George Benjamin Burch (1836 - 1901)

Born 22 Mar 1836 in Lyons, Wayne, New York, United States

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Died 2 May 1901 at age 65 in Dubuque, Iowa, United States

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Biography

(Born Lyons, NY, Mar. 22, 1836 - Died Dubuque, IA., May 2, 1901). Mayor. Burch served as the mayor of Dubuque in 1876, 1877 and 1878. Involved in the lumber business, he was also president of the Second National Bank and the Dubuque and Northwestern Railway. Burch served on the boards of the Norwegian Plow Company and the High Bridge Company and was a trustee of the Carneige-Stout Library, Home of the Friendless, and Finley Hospital.

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97651124/george-benjamin-burch

• 1885 Iowa State Census

• "Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJP-PMJS : 17 March 2018), Geo B Burch, 02 May 1901; citing Death, Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States, page 10, offices of county clerk from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,035,381.

• United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9KX-2R3 : accessed 29 September 2019), Gorge B Burch, Julien Township, District 3 Dubuque city Ward 2, Dubuque, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 101, sheet 8A, family 153, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.)

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD2Z-D2Z : 14 August 2017), George Burch, Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 175, sheet 212C, NARA microfilm publication T9.