| 词条 | Mills O. Burnham |
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|name=Mills Olcott Burnham |image=File:Cape Canaveral Lighthouse keeper Mills Burnham.jpg |office=Member of the Florida House of Representatives from St. Lucia County |term_start=1847 |term_end=1851 |predecessor= |successor= |birth_date={{birth date|1817|09|08}}[1] |birth_place=Thetford, Vermont[1] |death_date={{death date and age|1886|04|17|1817|09|08}} |restingplace=Burnham family cemetery on Cape Canaveral |death_place=Canaveral, Florida |residence=Canaveral, Florida |alma_mater=Watervliet Government Arsenal[1] |spouse=Mary McCuen (m. 1835)[1] |children=2 boys, Mills Jr., Thadeus; five girls Frances, Anne, Mary, Lucy }} Mills Olcott Burnham (September 8, 1817 – April 17, 1886) was a Florida settler and member of the Florida House of Representatives from St. Lucia County. Early lifeMills Olcott Burnham was born September 8, 1817 in Thetford, Vermont, the son of Timothy Burnham, and Catherine Young.[2] He was raised in Troy, New York,[1] and served an apprenticeship in the Watervliet Government Arsenal, learning gunsmithing. Florida settler at SusannaHe moved to Florida for health reasons in 1837, and brought his wife and two children in August 1839. They originally settled in Garey's Ferry,[1] near Jacksonville. With the Armed Occupation Act, he filed a claim to settle in the area now known as Ankona, just south of present-day Fort Pierce, which was then called Susanna. He introduced pineapple cultivation, which would later prove to be a significant crop for the area. He was the first sheriff of what was then St. Lucia County in 1847. In order to supplement his income, he purchased a schooner, which he named "The Josephine" which he used to become a commercial fisherman. He harvested green sea turtles, and sold them in Charleston. He took good care of his cargo during shipping, and developed a reputation for quality goods. Burnham also raised sheep. Political careerBurnham was a member of the Florida House of Representatives[3] from 1847–51.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} Florida settler at CanaveralAfter hostilities with natives, in August 1849, the Burnham's and most of the other settlers left the colony and fled to safety in St. Augustine.[1] He and his family which now included three more daughters, moved to Canaveral, in 1853. He was the keeper of the Cape Canaveral Light for 30 years beginning in 1853.[4] Mills died on April 17, 1886, at age 68.[5][6] See also
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 McGoun, William E., Southeast Florida Pioneers: The Palm and Treasure Coasts {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Burnham, Mills O.}}2. ^"International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/9VMN-86S : accessed 2014-02-17), entry for Mills Olcott Burnham. 3. ^{{cite book | title = A Journal of the Proceedings of the House of Representatives | publisher = Florida Legislature | year = 1847 | url = https://books.google.ca/books?id=-EcUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false | pages = 60}} 4. ^{{cite book | title = Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey Showing the Progress of the Survey During the Year 1859 | publisher = U.S. Government Printing Office | year = 1860 | url = https://books.google.ca/books?id=q3ExAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR1#v=onepage&q&f=false | pages = 320}} 5. ^St. Lucie Historical Society {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223023723/http://martincountydemocr.easycgi.com/stlucie/burnham.html |date=February 23, 2014 }} 6. ^Shofner, Jerrell H., History of Brevard County Volume 1 14 : 1817 births|1886 deaths|Citrus farmers|Florida settlers|Florida sheriffs|Gunsmiths|History of Brevard County, Florida|American lighthouse keepers|Members of the Florida House of Representatives|People from Cape Canaveral, Florida|People from Thetford, Vermont|People from St. Lucie County, Florida|Shepherds|Politicians from Troy, New York |
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