William Fletcher Burden
William Fletcher Burden | |
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Born | Troy, New York, U.S. | March 14, 1830
Died | December 7, 1867 Troy, New York, U.S. | (aged 37)
Education | Troy Polytechnic Institute |
Spouse |
Julia Ann Hart
(m. 1856) |
Children | 4 |
Parent(s) | Henry Burden Helen McOuat |
Relatives | I. Townsend Burden (brother) James A. Burden Jr. (nephew) Arthur Scott Burden (nephew) Irvin McDowell (brother-in-law) |
William Fletcher Burden (March 14, 1830 – December 7, 1867) was an industrialist born in Troy, New York.[1]
Early life
William F. Burden was born March 14, 1830, in Troy, New York, the third son of
Burden attended Troy Polytechnic Institute (later known as Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute).[1]
Career
William designed the steam derricks, used for unloading coal, at the Burden Iron Works. A wire cable stretched between, on which an iron carriage traveled three hundred feet from the dock to the coal heap, carrying a self-dumping bucket with the capacity to hold a ton of coal. A steam engine hoisted the filled bucket to the cable, along which it traveled to the point where the tilting apparatus overturned its contents upon the pile.[2]
Personal life
In 1856, he married Julia Ann Hart (1833–1887), daughter of Hon. Richard P. Hart from Troy.[1] Together, they were the parents of five sons, only three of which survived to adulthood:
- William Fletcher Burden, Jr. (1856–1897),[3] who married Esther "Daisy" (née McCoy) (1855–1928).[4][5][6]
- Howard Hart Burden (1857–1926).[7]
- Henry Burden (1861–1861), who died young.
- Henry Burden (1863–1864), who also died young.
- Henry Burden (1866-1937), moved to Cazenovia, NY. Married Julia Radcliffe Hart Burden.
Burden died in Troy on December 7, 1867, at the age of thirty-seven, and was interred in the family vault in the Albany Rural Cemetery.[8] After his death, the iron works were inherited by his nephew, James A. Burden Jr. A memorial plaque dedicated to William Fletcher Burden is in the Woodside Church, Troy, New York.
References
- ^ a b c d William F. Burden, Born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., March 14, 1830. Died at Troy, N.Y., December 7, 1867. 1867. p. 7. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ Sylvester, Nathaniel Bartlett. History of Rensselaer Co., New York, 1880
- ^ Kappa Alpha Massachusetts Alpha, Williams College (1881). A Biographical Record of the Kappa Alpha Society in Williams College, Williamstown, Mass: From Its Foundation to the Present Time. 1833-1881 ... Society. pp. 271–272. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ "DEATH OF W.F. BURDEN; Member of the Well-Known Family of Ironmakers Expires at the Waldorf-Astoria. HEART DISEASE THE CAUSE Stricken as He Was About to Go Down to Dinner with His Wife --- Popular Here and in Newport". The New York Times. 22 November 1897. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ "WILLIAM F. BURDEN'S WILL.; His Wife, Daisy McCoy, to Receive the Big Estate in Its Entirety". The New York Times. 17 December 1897. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ "Clarke-Burden". The New York Times. 1901. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ "DIED. Burden". The New York Times. 21 April 1926. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ "William F. Burden, In Memoriam"