Henry Lawrence Burnett, son of the late Gen. Henry L. Burnett, former United States Attorney, who owned Hillside Farm on the Goshen-Chester State Road, died Tuesday morning in St. John's Hospital in New York after an operation. He was born December 18, 1882. He was graduated from Columbia in 1905.
Mr. Burnett, on his father's side, was a descendant of William Burnett, Colonial Governor of New York and New Jersey in 1720. Gen. Burnett volunteered in the Civil War, rose to the rank of Brigadier-General, and after President Lincoln's assassination took prominent part in prosecuting the conspirators. He was one of the best known lawyers in New York.
Mr. Burnett's mother is a daughter of the late T. Suffern Taylor, one of the leading figures for many years in New York society.
Mr. Burnett is survived by his mother and a brother, Edward N. Tailer Burnett.
Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Percy Stickney Grant in the Church of the Assumption Thursday morning at 9 o'clock; Burial was in Slate Hill Cemetery, Goshen.
Published in Goshen, NY, in the Independent Republican, Friday, May 17, 1918
Mr. Burnett, on his father's side, was a descendant of William Burnett, Colonial Governor of New York and New Jersey in 1720. Gen. Burnett volunteered in the Civil War, rose to the rank of Brigadier-General, and after President Lincoln's assassination took prominent part in prosecuting the conspirators. He was one of the best known lawyers in New York.
Mr. Burnett's mother is a daughter of the late T. Suffern Taylor, one of the leading figures for many years in New York society.
Mr. Burnett is survived by his mother and a brother, Edward N. Tailer Burnett.
Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Percy Stickney Grant in the Church of the Assumption Thursday morning at 9 o'clock; Burial was in Slate Hill Cemetery, Goshen.
Published in Goshen, NY, in the Independent Republican, Friday, May 17, 1918
Henry Lawrence Burnett, son of the late Gen. Henry L. Burnett, former United States Attorney, who owned Hillside Farm on the Goshen-Chester State Road, died Tuesday morning in St. John's Hospital in New York after an operation. He was born December 18, 1882. He was graduated from Columbia in 1905.
Mr. Burnett, on his father's side, was a descendant of William Burnett, Colonial Governor of New York and New Jersey in 1720. Gen. Burnett volunteered in the Civil War, rose to the rank of Brigadier-General, and after President Lincoln's assassination took prominent part in prosecuting the conspirators. He was one of the best known lawyers in New York.
Mr. Burnett's mother is a daughter of the late T. Suffern Taylor, one of the leading figures for many years in New York society.
Mr. Burnett is survived by his mother and a brother, Edward N. Tailer Burnett.
Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Percy Stickney Grant in the Church of the Assumption Thursday morning at 9 o'clock; Burial was in Slate Hill Cemetery, Goshen.
Published in Goshen, NY, in the Independent Republican, Friday, May 17, 1918
Mr. Burnett, on his father's side, was a descendant of William Burnett, Colonial Governor of New York and New Jersey in 1720. Gen. Burnett volunteered in the Civil War, rose to the rank of Brigadier-General, and after President Lincoln's assassination took prominent part in prosecuting the conspirators. He was one of the best known lawyers in New York.
Mr. Burnett's mother is a daughter of the late T. Suffern Taylor, one of the leading figures for many years in New York society.
Mr. Burnett is survived by his mother and a brother, Edward N. Tailer Burnett.
Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Percy Stickney Grant in the Church of the Assumption Thursday morning at 9 o'clock; Burial was in Slate Hill Cemetery, Goshen.
Published in Goshen, NY, in the Independent Republican, Friday, May 17, 1918
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