Robert Burns (December 12, 1792 – June 26, 1866) was an American and a

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from

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Early life

Born in

Hudson, New Hampshire Hudson is a New England town, town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. It is located along the Massachusetts state line. The population was 25,394 at the 2020 census. It is the tenth-largest mu ...

, Burns moved with his parents in childhood to Rumney in Grafton County. He studied medicine with Dr. Ezra Bartlett in

Warren, New Hampshire Warren is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 825 at the 2020 census, down from 904 at the 2010 census. Warren includes the village of Glencliff. The Appalachian Trail crosses the town in the west. It is ...

, taught school, then attended

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in 1815.

Career

Burns returned to Warren to help with people hit with spotted fever and commenced the practice of medicine. He moved 20 miles south to

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in 1818 and continued the practice of his profession until 1835. He became a fellow of the New Hampshire Medical Society in 1824 and served as member of the

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in 1831. Elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses, Burns served as

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for the state of New Hampshire from (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837). He continued the practice of medicine in

Plymouth, New Hampshire Plymouth is a rural New England town, town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States, in the White Mountains Region. It has a unique role as the economic, medical, commercial, and cultural center for the predom ...

, until his death.

Death

Burns died in Plymouth on June 26, 1866 (age 73 years, 196 days).

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at the churchyard of Trinity Church,

Holderness, New Hampshire Holderness is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,004 at the 2020 census. An agricultural and resort area, Holderness is home to the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center and is located on Squam Lake. Holderne ...

Family life

Son of George and Anna Adams Burns, he married Mary Merrill on November 6. 1816, and they had three children, Susan, William, and Mary B. After Mary's death on September 15, 1849, he married Almira Cox and they had two children, Annie S. and Robert.

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