Charles A. Burns

Charles Alonzo Burns
Fifteenth Mayor of
Somerville, Massachusetts
In office
January 2, 1911 – January 5, 1914
Preceded by John M. Woods
Succeeded by Zebedee E. Cliff
Member of the Board of Aldermen of
Somerville, Massachusetts
Ward 5
Personal details
Born January 3, 1863
Wilton, New Hampshire
Died December 31, 1930
Winchester, Massachusetts
Nationality American
Political party Republican[1]
Spouse(s) Lulie C. Jones, m. October 21, 1885; d., August 25, 1896
Children Robert A. Burns; Charles Henry Burns; and Elizabeth Burns
Alma mater St Paul's School; Concord, New Hampshire
Profession Manufacturer of cotton yarn; quarry operator

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.

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. 1 2 3 4 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. 1 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. 1 2 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.
Political offices
Preceded by
John M. Woods		 15th Mayor of
Somerville, Massachusetts
January 2, 1911 – January 5, 1914		 Succeeded by
Zebedee E. Cliff


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