same ticket. He has held several positions of honor and trust in local affairs; is Grand Master of the Grand Lodge A. F. & A. Masons of West Virginia; is a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church, and a lifelong Sunday School worker, having been Superintendent of the Presbyterian school at Mannington during the past fifteen years. By nature he is progressive and earnestly interested in whatever tends to the mental and moral improvement of the people. He married Miss May Merchant, of Southern New York, a lady of rare culture and refinement. They have a pleasant home and an interesting family. Additional Comments: ------------------------------------ 1880 Census, Marion County WV Mannington District, ED:90, Page no. 58, stamped 472C Lines 20-27; Enum-Dwelling #506; Enum-Family #508 BURT, Friend H. (72), Tanner, Conn ", Mariah (64) wife, Keeping-House, Mass ", Caleb (29) son, Tanner, Pa-Conn-Mass ", Mariah (30) dau, at-home, Mass-Conn-Mass ", Benjamin (26) son, D.G. Merchant, Pa-Conn-Mass ", Charles (28) Boarder, married, Currier, NY-NY-NY ", Flora (24) Boarder, married, at-home, at~sea-Mass-Pa NEWLIN (21) servant, Va <> Lines 28-30; Enum-Dwelling #507; Enum-Family #509 BURT, Frank (39) Tanner, Mass-Conn-Mass ", May E. (39), wife, keeping-house, NY-Conn-NY ", Levan M. (5) son, WV-Mass-NY File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/marion/bios/burt154nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/wvfiles/ File size: 3.8 Kb