Robert Burns (representative)
Robert Burns | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's At-Large district | |
In office March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Chandler |
Succeeded by | Samuel Cushman |
Member of the New Hampshire Senate | |
In office 1831 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Dartmouth Medical School | December 12, 1792
Profession | Physician Politician |
Robert Burns (December 12, 1792 – June 26, 1866) was an American and a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.
Early life
Born in
Career
Burns returned to Warren to help with people hit with spotted fever and commenced the practice of medicine. He moved 20 miles south to Hebron in 1818 and continued the practice of his profession until 1835. He became a fellow of the New Hampshire Medical Society in 1824 and served as member of the New Hampshire Senate in 1831.
Elected as a
Death
Burns died in Plymouth on June 26, 1866 (age 73 years, 196 days). She was interred at the churchyard of Trinity Church, Holderness, New Hampshire.
Family life
Son of George and Anna Adams Burns, he married Mary Merrill on November 6, 1816, and they had three children, Susan, William, and Mary B. After Mary's death on September 15, 1849, he married Almira Cox and they had two children, Annie S. and Robert.[2]
References
- ^ Stearns, Runnels, Ezra Scollay, Moses Thurston (1906). History of Plymouth, New Hampshire: Vol. I. Narrative--vol. II. Genealogies, Volume 1. town, 1906 - Plymouth (N.H.). p. 471. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Furber, George Clarence (1905). History of Littleton, New Hampshire: Genealogy comp. by George C. Furber; revised and enlarged by Ezra S. Stearns. town, 1905. p. 94. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
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External links
- United States Congress. "Robert Burns (id: B001129)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Robert Burns at Find a Grave