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Burleigh family of Augusta, Maine

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Parker B. Burleigh (c.1812-1899) — of Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine. Born about 1812. Member of Maine state house of representatives, 1850; member of Maine state senate, 1860. Died in Houlton, Aroostook County, Maine, April 29, 1899 (age about 87 years). Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Father of Edwin Chick Burleigh (1843-1916).
		Political family: Burleigh family of Augusta, Maine.

Edwin Chick Burleigh (1843-1916) — also known as Edwin C. Burleigh — of Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Linneus, Aroostook County, Maine, November 27, 1843. Republican. Newspaper publisher; Maine state treasurer, 1885-88; Governor of Maine, 1889-93; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1896; U.S. Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1897-1911; defeated, 1910; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1913-16; died in office 1916. Died in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, June 16, 1916 (age 72 years, 202 days). Interment at Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.

		Relatives: Son of Parker B. Burleigh (1812?-1899) and Caroline Peabody (Chick) Burleigh; married, June 28, 1863, to Mary J. Bither; father of Lucy E. Burleigh (who married Robert Byron Boyd).
		Political family: Burleigh family of Augusta, Maine.
		Cross-reference: Robert A. Cony
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Robert Byron Boyd (1864-1941) — also known as Byron Boyd — of Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine. Born in Wakefield, New Brunswick, August 31, 1864. Republican. Secretary of state of Maine, 1897-1908; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1904 (alternate), 1908, 1924 (alternate; member, Credentials Committee), 1928 (alternate), 1932 (alternate), 1936 (alternate), 1940 (alternate); Maine Republican state chair, 1908. Died in 1941 (age about 76 years). Interment at Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.

		Relatives: Son of Robert Boyd and Eliza J. (Savage) Boyd; married, January 9, 1895, to Lucy E. Burleigh (daughter of Edwin Chick Burleigh (1843-1916)).
		Political family: Burleigh family of Augusta, Maine.

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