Eleazer Burnham
(15 July 1780 - 3 May 1867)

Eleazer Burnham  (15 July 1780,  Preston, New London, Connecticut, USA  - 3 May 1867,  Aurora, Cayuga, New York, USA )  
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Eleazer  was the child of Asa W. Burnham and Lucy Huntington

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settled in Aurora, New York in 1799 (Brigham's General Directory of Auburn page 257), married (1) Matilda Caroline Wood (daughter of Walter Wood) b. JUL 3, 1789, d. JUN 27, 1832, (2) Urania Smith b. JUL 4, 1789, d. OCT 26, 1865

From The New Century Atlas Of Cayuga County, New York - 1904 - Page 121
"GLENHEIM, the home of Dr. Albert Leffingwell, embraces nearly twenty acres, extending from the main street in the village of Aurora, nearly half a mile to the top of the hill. The residence, considerably improved by the presdent owner, is of brick and stone, and its broad piazzas, shaded by chestnut trees, overlooks Cayuga Lake. The house was built in 1827 by Hon. Eleazer Burnham, a distinguished early resident of Cayuga County, who was twice chosen as a Presidential elector; it was occupied by him for forty years, passing by his death to his nephew, James Burnham Smith, and becoming the residence of Dr. Leffingwell in May, 1896. Nearby is a small building, which a century ago was the law office of Judge Walter Wood, and here Millard Fillmore, afterward President of the United States, first began the study of law. On the same premises, and on the north, is one of the oldest houses of the village. It was the birthplace of Hon. Edwin B. Morgan in 1806, and the upper floor served for several years previous to 1816 as the Masonic Lodge."

NOTES from http://www.wesleyhardenzone.com/aurora.htm -- When Walter Wood left Aurora for Montville, his son-in-law Eleazer Burnham became Postmaster. Burnham (1780-1867) was also Surrogate of Cayuga County, Collector of U. S. Internal Revenue, Member of the New York Assembly, and Presidential Elector in 1824 and 1856. In 1822 Postmaster Burnham was succeeded by Seneca Wood, who held office until 1828. For the first thirty-three years, therefore, the three Aurora Postmasters Were Walter Wood, his son-in-law, and his son.
Walter Wood died in 1827 leaving an estate valued at $500,000 and a will so involved that generations of lawyers worked for ninety-three years to complete its provisions. Of his six sons, Seneca, Isaac, and Thomas were lawyers. All three began the practice of law in Aurora and Isaac remained here all of his life. Walter Wood, his wife Paulina Mosher Wood, and all but one (who died in infancy in 1797) of their eleven children are buried in Oak Glen Cemetery, Aurora.

From The Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture:
"Eleazer Burnham (1780-1867)
1826
sitter: Eleazer Burnham
1780 - 1867
Artist/Maker: Ezra Ames
1768 - 1836
Overall: 30 x 24 in. ( 76.2 x 61 cm )
Oil on canvas
Purchase
Inventory Number: 1955.31
Classification: PAINTINGS-Portraits
Curatorial Remarks:

Eleazer Burnham was the son of Asa Burnham and Lucy (Huntington) Burnham of Bennington, Vermont. About 1798 he moved to Aurora, the first settlement in Cayuga County, New York. Burnham was county surrogate from 1811 to 1813 and from 1815 to 1820, deputy postmaster from 1798 and postmaster from 1811 until about 1822, collector of revenue at Aurora during the War of 1812, and county representive in the assembly in 1826."

Miss Catharine Bacon, Wells '18, wrote the author about two portraits, one of Eleazer Burnham and one of his wife, which she had seen in an Albany exhibit. They were painted in 1826 by Ezra Ames, an Albany artist; the portrait of Burnham bears the inscription, "Eleazer Burnham (1780- ) Lawyer and Presidential Elector of Aurora, New York."

Eleazer and Urania had a son, James N. Burnham (also a lawyer), who died in Aurora in 1840 at the age of 25 and is buried in Oak Glen Cemetery.

Misc Notes: Judge Walter Wood b 17 Aug 1765, m. Paulina Mosher.

Ancestor's Life Events

Appointments GenealogyBank.com  By the Hon. the Council of Appointment... February 5... New General Commission... Eleazer Burnham of Cayuga, Master in Chancery. Date: February 13, 1811 Location: New York Paper: Public Advertiser

From the N. Y. Statesman, Nov. 17 Choice of Electors GenealogyBank.com  ...A resolution then passed, declaring the following persons chosen electors of President and Vice-President, on the part of this State: ...Eleazer Burnham, Cayuga... Date: November 23, 1824 Location: Connecticut Paper: Connecticut Herald

1840 U.S. Census  Eleazer Burnham and family are living in Ledyard, Cayuga, New York.

1850 U.S. Census  Eleazer Burnham, age 70, is living in Ledyard, Cayuga, New York. He was born in VT. Living with him are: Urania, age 61, b. CT; William Corrich, b. England; Catherine Shear, age 28, b. NY.

Article   The Hon. Eleazar Burnham, of Aurora, Cayuga County, who is now in attendance as an Elector of President and Vice President, was in the Electoral College of 1824, and then cast his vote for John Quincy Adams. The venerable Daniel Cady, also an Elector and Mr. Burnham, are among the few Lawyers who were in full practice more than half a century ago. Both, we are happy to see, are surrounded by all the compensations which reward honest industry, integrity and virtue. Date: December 02, 1856 Location: New York Paper: Albany Evening Journal

1860 U.S. Census  Eleazar Burnham, age 79, is living in Ledyard, Cayuga, New York. He was born in VT. Living with him are: Urania, age 72, b. CT; Susan Rapp, age 50, domestic; James Sulett, age 33, servant. NOTE: They are living next to Sherman Smith and family.

Ledyard, Cayuga, New York 1865 New York State Census  Eleazar Burnham, 85, m, b. VT, married 2 times, now married Urania Burnham, 76, f, wife, b. Connecticut, married 1 time, now married Charles Jennings, , m, servant, b. England, single, Gardiner

Saturday, April 22, 1876 Auburn Daily Bulletin, Auburn, NY  "Aurora Centennial Festival A Brilliant Affair Large Attendance and Complete Success The good citizens of the quite village of Aurora have been for some weeks preparing for a Centennial Festival in aid of the State fund, and to assist in repairing the Washington Homestead at Mount Vernon… On either side of the long rooms were arranged refreshment tables, one for each of the old thirteen colonies… Pennsylvania displayed its pennants of pink and gold. Its name of power suitable inscribed - vert and argent - and upon its white curtained drapery, the portrait of a remembered citizen of Aurora, Major Asa Burnham, a revolutionary soldier, if indeed his years did not extend to the old French war, and also of the Hon. Eleazer Burnham who on more than one occasion was of the Presidential Electoral College. At this table Mrs. Town presided... "

Ancestor's Marriage(s) and Child(ren)

married Caroline Matilda Wood -- Date: 1807 Place:

Family Group Record for Eleazer Burnham and Caroline Matilda Wood

Children: Isaac W. Burnham (29 May 1812,  - 24 Oct 1832, Ledyard, Cayuga, New York, USA) James N Burnham (11 Feb 1817,  - 29 Jan 1840, Aurora, Cayuga, New York, USA)

married Urania Smith -- Date: 23 FEB 1843 Place:

Family Group Record for Eleazer Burnham and Urania Smith

Ancestor's Death-related Information

"THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, to Eddy Cole, of Versailles, Morgan county, Illinois; Eleazer Cole, of Indianapolis, Indiana; Frederick Cole and Albert B. Cole, of Noblesville, Indiana; Lorinda J. Butler, Lucy H. Stone, of Freeport, Shelby county, Indiana; Myron Galusha, Augustus Galusha and George B. Galusha, of Shaftsbury, Vermont; Marcius Galusha, Barthena Huntington, Rebecca Huntington and Almira Howlett, of Kalamazoo, Michigan; Calvin B. Galusha, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri; Asa Draper, of Pontiac, Livingston county, Illinois; Laura W. Bangs and Lucy Spencer, of Plainfield, Will county, Illinois; Sophia F. Waste, Mary B. Corkins and Emeline W. Corkins, of Mendota, Illinois; Cornelia Draper, of Centre Shaftsbury, Vermont; Sophia Adams and Caroline Thompson, of Rochester, N. Y.; Charles N. Mattoon, of Monroe, Monroe county, Michigan; Myron Mattoon, Jane Belden and Frances Mattoon, of Lenox, Berkshire county, Massachusetts; Julia A. McAlister, of Tiffin, Ohio; Charlotte M. Smith, of Aurora, Cayuga county, N. Y.; and Norman H. Burnham, of Simmsbury, Connecticut, heirs at law and next of kin of Eleazer Burnham, late of Ledyard, Cayuga county, N. Y., deceased, send greeting:" "Whereas E. W. Arms and James B. Smith of Ledyard, N. Y. have lately applied to our surrogate of the county of Cayuga, for the proof of the will of Eleazer Burnham, late of Ledyard, in said county, deceased, which said will related to both real and personal estate: Therefore, you and each of you are cited and required to appear at the office of said surrogate, int he city of Auburn, on the 15th day of August next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day, and attend the probate of the said will." "In testimony whereof, we have caused the seal of office of our said surrogate to be hereunto affixed. Witness, Wm. B. Woodin, surrogate of the county of Cayuga, at the surrogate's office, in the city of Auburn, this 1st day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven. Wm. B. Woodin, Surrogate." Date: August 12, 1867 Location: New York Paper: Albany Evening Journal

Buried at:

Oak Glen Cemetery

Ledyard, New York
Ledyard, Cayuga, New York, USA

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nycayuga/cem/cem98.htm



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