George Burden-1814-1889

BURDEN, RICHARDS, SILL

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Date: 1/18/2019 at 14:41:58

GEORGE BURDEN, real estate and lands, residence 25 High street, Dubuque; is a native of Devonshire, England, and was born Sept. 27, 1814; he came to the United States in 1833, and located in Western New York, and lived in that State over twenty years, and was engaged in mercantile business; he came West to Iowa in 1855, and located at Dubuque, and engaged in the land business; and afterward engaged in banking in connection with land business; in 1856, also established a bank at Winona; during the financial crisis of 1857, they were among the few who did not close their doors, but continued here until 1860; in 1862, they retired from banking in Winona, and since then have been engaged in the land business. Mr. Burden was united in marriage to Mrs.Eliza A. Holmes (formerly Miss Eliza A. Richards), a a native of Genesee Co., N.Y.; she is a graduate of Carey Collegiate Seminary, N.Y. In 1848, she came West to Rockford, Ill., and engaged in teaching a private school; she was requested by leading citizens of the town to secure a suitable person to establish a female seminary; she was successful in securing Miss Anna P. Sill, Principal of Carey Collegiate Seminary, a lady of rare literary attainments and qualifications for the position, and, in the spring of 1849, they established the seminary there, and it has become one of the most successful literary institutions in the West. Mr. and Mrs. Burden have one son- George Albert, born Feb. 3, 1866.

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