Edwin Otway Burnham

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Edwin Otway Burnham

Rev Edwin Otway Burnham (September 24, 1824 – August 1, 1873), born in Ghent, Kentucky

Ghent, Kentucky

Ghent is a town in Carroll County, Kentucky, Kentucky, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 371 at the 2000 United States Census....
. A congregational minister, he graduated Hamilton College

Hamilton College

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, New York

New York

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, in 1852 and was a member of the Delta Upsilon

Delta Upsilon

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fraternity. On July 18, 1852 he was ordained, after having been stated supply at Columbus City, Iowa

Columbus City, Iowa

Columbus City is a city in Louisa County, Iowa, Iowa, United States. The population was 376 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Muscatine, Iowa Muscatine micropolitan area....
and he became a student at Union Theological Seminary

Union Theological Seminary

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in Madison, New York

Madison, New York

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(1852-55). He was a teacher in Pennington, New Jersey

Pennington, New Jersey

Pennington is a Borough in Mercer County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 2,696....
(1855-56) and in Wilton, Minnesota

Wilton, Minnesota

Wilton is a city in Beltrami County, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States. The population was 186 at the 2000 census....
(1856-57). At Tivoli, Minnesota, an Indian Reservation

Indian reservation

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, he preached and served as a missionary and also served as stated supply (1861-71).

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Rev Edwin Otway Burnham (September 24, 1824 – August 1, 1873), born in Ghent, Kentucky

Ghent, Kentucky

Hamilton College

Hamilton College is a private, independent, Liberal arts colleges in the United States located in Clinton, Oneida County, New York, New York. In 2007, U.S....
, New York

New York

Delta Upsilon

Columbus City, Iowa

Union Theological Seminary

Union Theological Seminary may refer to:* Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, an ecumenical seminary affiliated with Columbia University in Manhattan...
in Madison, New York

Madison, New York

Pennington, New Jersey

Pennington is a Borough in Mercer County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 2,696....
(1855-56) and in Wilton, Minnesota

Wilton, Minnesota

Wilton is a city in Beltrami County, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States. The population was 186 at the 2000 census....
(1856-57). At Tivoli, Minnesota, an Indian Reservation

Indian reservation

New Ulm, Minnesota

New Ulm is a city in Brown County, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States. The population was 13,594 at the United States Census, 2000. It is the county seat of Brown County, Minnesota....
, helping to prevent the town from total destruction as it was attached by Taoyateduta

Taoyateduta

Little Crow was a chief of the Mdewakanton Dakota Sioux. His given name meant "His Red Nation," but he became known as Little Crow because of his father's name, Cetan Wakuwa Mani, which was mistranslated....
(Little Crow) and his Sioux

Sioux

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warriors in the Dakota War of 1862

Dakota War of 1862

The Dakota War of 1862 was an armed conflict between the United States and several bands of the eastern Sioux or Dakota people which began on August 17, 1862, along the Minnesota River in southwest Minnesota and ended with a mass capital punishment of thirty-eight Dakota on December 26, 1862, in Mankato, Minnesota....
. His failing health compelled him to give up the ministry, and from 1871 to 1873 he was an invalid living in California. He died of consumption in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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.

Burnham was a descendant of Thomas Burnham

Thomas Burnham

Thomas Burnham was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. A lawyer and landowner, he arrived in the American Colonies in 1637, and lived most of his adult live in Connecticut....
(1617–1688) of Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford is the Capital of the Connecticut. It is located in Hartford County, Connecticut on the Connecticut River, north of the center of the state, south of Springfield, Massachusetts....
, the first American ancestor of a large number of Burnhams. His father was Dr. Frederick Burnham (Novermber 16, 1787 - ca. March 31, 1829) of East Hartford, Connecticut

East Hartford, Connecticut

East Hartford is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States. The population was 49,575 at the 2000 United States Census....
and his mother was Harriet (Woolridge) Burnham (April 14, 1794 - April 23, 1830). On July 3, 1860, he married Rebecca (Elizabeth) Russell Burnham [Clapp] (July 12, 1842 - 1905) of Westminster

Westminster

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, Middlesex

Middlesex

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, England

England

Blue Earth, Minnesota

Blue Earth is a city in Faribault County, Minnesota, Minnesota, at the confluence of the east and west branches of the Blue Earth River. The population was 3,621 at the 2000 census....
. The family had three sons and one daughter, all born in Minnesota:

Frederick Russell Burnham
Frederick Russell Burnham

Frederick Russell Burnham, Distinguished Service Order was an United States military scout and world traveling adventurer known for his service to the British Army in colonial Africa and for teaching Scoutcraft to Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, thus becoming one of the inspirations for the founding of the international Scou...
(May 11, 1861 – September 1, 1947), the eldest son, became a highly decorated Major in the British Army
British Army

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, scouting in Africa and the United States, and the father of the international Scouting movement.
Edward Russell Burnham (November 29, 1863 – September 4, 1866)
Mary Maylin Burnham (November 7, 1867, July 14, 1868)
Mather Howard Burnham (May 27, 1870 – 1917), moved to Africa with his brother Fred, he was the chief chemist for a mine in Johannesburg, South Africa. With Fred, he left Africa in 1897 and moved permanently to England.