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Charles Austin Burchard

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Charles Austin Burchard

Birth
Granby, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
1 Apr 1879 (aged 69)
Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wisconsin, USA GPS-Latitude: 43.4656792, Longitude: -88.8292459
Plot
H-4
Memorial ID
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Hon. Charles Burchard died at Beaver Dam, April 1st, in his seventieth year. He was born at Granby, Hampshire Co., Mass., January 1st, 1810; and after receiving an academic education, he devoted himself to farming. He resided several years in Oneida, Lewis, and Madison Counties, N.Y., and was prominently connected with the Liberty, or Anti-Slavery party; but did not support his party candidate, James G. Birney, for president in 1844, preferring Henry Clay. His published letter at the time giving his preferences was widely circulated. In 1845, he removed to Wisconsin, settling first in Waukesha; and one of the members from that county in the first constitutional convention. Subsequently removing to Beaver Dam, he represented that community serving as chairman of the county board of supervisors, he was chosen district in the assembly in 1856. He was seven times elected a member of the county board of Dodge County, and a commissioner of the board of enrollment for the Fourth Congressional District during the war. He was an able temperance advocate, a public spirited citizen, a popular and worthy man. His career and his influence in society were both honorable and useful. [Source: Reports and Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Vol. 9 (1909) Wisconsin Necrology (1876-81) page 435
Hon. Charles Burchard died at Beaver Dam, April 1st, in his seventieth year. He was born at Granby, Hampshire Co., Mass., January 1st, 1810; and after receiving an academic education, he devoted himself to farming. He resided several years in Oneida, Lewis, and Madison Counties, N.Y., and was prominently connected with the Liberty, or Anti-Slavery party; but did not support his party candidate, James G. Birney, for president in 1844, preferring Henry Clay. His published letter at the time giving his preferences was widely circulated. In 1845, he removed to Wisconsin, settling first in Waukesha; and one of the members from that county in the first constitutional convention. Subsequently removing to Beaver Dam, he represented that community serving as chairman of the county board of supervisors, he was chosen district in the assembly in 1856. He was seven times elected a member of the county board of Dodge County, and a commissioner of the board of enrollment for the Fourth Congressional District during the war. He was an able temperance advocate, a public spirited citizen, a popular and worthy man. His career and his influence in society were both honorable and useful. [Source: Reports and Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Vol. 9 (1909) Wisconsin Necrology (1876-81) page 435

Inscription

Father / born in Granby, Mass. / The history of Wisconsin preserves his name in a more enduring record; his life and deeds are more eloquent of the love he bore for his race.



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