Charles Branscomb

Charles Henry Branscomb (June 16, 1822  January 3, 1891) was a person in the New England Emigrant Aid Society. He and Charles L. Robinson helped create the city of Lawrence, Kansas in 1854.
Life
Branscomb was born in Newmarket, New Hampshire on June 16, 1822. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1845, and he graduated from Cambridge in 1848. In the 1850s, he joined the New England Emigrant Aid Company.

In 1854, he and Charles Robinson went to the Kansas Territory. They were looking for a good place to make a city. They found a place, and it became Lawrence, Kansas. He led the first people to Lawrence. 

In the 1860s, Branscomb moved to St. Louis. In 1874, he came back to Lawrence. He ran for Governor of Kansas, but he lost. Note: the website misspells Branscomb's last name as "Brancombe". In 1890, he moved to Denver, Colorado. He died on January 3, 1891 of pneumonia. 

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Category:Lawrence, Kansas
Category:19th-century American politicians