Charles Richard Burt
Charles Richard Burt was born on March 4, 1845, in Hartford, Connecticut, to Richard and Maria Burt. His father was an insurance agent who owned $20,000 of real estate and $10,000 of personal property by 1870. He grew up in Hartford, and he attended school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1865, he became a clerk at the Connecticut Fire Insurance Company. He was promoted to assistant secretary in December 1867 and then to secretary in January 1873. He married Sophia Matilda Sill around 1872, and the couple had no children. He served as a Sunday school superintendent and a church deacon. According to a local writer, he “held a high place among the local insurance men.” He died in Hartford on November 20, 1907.
Image: Charles R. Burt (Hartford Courant, 21 November 1907)
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| (5481) | Burt, Charles Richard | 1845-03-04 | 1907-11-20 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (13888) [writer] ~ Charles R. Burt to Frederick Swarman, 18 September 1878
Places - Records: 1
- (227) [birth, death] ~ Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, available from Ancestry.com; Connecticut Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Hartford (CT) Courant, 21 November 1907
