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Woodnut Conwell <I>Stilwell</I> Burr

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Woodnut Conwell Stilwell Burr

Birth
Anderson, Madison County, Indiana, USA
Death
19 Dec 1952 (aged 91)
Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, USA
Burial
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Woodnut Conwell Stilwell Burr (August 28, 1861 – December 19, 1952) was an ardent worker for women's suffrage in the United States.

Woodnut Conwell Stilwell Burr was born on August 28, 1861, in Anderson, Indiana, the daughter of Thomas Neel Stilwell (1830–1874) and Winifred Stilwell.[1]

She was an ardent worker for women's suffrage in the United States and civic betterment. She was the president of the Los Gatos Branch of the League of Women Voters.[1]

She was a member of Work Integrated Learning Programmes and Woman's Christian Temperance Union.[1]

Woodnut S. Burr moved to California in 1911 and lived at 11 Peralta St., Los Gatos, California. She married Chauncey S. Burr (1840–1905) and had four children: Chauncey Stilwell Burr (1885–1964), Mrs. Fred Tusler, Mrs. N. J. Lennes, Mary Winifred Burr (1883–1912).[1]

She died on December 19, 1952, in Santa Clara, California, and is buried at Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois.

Source:
Binheim, Max; Elvin, Charles A (1928). Women of the West; a series of biographical sketches of living eminent women in the eleven western states of the United States of America. p. 30. Retrieved 8 August 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Contributor: Elisa Rolle (48982101)
Woodnut Conwell Stilwell Burr (August 28, 1861 – December 19, 1952) was an ardent worker for women's suffrage in the United States.

Woodnut Conwell Stilwell Burr was born on August 28, 1861, in Anderson, Indiana, the daughter of Thomas Neel Stilwell (1830–1874) and Winifred Stilwell.[1]

She was an ardent worker for women's suffrage in the United States and civic betterment. She was the president of the Los Gatos Branch of the League of Women Voters.[1]

She was a member of Work Integrated Learning Programmes and Woman's Christian Temperance Union.[1]

Woodnut S. Burr moved to California in 1911 and lived at 11 Peralta St., Los Gatos, California. She married Chauncey S. Burr (1840–1905) and had four children: Chauncey Stilwell Burr (1885–1964), Mrs. Fred Tusler, Mrs. N. J. Lennes, Mary Winifred Burr (1883–1912).[1]

She died on December 19, 1952, in Santa Clara, California, and is buried at Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois.

Source:
Binheim, Max; Elvin, Charles A (1928). Women of the West; a series of biographical sketches of living eminent women in the eleven western states of the United States of America. p. 30. Retrieved 8 August 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Contributor: Elisa Rolle (48982101)


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