Charles Alonzo Burns (January 3, 1863 – December 31, 1930) was a
, USA, businessman and politician who served on the Board of Aldermen and as the fifteenth
mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts
Somerville ( ) is a city located directly to the northwest of Boston, and north of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city had a total population of 81, ...
.
Biography
Burns was born on January 3, 1863, in
Wilton, New Hampshire,
to Charles Henry and Sarah Naomi (Mills) Burns.
Burns attended
St Paul's School in
Concord, New Hampshire
Concord () is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Hampshire and the seat of Merrimack County. As of the 2020 census the population was 43,976, making it the third largest city in New Hampshire behind Manchester and Nashua.
The village of ...
, and Chauncey Hall School in Boston, from which he graduated in 1881.
Burns was married to Lulie C. Jones. They had three children: Robert A., Charles Henry and Elizabeth. Lulie Burns died on August 25, 1896.
Burns first entered into the business of manufacturing cotton yarn in
Wilton.
He later managed
soapstone quarries in
Chester, Vermont
Chester is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 3,005 at the 2020 census.
History
The town was originally chartered by New Hampshire Governor Benning Wentworth as Flamstead in 1754. The terms of the charter were n ...
, and in Virginia, and in 1893 moved to Somerville where he worked as the president of the Union Soapstone Co.
In 1927, Burns moved to
Winchester, Massachusetts. He died there on December 31, 1930.
Notes
1863 births
St. Paul's School (New Hampshire) alumni
Mayors of Somerville, Massachusetts
People from Wilton, New Hampshire
Massachusetts city council members
1930 deaths
Massachusetts Republicans
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