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Burbank, William H., was born in Langdon, Sullivan county, N. H., November 20, 1839, and came to the village
of Gaines with his parents in 1847. They originally settled in Gaines in 1831, and then returned to New Hampshire,
coming again to Gaines in 1847. as above stated. The grandfather of William was Elias, a native of New Hampshire,
coming to Gaines in 1831, and drove a stage for many years between Gaines and Batavia via Albion. He and his wife,
Joana Fletcher, died in this town, he in 1850, aged seventy, and she in 1863, aged eighty years. They were the
parents of seven children. Origin D. Burbank. father to William, was born in New Hampshire in 1802 and died in
1856. His wife was Catherine P. Wilson, born in New Hampshire in 1814, is still living and resides in Lowel, Kent
county, Mich. The children of Origin and Catherine were as follows: Elnora L., born in Gaines in 1834, married
first, Cassius Hayden, and for her second husband Abisha Kingsley, and now resides in Lowel, Mich.; Mariab, born
in New Hampshire in 1838, married Ezra Torey of Gaines, and died in 1881; William H., born November 20, 1830; Orin
D., born in New Hampshire in 1842; Elizabeth E., born in New Hampshire, September, 1844, William H. Burbank was
educated in the common schools of Gaines and since then has carried on the cooper business, employing at times
six workmen. In April, 1859, he married Lucy A. Dwinnell, who was born October 11, 1839, in Massachusetts. Mrs.
Burbank's ancestors were natives of New England. Her mother, Mary Ann Woodburn, was an aunt of Horace Greeley,
and her father was Benjamin Dwinnell. The children of William H. and Lucy A. Burbank are as follows: William O.,
born in May, 1860. married May Cook of Pavillion, Genesee county, where they reside; Ella, born in January, 1862,
and died August, 1863; Charles, born in July, 1864; George E., born February 1, 1867, died February, 1893; Mary
E., born in April, 1869; Harry, born in February, 1871, and died in May, 1878; Florence, born in 1873, and died
in November, 1885; Lillian W., born in October, 1876; Ell, born in July, 1880; Anna B., born in September, 1882.
From:
Landmarks of Orleans County, New York
Edited by: Hon. Isaac C. Signor
Assisted by: H. P. Smith and others
D. Mason & Co., Publishers
Syracuse, N. Y. 1894
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