Daniel Raymond Burt February 29, 1804 – January 7, 1884) was an American legislator and businessman. Born in Florida, New York, in

Montgomery County, New York Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 49,532. The county seat is Fonda. The county was named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 17 ...

, he moved to Ontario in 1826 and then to

Tecumseh, Michigan Tecumseh is a city in Lenawee County in the U.S. state of Michigan, near the River Raisin. Tecumseh is about southwest of Detroit, south of Ann Arbor, and north of Toledo, Ohio. The main street of downtown is Chicago Boulevard, also designat ...

, in 1830. He married Lydia Ashley (1805–1864) in 1831. Burt then moved to

Wisconsin Territory The Territory of Wisconsin was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 3, 1836, until May 29, 1848, when an eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Wisconsin. Belmont was ...

settling in the town of

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, in

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, in 1835, where he developed roads, gristmills, and sawmills. The unincorporated community of

Burton, Wisconsin Burton is an unincorporated community located in the town of Waterloo, Grant County, Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. ...

, in the town of Waterloo, was platted and named for him. He served in the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature from 1840 to 1842 and 1847 to 1848 as a Whig. Burt then moved to Dunleith, Illinois (now

East Dubuque, Illinois East Dubuque is a city in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,505 at the 2020 census, down from 1,704 in 2010. East Dubuque is located alongside the Mississippi River. Across the river is t ...

), in 1856, where he started the Burt Machine Company, which produced agricultural machinery.''The Convention of 1846'', Milo Milton Quaife, Wisconsin Historical Society, Biographical Sketch of Dan Raymond Burt, p. 764. He married his second wife, Mary J. Ennor, in 1866. Burt died on January 7, 1884, in

Wenona, Illinois Wenona is a city in Marshall and LaSalle counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 1,056 at the 2010 census, down from 1,065 in 2000. The Marshall County portion of Wenona is part of the Peoria Metropolitan Statistical Area, wh ...

, and was buried in

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* 1804 births 1884 deaths People from Florida, Montgomery County, New York People from Jo Daviess County, Illinois People from Grant County, Wisconsin American city founders Businesspeople from Illinois Businesspeople from Wisconsin Wisconsin Whigs Members of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature 19th-century American politicians People from Tecumseh, Michigan 19th-century American businesspeople {{Wisconsin-politician-stub