Benjamin Burr

Benjamin Burr (April 8, 1818 – February 16, 1894) was an American businessman and politician.

Born in Rodman, Jefferson County, New York, Burr lived on a farm in New York. Burr moved to Rochester, New York where he had a business: Spencer & Burr which dealt with wholesale oyster and fruit. In 1857, Burr and his wife moved to Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Burr was in the mercantile and grocery business in Stevens Point and was president of the International Bank of Amherst. Burr served on the Portage County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors serving as chairman of the county board, 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 and was a Democrat. Burr died of pneumonia in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ↑ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1868,' Statistic List of The Assembly For 1868,' pg. 171
  2. ↑ 'Death of Benjamin Burr,' Stevens Point Daily Journal, February 17, 1894
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