Burnham Martin

Burnham Martin (born August 10, 1811 in Williamstown , Vermont , † November 12, 1882 in Chelsea , Vermont) was an American lawyer , politician and farmer , who was Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1858 to 1860 .

Life

Martin was born in Williamstown, Vermont.

A trained saddler , he worked in Saratoga Springs , New York and Fayette County, Ohio in the 1830s and 1840s. He also taught at a school. After studying law and admission to the bar, he joined the Whig Party and served as Fayette County attorney from 1841 to 1843. He was from 1843 to 1845 deputy in the Ohio House of Representatives and Senator from 1845 to 1847 in the Ohio Senate .

After returning to Vermont, he settled in Chelsea, where he worked as a lawyer and farmer. He was also active in public office for most of his life. These included the activities of justice of the peace , district attorney for Orange County (Vermont) from 1849 to 1850 and 1853 and town clerk from 1857 to 1858.

He was an MP for Chelsea in the Vermont House of Representatives in 1857. He was elected lieutenant governor for the Vermont Republican Party and served from 1858 to 1860. He was a Senator in the Vermont Senate from 1866 to 1867.

From 1872 until his death he was a town clerk in Chelsea. He was again a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1876.

Martin served on the Bennington Battle Monument Commission and served as a secretary in the Orange County Agricultural Society.

Burnham Martin tombstone

Burnham Martin died in Chelsea on November 17, 1882. His grave is in Williamstown's West Hill Cemetery. Martin's first name is spelled variously "Burnham" or "Burnam". "Burnham" is written on his headstone.

Little World's Fair

In 1867, speaking at the Tunbridge Agricultural Fair, Martin described the event as a "little World's Fair". This name soon became the official name of the annual fair that continues to this day. This event is recorded on a historical marker on the edge of the Tunbridge Exhibition Center.

Individual evidence

1. ^ One Thousand Men , of Vermont Historical Society, 1915, p. 266
2. ↑ Gazetteer of Orange County, Vt., 1762-1888 , by Hamilton Child, pages 96 to 97
3. ^ The Biographical Annals of Ohio, 1904-1905 , edited by Springfield Publishing Company, 1905, 302
4. ^ Journal of the House of the State of Vermont , edited by Vermont General Assembly, 1850, pp. 284-285
5. ^ The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge , edited by Crosby, Nichols and Company, Boston, 1856, 244
6. ^ The Vermont Historical Gazetteer , edited by Abby Maria Hemenway, Issue 2, 1871, p. 873
7. Jump up ↑ Vermont: The Green Mountain State , by Walter Hill Crockett, Volume 3, 1921, p. 465
8. ↑ Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont , edited by Vermont General Assembly, 1858, 15
9. ↑ General Election results, Vermont Lieutenant Governor, 1813–2011 ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , from Vermont Secretary of State , State Archives and Records Administration, 2011, 10 
10. ^ Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont , edited by the Vermont General Assembly, 1867, p. 4
11. ^ Vermont Year Book , edited by Claremont (NH) Manufacturing, 1877, 68
12. ^ The Centennial History of the Battle of Bennington , edited by George E. Littlefield, Boston, 1877, 83
13. ^ Magazine article, Officers of Agricultural Societies , The New England Farmer, Issue 4, 1852, p. 127
14. ↑ Star Almanac for 1882 , edited by New York Star newspaper, 1883, p. 62
15. ^ Obituary, Burnham Martin , New York Times, Nov. 18, 1882
16. ^ Burnham Martin obituary, Corning Journal newspaper, November 23, 1882
17. ↑ Vermont Life magazine, from the Vermont Agency of Development and Community Affairs, Issues 29-30, 1974, p. 6
18. ^ The Tunbridge World's Fair , by Euclid Farnham, 2008, p. 7

Web links

• Burnham Martin in the database of Find a Grave (English)