He was born at Ticonderoga, N.Y., Aug. 17, 1831. He was the son of Hon. Jonathan (D. C, 1824) and Augusta (Russell) Burnet.
His father died at Ticonderoga, Feb. 6, 1868, aged 68, and his mother was still living there, in 1878. His grandfather was Jonathan Burnet, Sen., of Bethel, Vt., and his paternal grandmother, Abigail Parish.
He fitted for College at Ticonderoga, for the most part, under his father, and partly at Waterford, N. Y., with the Rev. E. F. Edwards.
He married Mrs. Helen (Brown) Hunt, by Bishop Littlejohn, of the Long Island diocese, July 1, 1875.
His children were:
I. Helen, b. July 12, 1876.
II. Clarence Linden, Jr., b. Aug. 12, 1878.
He taught a classical school at Staten Island, N. Y., for one year after graduating; also six months at Berkshire, N.Y.; and for a year and three months was Principal of an academy at Warwick, N.Y.
Studied law in New York City until 1857, when he entered the Law School at Albany, and there graduated in Feb., 1858.
The first of March following he commenced the practice of law at 11 Wall Street, New York, where he continued till Jan. 7, 1862. On that day was ordered to report for duty on board the U. S. gunboat "Kennebec", as paymaster; for in a moment of enthusiasm, he had determined to see something of "this accursed rebellion" with his own eyes, and to "do something to put down treason." Nothing else presented itself but this position in the navy; and, having previously had a taste of salt water, he left desk, brief and profession, as above.
In Dec, 1863, was off Mobile, Ala., and in Feb., 1864, had witnessed the encouragement implied in the fact that when he went out "the government "had no foothold in the Gulf, west of the Tortugas, "except Ship Island; while in two years, only "Mobile and Galveston remained to be occupied."
Was transferred to the U. S. receiving ship "North Carolina", May, 1864, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, N.Y., and was there remaining on duty Aug. 22, following.
In Sept., 1868, was again at his law office, 15 Nassau Street, having just returned from an extended tour through the great west and the Rocky Mountains. While living in New York, was the superintendent of the "Trinity Church" Sunday School, and afterwards of a Mission Sunday School in that city.
In the autumn of 1872 had lost his leg by acute necrosis, amputation above the knee being necessary.
Office had been changed to 213 Montague Street, Brooklyn, prior to Dec. 15, 1873, and during the fall election of 1878, when he was unanimously chosen for the third year, Alderman of the First Ward in Brooklyn, he was visited by the first symptoms of a nerve disease which obliged him, in the following April, to resign his office as Alderman, give up business, and retire to Ticonderoga, where he continued with his family till Jan., 1880.
Then, on the advice of his physician to seek a warmer climate, he again removed to Cambridge, Dorchester Co., Md., and there remained a year and a half, with flattering prospects at first, but with no permanent relief.
His wife also being a constant sufferer from the climate, they sold their place in Maryland, and "went into the north woods" (state of New York), where he was so much improved that he came back to Brooklyn and again began work, Nov. 1, 1881, "not with the old vigor, but finding it a decidedly "better thing than enforced idleness."
The next winter he received an invitation to the Dartmouth dinner in New York, with a request that he speak on that occasion; but was hardly well enough to go over.
"As a proof of his popularity, he was nominated "for Surrogate in Brooklyn, in the spring of 1882, "and would easily have been elected, but was compelled by poor health to decline the offer." [Classmate Blaisdell's letter of May, 1883]..
His lamented death occurred at Ticonderoga, May 5, 1883, in his 52d year. In the midst of much physical suffering, he had kept cheerfully about his work; had made money, made friends, lived liberally, and given liberally to others who needed it, especially to an aged mother and infirm sister.
Better than all, he found from what he suffered (as he writes in 1879), "now, at my 48th year, "that there is very little in this brief life, at the "best; and that were it not for the hopes of the life "to come, it were better to have never been born."
His widow is now (1894) the wife of Rev. James Davis, of Beatrice, Neb.
I. Helen is a student at Brownwell Hall, Omaha, Neb.
II. Clarence L. is with his mother at Beatrice.
(From "Memorial Sketches and History of the Class of 1853, Dartmouth College" by Moses T. Runnels; pub. by Barton & Wheeler, Newport, NH, 1895)
His father died at Ticonderoga, Feb. 6, 1868, aged 68, and his mother was still living there, in 1878. His grandfather was Jonathan Burnet, Sen., of Bethel, Vt., and his paternal grandmother, Abigail Parish.
He fitted for College at Ticonderoga, for the most part, under his father, and partly at Waterford, N. Y., with the Rev. E. F. Edwards.
He married Mrs. Helen (Brown) Hunt, by Bishop Littlejohn, of the Long Island diocese, July 1, 1875.
His children were:
I. Helen, b. July 12, 1876.
II. Clarence Linden, Jr., b. Aug. 12, 1878.
He taught a classical school at Staten Island, N. Y., for one year after graduating; also six months at Berkshire, N.Y.; and for a year and three months was Principal of an academy at Warwick, N.Y.
Studied law in New York City until 1857, when he entered the Law School at Albany, and there graduated in Feb., 1858.
The first of March following he commenced the practice of law at 11 Wall Street, New York, where he continued till Jan. 7, 1862. On that day was ordered to report for duty on board the U. S. gunboat "Kennebec", as paymaster; for in a moment of enthusiasm, he had determined to see something of "this accursed rebellion" with his own eyes, and to "do something to put down treason." Nothing else presented itself but this position in the navy; and, having previously had a taste of salt water, he left desk, brief and profession, as above.
In Dec, 1863, was off Mobile, Ala., and in Feb., 1864, had witnessed the encouragement implied in the fact that when he went out "the government "had no foothold in the Gulf, west of the Tortugas, "except Ship Island; while in two years, only "Mobile and Galveston remained to be occupied."
Was transferred to the U. S. receiving ship "North Carolina", May, 1864, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, N.Y., and was there remaining on duty Aug. 22, following.
In Sept., 1868, was again at his law office, 15 Nassau Street, having just returned from an extended tour through the great west and the Rocky Mountains. While living in New York, was the superintendent of the "Trinity Church" Sunday School, and afterwards of a Mission Sunday School in that city.
In the autumn of 1872 had lost his leg by acute necrosis, amputation above the knee being necessary.
Office had been changed to 213 Montague Street, Brooklyn, prior to Dec. 15, 1873, and during the fall election of 1878, when he was unanimously chosen for the third year, Alderman of the First Ward in Brooklyn, he was visited by the first symptoms of a nerve disease which obliged him, in the following April, to resign his office as Alderman, give up business, and retire to Ticonderoga, where he continued with his family till Jan., 1880.
Then, on the advice of his physician to seek a warmer climate, he again removed to Cambridge, Dorchester Co., Md., and there remained a year and a half, with flattering prospects at first, but with no permanent relief.
His wife also being a constant sufferer from the climate, they sold their place in Maryland, and "went into the north woods" (state of New York), where he was so much improved that he came back to Brooklyn and again began work, Nov. 1, 1881, "not with the old vigor, but finding it a decidedly "better thing than enforced idleness."
The next winter he received an invitation to the Dartmouth dinner in New York, with a request that he speak on that occasion; but was hardly well enough to go over.
"As a proof of his popularity, he was nominated "for Surrogate in Brooklyn, in the spring of 1882, "and would easily have been elected, but was compelled by poor health to decline the offer." [Classmate Blaisdell's letter of May, 1883]..
His lamented death occurred at Ticonderoga, May 5, 1883, in his 52d year. In the midst of much physical suffering, he had kept cheerfully about his work; had made money, made friends, lived liberally, and given liberally to others who needed it, especially to an aged mother and infirm sister.
Better than all, he found from what he suffered (as he writes in 1879), "now, at my 48th year, "that there is very little in this brief life, at the "best; and that were it not for the hopes of the life "to come, it were better to have never been born."
His widow is now (1894) the wife of Rev. James Davis, of Beatrice, Neb.
I. Helen is a student at Brownwell Hall, Omaha, Neb.
II. Clarence L. is with his mother at Beatrice.
(From "Memorial Sketches and History of the Class of 1853, Dartmouth College" by Moses T. Runnels; pub. by Barton & Wheeler, Newport, NH, 1895)
He was born at Ticonderoga, N.Y., Aug. 17, 1831. He was the son of Hon. Jonathan (D. C, 1824) and Augusta (Russell) Burnet.
His father died at Ticonderoga, Feb. 6, 1868, aged 68, and his mother was still living there, in 1878. His grandfather was Jonathan Burnet, Sen., of Bethel, Vt., and his paternal grandmother, Abigail Parish.
He fitted for College at Ticonderoga, for the most part, under his father, and partly at Waterford, N. Y., with the Rev. E. F. Edwards.
He married Mrs. Helen (Brown) Hunt, by Bishop Littlejohn, of the Long Island diocese, July 1, 1875.
His children were:
I. Helen, b. July 12, 1876.
II. Clarence Linden, Jr., b. Aug. 12, 1878.
He taught a classical school at Staten Island, N. Y., for one year after graduating; also six months at Berkshire, N.Y.; and for a year and three months was Principal of an academy at Warwick, N.Y.
Studied law in New York City until 1857, when he entered the Law School at Albany, and there graduated in Feb., 1858.
The first of March following he commenced the practice of law at 11 Wall Street, New York, where he continued till Jan. 7, 1862. On that day was ordered to report for duty on board the U. S. gunboat "Kennebec", as paymaster; for in a moment of enthusiasm, he had determined to see something of "this accursed rebellion" with his own eyes, and to "do something to put down treason." Nothing else presented itself but this position in the navy; and, having previously had a taste of salt water, he left desk, brief and profession, as above.
In Dec, 1863, was off Mobile, Ala., and in Feb., 1864, had witnessed the encouragement implied in the fact that when he went out "the government "had no foothold in the Gulf, west of the Tortugas, "except Ship Island; while in two years, only "Mobile and Galveston remained to be occupied."
Was transferred to the U. S. receiving ship "North Carolina", May, 1864, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, N.Y., and was there remaining on duty Aug. 22, following.
In Sept., 1868, was again at his law office, 15 Nassau Street, having just returned from an extended tour through the great west and the Rocky Mountains. While living in New York, was the superintendent of the "Trinity Church" Sunday School, and afterwards of a Mission Sunday School in that city.
In the autumn of 1872 had lost his leg by acute necrosis, amputation above the knee being necessary.
Office had been changed to 213 Montague Street, Brooklyn, prior to Dec. 15, 1873, and during the fall election of 1878, when he was unanimously chosen for the third year, Alderman of the First Ward in Brooklyn, he was visited by the first symptoms of a nerve disease which obliged him, in the following April, to resign his office as Alderman, give up business, and retire to Ticonderoga, where he continued with his family till Jan., 1880.
Then, on the advice of his physician to seek a warmer climate, he again removed to Cambridge, Dorchester Co., Md., and there remained a year and a half, with flattering prospects at first, but with no permanent relief.
His wife also being a constant sufferer from the climate, they sold their place in Maryland, and "went into the north woods" (state of New York), where he was so much improved that he came back to Brooklyn and again began work, Nov. 1, 1881, "not with the old vigor, but finding it a decidedly "better thing than enforced idleness."
The next winter he received an invitation to the Dartmouth dinner in New York, with a request that he speak on that occasion; but was hardly well enough to go over.
"As a proof of his popularity, he was nominated "for Surrogate in Brooklyn, in the spring of 1882, "and would easily have been elected, but was compelled by poor health to decline the offer." [Classmate Blaisdell's letter of May, 1883]..
His lamented death occurred at Ticonderoga, May 5, 1883, in his 52d year. In the midst of much physical suffering, he had kept cheerfully about his work; had made money, made friends, lived liberally, and given liberally to others who needed it, especially to an aged mother and infirm sister.
Better than all, he found from what he suffered (as he writes in 1879), "now, at my 48th year, "that there is very little in this brief life, at the "best; and that were it not for the hopes of the life "to come, it were better to have never been born."
His widow is now (1894) the wife of Rev. James Davis, of Beatrice, Neb.
I. Helen is a student at Brownwell Hall, Omaha, Neb.
II. Clarence L. is with his mother at Beatrice.
(From "Memorial Sketches and History of the Class of 1853, Dartmouth College" by Moses T. Runnels; pub. by Barton & Wheeler, Newport, NH, 1895)
His father died at Ticonderoga, Feb. 6, 1868, aged 68, and his mother was still living there, in 1878. His grandfather was Jonathan Burnet, Sen., of Bethel, Vt., and his paternal grandmother, Abigail Parish.
He fitted for College at Ticonderoga, for the most part, under his father, and partly at Waterford, N. Y., with the Rev. E. F. Edwards.
He married Mrs. Helen (Brown) Hunt, by Bishop Littlejohn, of the Long Island diocese, July 1, 1875.
His children were:
I. Helen, b. July 12, 1876.
II. Clarence Linden, Jr., b. Aug. 12, 1878.
He taught a classical school at Staten Island, N. Y., for one year after graduating; also six months at Berkshire, N.Y.; and for a year and three months was Principal of an academy at Warwick, N.Y.
Studied law in New York City until 1857, when he entered the Law School at Albany, and there graduated in Feb., 1858.
The first of March following he commenced the practice of law at 11 Wall Street, New York, where he continued till Jan. 7, 1862. On that day was ordered to report for duty on board the U. S. gunboat "Kennebec", as paymaster; for in a moment of enthusiasm, he had determined to see something of "this accursed rebellion" with his own eyes, and to "do something to put down treason." Nothing else presented itself but this position in the navy; and, having previously had a taste of salt water, he left desk, brief and profession, as above.
In Dec, 1863, was off Mobile, Ala., and in Feb., 1864, had witnessed the encouragement implied in the fact that when he went out "the government "had no foothold in the Gulf, west of the Tortugas, "except Ship Island; while in two years, only "Mobile and Galveston remained to be occupied."
Was transferred to the U. S. receiving ship "North Carolina", May, 1864, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, N.Y., and was there remaining on duty Aug. 22, following.
In Sept., 1868, was again at his law office, 15 Nassau Street, having just returned from an extended tour through the great west and the Rocky Mountains. While living in New York, was the superintendent of the "Trinity Church" Sunday School, and afterwards of a Mission Sunday School in that city.
In the autumn of 1872 had lost his leg by acute necrosis, amputation above the knee being necessary.
Office had been changed to 213 Montague Street, Brooklyn, prior to Dec. 15, 1873, and during the fall election of 1878, when he was unanimously chosen for the third year, Alderman of the First Ward in Brooklyn, he was visited by the first symptoms of a nerve disease which obliged him, in the following April, to resign his office as Alderman, give up business, and retire to Ticonderoga, where he continued with his family till Jan., 1880.
Then, on the advice of his physician to seek a warmer climate, he again removed to Cambridge, Dorchester Co., Md., and there remained a year and a half, with flattering prospects at first, but with no permanent relief.
His wife also being a constant sufferer from the climate, they sold their place in Maryland, and "went into the north woods" (state of New York), where he was so much improved that he came back to Brooklyn and again began work, Nov. 1, 1881, "not with the old vigor, but finding it a decidedly "better thing than enforced idleness."
The next winter he received an invitation to the Dartmouth dinner in New York, with a request that he speak on that occasion; but was hardly well enough to go over.
"As a proof of his popularity, he was nominated "for Surrogate in Brooklyn, in the spring of 1882, "and would easily have been elected, but was compelled by poor health to decline the offer." [Classmate Blaisdell's letter of May, 1883]..
His lamented death occurred at Ticonderoga, May 5, 1883, in his 52d year. In the midst of much physical suffering, he had kept cheerfully about his work; had made money, made friends, lived liberally, and given liberally to others who needed it, especially to an aged mother and infirm sister.
Better than all, he found from what he suffered (as he writes in 1879), "now, at my 48th year, "that there is very little in this brief life, at the "best; and that were it not for the hopes of the life "to come, it were better to have never been born."
His widow is now (1894) the wife of Rev. James Davis, of Beatrice, Neb.
I. Helen is a student at Brownwell Hall, Omaha, Neb.
II. Clarence L. is with his mother at Beatrice.
(From "Memorial Sketches and History of the Class of 1853, Dartmouth College" by Moses T. Runnels; pub. by Barton & Wheeler, Newport, NH, 1895)
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