James H. Burr

'''James Howard Burr''' (May 9, 1816 – December 10, 1906) was an American glove manufacturer and politician from New York.

== Life == Burr was born on May 9, 1816, in Gloversville, New York, the son of James Burr and Amarillis Mills.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Murphy|first=William D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OMMXAAAAYAAJ|title=Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York in 1861|year=1861|location=New York, N.Y.|pages=166–167|via=Google Books}}</ref>

In 1840, Burr entered the glove business in a shop.<ref name=":0" /> In 1844, he joined the glove manufacturing firm F. and D.M. Burr & Company with Francis Burr and David M. Burr. The firm was a continuation of his father's glove and mitten manufacturing business that began in 1809. In 1848, the firm was dissolved and Burr established his own business. In 1853, he developed a factory that, by 1892, employed an average of 60 workers, including 30 cutters.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Frothingham|first=Washington|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3QNIAQAAMAAJ|title=History of Fulton County|publisher=D. Mason & Co.|year=1892|location=Syracuse, N.Y.|pages=421|isbn=9780598485854 |via=Google Books}}</ref> He was also president of the National Bank of Gloversville and the vice president and last surviving original stockholder of the Fulton County National Bank.<ref name=":0" />

In 1860, Burr was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Republican, representing Fulton and Hamilton counties. He served in the Assembly in 1861<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/eveningjournalal1861slsn/page/45/mode/1up|title=The Evening Journal Almanac, 1861|publisher=Weed, Parsons & Co.|year=1861|location=Albany, N.Y.|pages=45|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> and 1862. He was initially a Whig, but he later became a Republican.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/eveningjournalal1862slsn/page/61/mode/1up|title=The Evening Journal Almanac, 1862|publisher=Weed, Parsons & Company|year=1862|location=Albany, N.Y.|pages=61|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> While in the Assembly, he played a critical role in electing Ira Harris to the United States Senate in 1861. By 1862, he became the United States Collector in the 18th Congressional District.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Murphy|first=William D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GX9BAAAAYAAJ|title=Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York in 1862 and '63|year=1863|location=Albany, N.Y.|pages=148–149|via=Google Books}}</ref>

Burr was a member of the First Baptist Church of Gloversville from 1841 until his death. He was also trustee of the church, superintendent of the Sunday school, and treasurer of the Saratoga Baptists Association and the New York State Baptist Mission Society. In 1841, he married Azubah Warner of Troy. Azubah died in 1890, and two years later he married widow Kittie C. Young. He had a stepdaughter, Mrs. Fred C. Fowler,<ref name=":0" /> and his children with Azubah were Harvey W., Caroline, and Julia A.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Todd|first=Charles Burr|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GNsNvzRr2IYC|title=A General History of the Burr Family in America, With a Genealogical Record from 1570 to 1878|publisher=E. Wells Sackett & Bro.|year=1878|location=New York, N.Y.|pages=270|author-link=Charles Burr Todd|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

Burr died at home on December 10, 1906.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=11 December 1906|title=J. H. Burr is Dead at Gloversville|volume=XVII|page=4|work=The Johnstown Daily Republican|issue=137|location=Johnstown, N.Y.|url=https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn85042216/1906-12-11/ed-1/seq-4/|via=NYS Historic Newspapers}}</ref> He was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville.

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* ''[https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burr.html#478.91.87 The Political Graveyard]'' * [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189429105/james-howard-burr James H. Burr] at ''Find a Grave''

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