"Gordon, son of General Joseph Burleigh, was born Aug. 25, 1795, in Canaan, New Hampshire, died Jan. 17, 1864 in Middleton, Ontario. He removed to Ticonderoga, N.Y. about 1847. Here he was engaged in the lumbering business until his death. He married Elizabeth Pickering Weeks, born in Greenland, N.H. Sept. 29, 1801, died in Ticonderoga, March 14, 1872. She was of English lineage, and one of her ancestors built the Weeks house, the first brick house erected in New England."*
Children:
1. Lucretia Morse, born Sept. 19, 1828, in Hebron, N.H.
2. Henry Gordon, June 2, 1832, mentioned below.
3. Brackett Weeks, Aug. 18, 1834.
4. Charles William, March 27, 1836, in Concord, N.H.
5. Mary Elizabeth, Feb. 20, 1841.
His son, Henry Gordon, and grandson, Henry Gordon Jr., are described as follows:
"Henry Gordon, son of Gordon Burleigh, was born June 2, 1832, in Canaan, N.H., died at Whitehall, New York, Aug. 1900. He was reared at Concord, N.H., and attended the public schools there. At the age of fourteen he came to Ticonderoga, N.Y. When a young man he became interested in the transportation business and gradually enlarged his field of operations. In 1866, finding that Ticonderoga was not suited to his purposes as headquarters for his business, he located at Whitehall, New York. His business continued to increase until he had from a hundred to a hundred and fifty canalboats which passed through his hands. His business extended to Ottawa, Quebec and Montreal in Canada with southward to New York City and Philadelphia. He owned iron mines on Lake Champlain from which he shipped large quantities of ore. He carried Canadian lumber to New York and brought back coal from Pennsylvania to Canada. He had an army of employees and became the owner of one of the largest transportation concerns in the country. His energy, enterprise and encouragement helped enormously in the development of northern New York and greatly increased the prosperity of many of the towns and cities of that section. At the outset the business did not present a brilliant future and he won success only after hard work and a plucky, persistent effort, overcoming great natural difficulties. That he deserved and won all the success that he achieved is universally conceded. He was interested in other enterprises and institutions. He was president of the old National Bank of Ticonderoga and director of the Commercial Insurance Company of Albany, the Bay State Furnace Company of Port Henry and the Lake Champlain and Port Henry Towing companies. In business he was cautious and far-sighted and gave mature consideration before reaching a decision, but events proved the soundness of his judgment.
"In public life he won a high place in national affairs. He was from early manhood an active and leading Republican. He was secretary of the first Republican convention held in norther New York; was delegate to the Republican national convention in 1884 when Blaine was nominated for president, and at the request of President Arthur he made the motion to make Blaine's nomination unanimous. He was also a delegate to the Republican national convention of 1888 when President Harrison was nominated first and also in 1892 when Harrison was again nominated. Mr. Burleigh was elected supervisor of the town of Ticonderoga in 1861, and held that office through the trying period of the civil war, and he was prominent in raising troops for the army. The full quota of volunteers were always raised in that town each requisition for troops and no drafts made.
After coming to Washington county, he was nominated and elected to the state assembly, serving in that body during the session of 1876, and was chairman of the committee on canals. Samuel J. Tilden was then governor of the state. In 1883 Mr. Burleigh was elected from the congressional disrict comprising the counties of Washington and rensselaer to the forty-eighth congress, and was re-elected to the succeeding congress. He was a wise and useful representative, giving of his wide business experience and sagacity, his time and enthusiasm to his constituents and country, in the fullestg measure. Fro more than thirty years he was one of the Republican leaders of northern New York. He was a member of the Republican Club of New York City.
He married, in 1869, Jennie E. Richards of Ticonderoga. She died in August 1899.
Children:
1. Charles Richards, born Oct. 10, 1867; died April 12, 1905.
CORRECTION by Mike McDonald:
1. Charles' birth year is actually 1876, not 1867. The error is Cutter's; not yours.
2. Henry Gordon Jr., mentioned below.
3. James Weeks, Oct. 3, 1881.
"Henry Gordon (2) son of Hon. Henry Gordon (1) Burleigh, was born at Whitehall, N.Y., in August 1872, died at Ticonderoga, N.Y., Nov. 30, 1903. He was educated in the public schools and became a prominent business man. He was president of the Ticonderoga Electric Light and Power Company. In politics he was a Republican. He was a member of Mount Defiance Lode, No. 794, Free and Accepted Masons of Ticonderoga; of Carillon Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Ticonderoga; of De Soto Commandery, Knights Templar, of Plattsburgh; of Oriental Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Troy, N.Y.; of Ethan Allen Lodge, Odd Fellows, of Ticonderoga, and of the Knights of Pythias of that town. He was a prominent member and vestryman of the Episcopal church. He served on the board of education of the town for a number of years.
He married, June 17, 1896, Susie T., born at Plattsburgh, daughter of Henry Clay Sanborn, born at Plattsburgh, and Colonette D. (Holcomb) Sanborn, born at Whitehall, N.Y. Henry Clay Sanborn was son of John Hibbard Sanborn, born in New Hampshire, died in 1895 at Plattsburgh, aged eighty-six years; served in the civil war as quartermaster; was a lawyer in Plattsburgh, and in later years a farmer; married Cornelia Mead, of Plattsburgh."
Children:
1. Lucretia Morse, born at Whitehall, April 2, 1897.
2. Mildred Virginia, born at Ticonderoga, April 20, 1900.
3. Henry Gordon 3d, at Ticonderoga, Nov. 23, 1903.
* As found at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hubbard/NNY_index/burleigh.html
Children:
1. Lucretia Morse, born Sept. 19, 1828, in Hebron, N.H.
2. Henry Gordon, June 2, 1832, mentioned below.
3. Brackett Weeks, Aug. 18, 1834.
4. Charles William, March 27, 1836, in Concord, N.H.
5. Mary Elizabeth, Feb. 20, 1841.
His son, Henry Gordon, and grandson, Henry Gordon Jr., are described as follows:
"Henry Gordon, son of Gordon Burleigh, was born June 2, 1832, in Canaan, N.H., died at Whitehall, New York, Aug. 1900. He was reared at Concord, N.H., and attended the public schools there. At the age of fourteen he came to Ticonderoga, N.Y. When a young man he became interested in the transportation business and gradually enlarged his field of operations. In 1866, finding that Ticonderoga was not suited to his purposes as headquarters for his business, he located at Whitehall, New York. His business continued to increase until he had from a hundred to a hundred and fifty canalboats which passed through his hands. His business extended to Ottawa, Quebec and Montreal in Canada with southward to New York City and Philadelphia. He owned iron mines on Lake Champlain from which he shipped large quantities of ore. He carried Canadian lumber to New York and brought back coal from Pennsylvania to Canada. He had an army of employees and became the owner of one of the largest transportation concerns in the country. His energy, enterprise and encouragement helped enormously in the development of northern New York and greatly increased the prosperity of many of the towns and cities of that section. At the outset the business did not present a brilliant future and he won success only after hard work and a plucky, persistent effort, overcoming great natural difficulties. That he deserved and won all the success that he achieved is universally conceded. He was interested in other enterprises and institutions. He was president of the old National Bank of Ticonderoga and director of the Commercial Insurance Company of Albany, the Bay State Furnace Company of Port Henry and the Lake Champlain and Port Henry Towing companies. In business he was cautious and far-sighted and gave mature consideration before reaching a decision, but events proved the soundness of his judgment.
"In public life he won a high place in national affairs. He was from early manhood an active and leading Republican. He was secretary of the first Republican convention held in norther New York; was delegate to the Republican national convention in 1884 when Blaine was nominated for president, and at the request of President Arthur he made the motion to make Blaine's nomination unanimous. He was also a delegate to the Republican national convention of 1888 when President Harrison was nominated first and also in 1892 when Harrison was again nominated. Mr. Burleigh was elected supervisor of the town of Ticonderoga in 1861, and held that office through the trying period of the civil war, and he was prominent in raising troops for the army. The full quota of volunteers were always raised in that town each requisition for troops and no drafts made.
After coming to Washington county, he was nominated and elected to the state assembly, serving in that body during the session of 1876, and was chairman of the committee on canals. Samuel J. Tilden was then governor of the state. In 1883 Mr. Burleigh was elected from the congressional disrict comprising the counties of Washington and rensselaer to the forty-eighth congress, and was re-elected to the succeeding congress. He was a wise and useful representative, giving of his wide business experience and sagacity, his time and enthusiasm to his constituents and country, in the fullestg measure. Fro more than thirty years he was one of the Republican leaders of northern New York. He was a member of the Republican Club of New York City.
He married, in 1869, Jennie E. Richards of Ticonderoga. She died in August 1899.
Children:
1. Charles Richards, born Oct. 10, 1867; died April 12, 1905.
CORRECTION by Mike McDonald:
1. Charles' birth year is actually 1876, not 1867. The error is Cutter's; not yours.
2. Henry Gordon Jr., mentioned below.
3. James Weeks, Oct. 3, 1881.
"Henry Gordon (2) son of Hon. Henry Gordon (1) Burleigh, was born at Whitehall, N.Y., in August 1872, died at Ticonderoga, N.Y., Nov. 30, 1903. He was educated in the public schools and became a prominent business man. He was president of the Ticonderoga Electric Light and Power Company. In politics he was a Republican. He was a member of Mount Defiance Lode, No. 794, Free and Accepted Masons of Ticonderoga; of Carillon Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Ticonderoga; of De Soto Commandery, Knights Templar, of Plattsburgh; of Oriental Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Troy, N.Y.; of Ethan Allen Lodge, Odd Fellows, of Ticonderoga, and of the Knights of Pythias of that town. He was a prominent member and vestryman of the Episcopal church. He served on the board of education of the town for a number of years.
He married, June 17, 1896, Susie T., born at Plattsburgh, daughter of Henry Clay Sanborn, born at Plattsburgh, and Colonette D. (Holcomb) Sanborn, born at Whitehall, N.Y. Henry Clay Sanborn was son of John Hibbard Sanborn, born in New Hampshire, died in 1895 at Plattsburgh, aged eighty-six years; served in the civil war as quartermaster; was a lawyer in Plattsburgh, and in later years a farmer; married Cornelia Mead, of Plattsburgh."
Children:
1. Lucretia Morse, born at Whitehall, April 2, 1897.
2. Mildred Virginia, born at Ticonderoga, April 20, 1900.
3. Henry Gordon 3d, at Ticonderoga, Nov. 23, 1903.
* As found at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hubbard/NNY_index/burleigh.html
"Gordon, son of General Joseph Burleigh, was born Aug. 25, 1795, in Canaan, New Hampshire, died Jan. 17, 1864 in Middleton, Ontario. He removed to Ticonderoga, N.Y. about 1847. Here he was engaged in the lumbering business until his death. He married Elizabeth Pickering Weeks, born in Greenland, N.H. Sept. 29, 1801, died in Ticonderoga, March 14, 1872. She was of English lineage, and one of her ancestors built the Weeks house, the first brick house erected in New England."*
Children:
1. Lucretia Morse, born Sept. 19, 1828, in Hebron, N.H.
2. Henry Gordon, June 2, 1832, mentioned below.
3. Brackett Weeks, Aug. 18, 1834.
4. Charles William, March 27, 1836, in Concord, N.H.
5. Mary Elizabeth, Feb. 20, 1841.
His son, Henry Gordon, and grandson, Henry Gordon Jr., are described as follows:
"Henry Gordon, son of Gordon Burleigh, was born June 2, 1832, in Canaan, N.H., died at Whitehall, New York, Aug. 1900. He was reared at Concord, N.H., and attended the public schools there. At the age of fourteen he came to Ticonderoga, N.Y. When a young man he became interested in the transportation business and gradually enlarged his field of operations. In 1866, finding that Ticonderoga was not suited to his purposes as headquarters for his business, he located at Whitehall, New York. His business continued to increase until he had from a hundred to a hundred and fifty canalboats which passed through his hands. His business extended to Ottawa, Quebec and Montreal in Canada with southward to New York City and Philadelphia. He owned iron mines on Lake Champlain from which he shipped large quantities of ore. He carried Canadian lumber to New York and brought back coal from Pennsylvania to Canada. He had an army of employees and became the owner of one of the largest transportation concerns in the country. His energy, enterprise and encouragement helped enormously in the development of northern New York and greatly increased the prosperity of many of the towns and cities of that section. At the outset the business did not present a brilliant future and he won success only after hard work and a plucky, persistent effort, overcoming great natural difficulties. That he deserved and won all the success that he achieved is universally conceded. He was interested in other enterprises and institutions. He was president of the old National Bank of Ticonderoga and director of the Commercial Insurance Company of Albany, the Bay State Furnace Company of Port Henry and the Lake Champlain and Port Henry Towing companies. In business he was cautious and far-sighted and gave mature consideration before reaching a decision, but events proved the soundness of his judgment.
"In public life he won a high place in national affairs. He was from early manhood an active and leading Republican. He was secretary of the first Republican convention held in norther New York; was delegate to the Republican national convention in 1884 when Blaine was nominated for president, and at the request of President Arthur he made the motion to make Blaine's nomination unanimous. He was also a delegate to the Republican national convention of 1888 when President Harrison was nominated first and also in 1892 when Harrison was again nominated. Mr. Burleigh was elected supervisor of the town of Ticonderoga in 1861, and held that office through the trying period of the civil war, and he was prominent in raising troops for the army. The full quota of volunteers were always raised in that town each requisition for troops and no drafts made.
After coming to Washington county, he was nominated and elected to the state assembly, serving in that body during the session of 1876, and was chairman of the committee on canals. Samuel J. Tilden was then governor of the state. In 1883 Mr. Burleigh was elected from the congressional disrict comprising the counties of Washington and rensselaer to the forty-eighth congress, and was re-elected to the succeeding congress. He was a wise and useful representative, giving of his wide business experience and sagacity, his time and enthusiasm to his constituents and country, in the fullestg measure. Fro more than thirty years he was one of the Republican leaders of northern New York. He was a member of the Republican Club of New York City.
He married, in 1869, Jennie E. Richards of Ticonderoga. She died in August 1899.
Children:
1. Charles Richards, born Oct. 10, 1867; died April 12, 1905.
CORRECTION by Mike McDonald:
1. Charles' birth year is actually 1876, not 1867. The error is Cutter's; not yours.
2. Henry Gordon Jr., mentioned below.
3. James Weeks, Oct. 3, 1881.
"Henry Gordon (2) son of Hon. Henry Gordon (1) Burleigh, was born at Whitehall, N.Y., in August 1872, died at Ticonderoga, N.Y., Nov. 30, 1903. He was educated in the public schools and became a prominent business man. He was president of the Ticonderoga Electric Light and Power Company. In politics he was a Republican. He was a member of Mount Defiance Lode, No. 794, Free and Accepted Masons of Ticonderoga; of Carillon Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Ticonderoga; of De Soto Commandery, Knights Templar, of Plattsburgh; of Oriental Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Troy, N.Y.; of Ethan Allen Lodge, Odd Fellows, of Ticonderoga, and of the Knights of Pythias of that town. He was a prominent member and vestryman of the Episcopal church. He served on the board of education of the town for a number of years.
He married, June 17, 1896, Susie T., born at Plattsburgh, daughter of Henry Clay Sanborn, born at Plattsburgh, and Colonette D. (Holcomb) Sanborn, born at Whitehall, N.Y. Henry Clay Sanborn was son of John Hibbard Sanborn, born in New Hampshire, died in 1895 at Plattsburgh, aged eighty-six years; served in the civil war as quartermaster; was a lawyer in Plattsburgh, and in later years a farmer; married Cornelia Mead, of Plattsburgh."
Children:
1. Lucretia Morse, born at Whitehall, April 2, 1897.
2. Mildred Virginia, born at Ticonderoga, April 20, 1900.
3. Henry Gordon 3d, at Ticonderoga, Nov. 23, 1903.
* As found at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hubbard/NNY_index/burleigh.html
Children:
1. Lucretia Morse, born Sept. 19, 1828, in Hebron, N.H.
2. Henry Gordon, June 2, 1832, mentioned below.
3. Brackett Weeks, Aug. 18, 1834.
4. Charles William, March 27, 1836, in Concord, N.H.
5. Mary Elizabeth, Feb. 20, 1841.
His son, Henry Gordon, and grandson, Henry Gordon Jr., are described as follows:
"Henry Gordon, son of Gordon Burleigh, was born June 2, 1832, in Canaan, N.H., died at Whitehall, New York, Aug. 1900. He was reared at Concord, N.H., and attended the public schools there. At the age of fourteen he came to Ticonderoga, N.Y. When a young man he became interested in the transportation business and gradually enlarged his field of operations. In 1866, finding that Ticonderoga was not suited to his purposes as headquarters for his business, he located at Whitehall, New York. His business continued to increase until he had from a hundred to a hundred and fifty canalboats which passed through his hands. His business extended to Ottawa, Quebec and Montreal in Canada with southward to New York City and Philadelphia. He owned iron mines on Lake Champlain from which he shipped large quantities of ore. He carried Canadian lumber to New York and brought back coal from Pennsylvania to Canada. He had an army of employees and became the owner of one of the largest transportation concerns in the country. His energy, enterprise and encouragement helped enormously in the development of northern New York and greatly increased the prosperity of many of the towns and cities of that section. At the outset the business did not present a brilliant future and he won success only after hard work and a plucky, persistent effort, overcoming great natural difficulties. That he deserved and won all the success that he achieved is universally conceded. He was interested in other enterprises and institutions. He was president of the old National Bank of Ticonderoga and director of the Commercial Insurance Company of Albany, the Bay State Furnace Company of Port Henry and the Lake Champlain and Port Henry Towing companies. In business he was cautious and far-sighted and gave mature consideration before reaching a decision, but events proved the soundness of his judgment.
"In public life he won a high place in national affairs. He was from early manhood an active and leading Republican. He was secretary of the first Republican convention held in norther New York; was delegate to the Republican national convention in 1884 when Blaine was nominated for president, and at the request of President Arthur he made the motion to make Blaine's nomination unanimous. He was also a delegate to the Republican national convention of 1888 when President Harrison was nominated first and also in 1892 when Harrison was again nominated. Mr. Burleigh was elected supervisor of the town of Ticonderoga in 1861, and held that office through the trying period of the civil war, and he was prominent in raising troops for the army. The full quota of volunteers were always raised in that town each requisition for troops and no drafts made.
After coming to Washington county, he was nominated and elected to the state assembly, serving in that body during the session of 1876, and was chairman of the committee on canals. Samuel J. Tilden was then governor of the state. In 1883 Mr. Burleigh was elected from the congressional disrict comprising the counties of Washington and rensselaer to the forty-eighth congress, and was re-elected to the succeeding congress. He was a wise and useful representative, giving of his wide business experience and sagacity, his time and enthusiasm to his constituents and country, in the fullestg measure. Fro more than thirty years he was one of the Republican leaders of northern New York. He was a member of the Republican Club of New York City.
He married, in 1869, Jennie E. Richards of Ticonderoga. She died in August 1899.
Children:
1. Charles Richards, born Oct. 10, 1867; died April 12, 1905.
CORRECTION by Mike McDonald:
1. Charles' birth year is actually 1876, not 1867. The error is Cutter's; not yours.
2. Henry Gordon Jr., mentioned below.
3. James Weeks, Oct. 3, 1881.
"Henry Gordon (2) son of Hon. Henry Gordon (1) Burleigh, was born at Whitehall, N.Y., in August 1872, died at Ticonderoga, N.Y., Nov. 30, 1903. He was educated in the public schools and became a prominent business man. He was president of the Ticonderoga Electric Light and Power Company. In politics he was a Republican. He was a member of Mount Defiance Lode, No. 794, Free and Accepted Masons of Ticonderoga; of Carillon Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Ticonderoga; of De Soto Commandery, Knights Templar, of Plattsburgh; of Oriental Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Troy, N.Y.; of Ethan Allen Lodge, Odd Fellows, of Ticonderoga, and of the Knights of Pythias of that town. He was a prominent member and vestryman of the Episcopal church. He served on the board of education of the town for a number of years.
He married, June 17, 1896, Susie T., born at Plattsburgh, daughter of Henry Clay Sanborn, born at Plattsburgh, and Colonette D. (Holcomb) Sanborn, born at Whitehall, N.Y. Henry Clay Sanborn was son of John Hibbard Sanborn, born in New Hampshire, died in 1895 at Plattsburgh, aged eighty-six years; served in the civil war as quartermaster; was a lawyer in Plattsburgh, and in later years a farmer; married Cornelia Mead, of Plattsburgh."
Children:
1. Lucretia Morse, born at Whitehall, April 2, 1897.
2. Mildred Virginia, born at Ticonderoga, April 20, 1900.
3. Henry Gordon 3d, at Ticonderoga, Nov. 23, 1903.
* As found at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hubbard/NNY_index/burleigh.html
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