Charles Alonzo Burns was a Massachusetts

Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

 businessman and politician who served on the Board of Aldermen, and as the fifteenth Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts

Somerville, Massachusetts

Somerville is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, located just north of Boston. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 75,754 and was the most densely populated municipality in New England. It is also the 17th most densely populated incorporated place in...

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Early life

Burns was born on January 3, 1863 in Wilton, New Hampshire

Wilton, New Hampshire

- Demographics :As of the census of 2000, there were 3,743 people, 1,410 households, and 1,023 families living in the town. The population density was 145.3 people per square mile . There were 1,451 housing units at an average density of 56.3 per square mile...

 to Charles Henry and Sarah Naomi (Mills) Burns.

Education

Burns attended St Paul's School

St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)

St. Paul's School is a highly selective college-preparatory, coeducational boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire affiliated with the Episcopal Church. The school is one of only six remaining 100% residential boarding schools in the U.S. The New Hampshire campus currently serves 533 students,...

 in Concord, New Hampshire

Concord, New Hampshire

The city of Concord is the capital of the state of New Hampshire in the United States. It is also the county seat of Merrimack County. As of the 2010 census, its population was 42,695....

, and Chauncey Hall School in Boston, from which he graduated in 1881.

Family life

Burns was married on to Lulie C. Jones, they had three children Robert A., Charles Henry, and
Elizabeth. Lulie Burns died on August 25, 1896.

Business career

Burns first entered into the business of manufacturing cotton yarn in Wilton

Wilton, New Hampshire

- Demographics :As of the census of 2000, there were 3,743 people, 1,410 households, and 1,023 families living in the town. The population density was 145.3 people per square mile . There were 1,451 housing units at an average density of 56.3 per square mile...

. Burns later managed soapstone quarries in Chester, Vermont

Chester, Vermont

Chester is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 3,044 at the 2000 census. The town was originally chartered by New Hampshire Governor Benning Wentworth as Flamstead in 1754. The terms of the charter were not met and the town was re-chartered as New Flamstead in 1761...

 and in Virginia. Burns moved to Somerville in 1893 and worked as the president of the Union Soapstone Co.

Later years and death

In 1927 Burns moved to Winchester, Massachusetts

Winchester, Massachusetts

Winchester is a town located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, eight miles north of Boston. With its agricultural roots having mostly disappeared, it is now an affluent suburb...

, he died there on December 31, 1930.