Charles A. Burns

Charles Alonzo Burns (January 3, 1863 – December 31, 1930) was a Massachusetts, USA, businessman and politician who served on the Board of Aldermen and as the fifteenth mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.

Charles Alonzo Burns
Fifteenth Mayor of
Somerville, Massachusetts
In office
January 2, 1911 – January 5, 1914
Preceded byJohn M. Woods
Succeeded byZebedee E. Cliff
Member of the Board of Aldermen of
Somerville, Massachusetts
Ward 5
Personal details
BornJanuary 3, 1863
Wilton, New Hampshire
DiedDecember 31, 1930
Winchester, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican[1]
Spouse(s)Lulie C. Jones, m. October 21, 1885; d., August 25, 1896
ChildrenRobert A. Burns; Charles Henry Burns; and Elizabeth Burns
Alma materSt Paul's School; Concord, New Hampshire
ProfessionManufacturer of cotton yarn; quarry operator

Biography

Burns was born on January 3, 1863, in Wilton, New Hampshire[2] to Charles Henry and Sarah Naomi (Mills) Burns.[3]

Burns attended St Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, and Chauncey Hall School in Boston, from which he graduated in 1881.[1]

Burns was married to Lulie C. Jones. They had three children: Robert A., Charles Henry and Elizabeth. Lulie Burns died on August 25, 1896.[1]

Burns first entered into the business of manufacturing cotton yarn in Wilton.[1] He later managed soapstone quarries in Chester, Vermont, and in Virginia, and in 1893 moved to Somerville where he worked as the president of the Union Soapstone Co.[2]

In 1927, Burns moved to Winchester, Massachusetts. He died there on December 31, 1930.[3]

Notes
  1. Stearns, Ezra S. (1908), Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire, Volume 1, Chicago, Il: The Lewis Publishing Company, p. 314
  2. Hill, William Carroll (1943), The family of Bray Wilkins: Patriarch of Will's Hill, of Salem (Middleton), Mass, The Lewis Cabinet Press, p. 161
  3. Hill, William Carroll (1942), The Family of Captain John Mills of Medway and Sherborn, Mass: and Amherst, N. H., Milford, N.H: Cabinet Press, p. 92


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