Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-11-24
OBITUARY.
Grant ~. burrows.

G. II. Burrows died at his home, e99
South Union street, Sunday morning
after long ilness
Grant Howard Burrows, born in Cbau-
tauqua county, N. Y, March 10, 1857 was
one OF that army Of vigorous young Amer
leans who in the middle Of the last CEN
fury, heard the call. young man, go
Vest"
he was Of old New England stock his
fathers family having been the first to
settle IN Mystic. Conn, moving there
from Massachusetts, holding grants and
special privileges from the Massachusett
Colony. Later. the burrows family was
among the first freeholders of New Lon
don, Conn. They were descended from
an old county family In England, and
many of the New England branch rem
dered conspicuous service. particularly IN
the naval actions OF the Revolution and
the War Of lSl-. His mother was Martha
Maria Grant, a member of the famous
Grant family Of Windsor. Conn. and from
her Mr.. Burrows inherited the Grant te-
naclty illustrated In the Grant family mot
~. stand fast" and IN the military
career Of its most conspicuous descend
ant. His grandfather moved from Con-
rcctcut to Troy, y. Y, and there Mr.
Burrows lived until 81 years OF age.
except for a hrct period in his early
manhood which was spent in what was
then the far west. Chautauqua county.
lie was educated in private schools and
at Troy Conference academy at Poult-
ney. His natural bent led him to prefer
technical TO the usual college training
and as there was no academic technical
training In this country NJ that
time he freely apprenticed himself TO four
years to the y. & j. E. Gurley CO.
OF Troy, manufacturers Of fine philosophi-
cal and surveying Instruments In spite
Of theIaughter OF his friends he stuck out
his time. and always spoke of these four
years as his college course. Mr. Burrow
never followed or intended 10 follow.
the trade thus ,steced.
He married Clorinda N. Jones at
West Charlotte on March ls. 1862.
Seven children were born to them. all
OF whom survive his death.
HIS years Of active business life
were identified with the commercial
development OF the middle West. There
his fearlessness and initiative reached
their highest usefulness. He was one
OF the many striking personalities IN
that era OF individual enterprise I'M
, med.ately preceding the modern epoch
of Capitalization. The advantages OF
the more modern meth ID. Mr.. Bur
rows was quick to see and, in some OF
It's phases he ala pioneer work HIS
natural leadership and his singular
ability as q platform speaker led to
his frequent call TO accept political Of
! fce but this he consistently and un-
waveringly declined. His interest In
politics was keen. hut always that OF
private citizen. His original inten-
tion on going West" had been TO To-
disordered condition which preceded
the outbreak of the Civil War was
IN ost unfavorable to business opera
tons in that city and he moved to
Cincinnati, where he was met and en-
couraged by the father OF President
Taft. whose kindness and helpfulness
he never forgot.
| Then Mr.. Burrows's first commercial
venture was the Introduction o. SLATE
roofing into the West. and the connection
thus established led to his Identification
with the manufacture OF slate and mar
BILE mantels at Cincinnati Ohio, The In
dustry prospered for many years and wa
a factor In the growth Of the city anC
laid the foundation for a number OF YER,
| considerable family fortunes
| During the Civil War II was his lot 4
be thrown in with the picturesque, 70
mantle, but relatively less mportan
border-land disorders He had been
member of one OF the numerous semi
military protective organizations OF st
Louis and was associated with DR.. Post
famous church militant. He was in tn
Virginias during the earlier hostilities 81
disastrous to the Union army, and late
became a member of what was know
as the home guard for protection agains
the Morgan raids and similar guerilla In
cursions In Cincinnati ne became
member Of the then Influential Lincoll
club of that city, also of the Unity club
and later of the Cincinnati Commercial
club.
After the war he became. for a time
deeply Interested in development worl
about Cincinnati; leased. operated ant
extended "a local suburban railroad. es
tablished and fostered into permanent
prosperity two suburban communities
and was strong factor in the uphuildinI
OF his home village OF Wyoming. wher
his residence was among the notably at
tractive suburban estates about Cinciii
natl. In Wyoming he was leader Il
civic progress and religious activity. Mi
Burrows was a member of the Wyoming
Presbyterian church and a regular at
tendGnt at public worship. He was
Jealous worker in such lay activities a