Frederick P. Burr
Frederick Phineas Burr was born on November 6, 1847, in Northbridge, Massachusetts, to Albert and Sarah Burr. His father was a farmer who owned $2,300 of real estate and $300 of personal property by 1860. He grew up and attended school in Northbridge, and by the early 1860s, he was working as a farmer.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on December 26, 1863, and he mustered in as a private in Company E of the 4th Massachusetts Cavalry on January 27, 1864. According to his service records, he was 5 feet, 6 inches tall, with auburn hair and hazel eyes. The regiment took part in the siege of Petersburg and the Appomattox campaign. He mustered out on November 14, 1865.
 
He returned to Northbridge after the war and resumed his work as a farmer. He married Adelaide Crossman on June 12, 1866, and their daughter Ida was born around 1871. They lived in Sutton, Massachusetts, and by 1870, he owned $1,900 of real estate and $900 of personal property. They moved to Bennington, Kansas, in the 1870s.
 
He applied for a federal pension in July 1890 and eventually secured one. By 1910, he was living in his daughter Ida’s household in Lawrence, Kansas. He died on October 18, 1923, in Winsted, Connecticut.
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(3391)Burr, Frederick Phineas1847-11-061923-10-18
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 15

  • (9190) [writer] ~ Frederick P. Burr to Albert Burr and Sarah Burr, 25 February 1864
  • (9192) [writer] ~ Frederick P. Burr to Albert Burr and Sarah Burr, 4 July 1864
  • (9194) [writer] ~ Frederick P. Burr to Albert Burr and Sarah Burr, 28 August 1864
  • (9195) [writer] ~ Frederick P. Burr to Albert Burr and Sarah Burr, 20 November 1864
  • (9197) [writer] ~ Frederick P. Burr to Sarah Burr, 25 January 1865
  • (9198) [writer] ~ Frederick P. Burr to Sarah Burr, 15 April 1865
  • (9199) [writer] ~ Frederick P. Burr to Albert Burr and Sarah Burr, 22 April 1865
  • (9200) [writer] ~ Frederick P. Burr to Albert Burr and Sarah Burr, 2 September 1865
  • (9202) [writer] ~ Frederick P. Burr to Sarah Burr, 17 October 1865
  • (9204) [writer] ~ Frederick P. Burr to Albert Burr and Sarah Burr, 1865
  • (9205) [writer] ~ Frederick P. Burr Promissory Note, 8 March 1870
  • (9213) [recipient] ~ Henry K. Burr to Frederick P. Burr, 2 November 1879
  • (9215) [associated with] ~ Unknown to Friend, 4 February 1880
  • (9236) [writer] ~ Frederick P. Burr to Albert Burr and Sarah Burr, undated
  • (9237) [writer] ~ Frederick P. Burr to Albert Burr and Sarah Burr, undated

People - Records: 9

  • (3391) Burr, Frederick Phineas is the [step-parent of] (5321) Crossman, Sarah Adelaide
  • (3391) Burr, Frederick Phineas is the [step-parent of] (5322) Crossman, George M.
  • (3392) Burr, Henry Kirk is the [sibling of] (3391) Burr, Frederick Phineas
  • (3395) Burr, Ida Rebecca is the [child of] (3391) Burr, Frederick Phineas
  • (3399) Isham, Hiram Spaulding is the [sibling-in-law of] (3391) Burr, Frederick Phineas
  • (3401) Crossman, Adelaide is the [wife of] (3391) Burr, Frederick Phineas
  • (5319) Burr, Albert is the [parent of] (3391) Burr, Frederick Phineas
  • (5320) Burr, Sarah is the [parent of] (3391) Burr, Frederick Phineas
  • (5633) Isham, Mary Emma is the [sibling-in-law of] (3391) Burr, Frederick Phineas

Places - Records: 2

  • (2386) [birth] ~ Northbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  • (3285) [death] ~ Winsted, Litchfield County, Connecticut

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (1173) [enlisted] [E] ~ 4th Massachusetts Cavalry
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1910, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Military Service Records of Frederick P. Burr, available from Fold3.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, available from Ancestry.com