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I. Townsend Burden

Isaiah Townsend Burden (February 21, 1838 – April 23, 1913) was prominent American member of New York Society during the Gilded Age.[1]

I. Townsend Burden
Born
Isaiah Townsend Burden

(1838-02-21)February 21, 1838
Troy, New York
DiedApril 23, 1913(1913-04-23) (aged 75)
Manhattan, New York
EducationRussell's Academy
Spouse
Evelyn Byrd Moale
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(m. 1871)​
Children4
Parent(s)Henry Burden
Helen McOuat
RelativesWilliam A. M. Burden Sr. (son)
William Fletcher Burden (brother)
James A. Burden Jr. (nephew)
Shirley Carter Burden (grandson)
William A. M. Burden (grandson)

Early life

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Burden was born February 21, 1838, in Troy, New York, the fifth son of Helen (née McOuat) (1802–1860) and Henry Burden (1791–1871), the founder of Burden Iron Works.[2] His siblings were Peter Abercrombie Burden (1822–1866), Margaret Elizabeth Burden (1824–1915), Helen Burden (1826–1891), Henry James Burden (1828–1846), William Fletcher Burden (1830–1867), James Abercrombie Burden (1833–1906), and Jessie Burden (1840–1917).[2]

Burden received a public school education and completed studies at Russell's Academy, a private academy in New Haven, Connecticut.[3]

Career

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Following his studies, at age 19, he began working for his father's company, Burden Iron Works. His father was known as the "Ironmaster of Troy."[1] The company was reorganized in 1881, ten years after his father's death, and he became an almost 50% owner,[4] with his brother James A. Burden, until his death in 1913.[3][5] After his brother James's death in 1906, his nephew, James A. Burden Jr., became more heavily involved in the company.[6][7]

He also served as president of Port Huron Iron Company and was one of the organizers of the Knickerbocker Trust Co. of New York, of which he held a large ownership interest. He was also a trustee of the Lake Champlain and Moriah Railroad Company, and president of Bailey's Beach in Newport.[3]

Society life

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"Fairlawn," in Newport, 1852.

Burden and his wife were members of the infamous "Four Hundred" of New York Society, as dictated by Caroline Schermerhorn Astor and Ward McAllister and published in The New York Times on February 16, 1892.[8][9] His wife was credited with introducing Harry Lehr to high society at their home in Newport.[10] He was also a member of the Union Club, the Newport Casino, and was President of the Spouting Rock Beach Association of Newport.[1]

He purchased former Vice President of the United States and New York Governor Levi P. Morton's residence, designed by Seth C. Bradford and built in 1852–1853. The home was known as "Fairlawn" and was located on Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island.[3][10] In 1870, Morton had Richard Morris Hunt, designer of Ochre Court, add a ballroom to the house for a visit by Ulysses S. Grant shortly after he became president.[11] In 1881, McKim, Mead and White designed family rooms on the second floor over the ballroom and added Tiffany & Co. stained glass windows to the Great Hall.[12] When Burden bought the home from Morton in 1900,[13] he commissioned Peabody and Stearns to add a curved porch. After his death, the home was passed to his children.[14]

Personal life

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His eldest son, I. T. Burden Jr. (second from left in the back row), while on the Harvard Golf Team, 1897

On April 18, 1871, he was married to Evelyn Byrd Moale (1847–1916),[15] a daughter of William Armistead Moale (1800–1880) of Baltimore, Maryland,[16] who was a descendant of the Carter and Byrd families of Virginia. Her sister Judith Carter Moale was married to Robert Livingston Cutting Jr., a prominent banker.[17] Together, they were the parents of four children:

Burden died on April 23, 1913.[1][3][28] Following his death, he was buried at the Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands, New York.[1]

Descendants

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Through his son William, he was the paternal grandfather of William Armistead Moale Burden Jr. (1906–1984),[29] a banker[30] who served as U.S. Ambassador to Belgium from 1959 to 1961,[31][32] and Shirley Carter Burden (1908–1989), a prominent photographer.[33]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "I. T. BURDEN, VICTIM OF APOPLEXY; Well-Known Figure In New York and Newport Passes Away at Age of' 75". The New York Times. 24 April 1913. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b William F. Burden, Born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., March 14, 1830. Died at Troy, N.Y., December 7, 1867. 1867. p. 7. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography Being The History of The United States. New York: James T. White & Company. 1916. p. 327. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  4. ^ Glaeser, Edward L.; Goldin, Claudia (2007). Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History. University of Chicago Press. p. 136. ISBN 9780226299594. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  5. ^ The Iron Age. Chilton Company. 1893. p. 467. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  6. ^ "JAMES A. BURDEN'S WILL.; Bequests Made to Widow, Sons, and Business Associates". The New York Times. 19 October 1906. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  7. ^ "James A. Burden Dead In Syosset". The New York Times. June 2, 1932. Retrieved 2015-08-04. President of Iron Company Bearing the Family Name Victim of Embolism. Sequel To An Accident. Prominent In New York Society Prince of Wales Entertained at Woodside, His Estate
  8. ^ McAllister, Ward (16 February 1892). "THE ONLY FOUR HUNDRED | WARD M'ALLISTER GIVES OUT THE OFFICIAL LIST. HERE ARE THE NAMES, DON'T YOU KNOW, ON THE AUTHORITY OF THEIR GREAT LEADER, YOU UNDER- STAND, AND THEREFORE GENUINE, YOU SEE" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  9. ^ King, Moses (1899). Notable New Yorkers of 1869-1899: A Companion Volume to King's Handbook of New York City. Moses King. p. 568. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  10. ^ a b Morris, Edward (2012). Rogues and Heroes of Newport's Gilded Age. Arcadia Publishing. p. 78. ISBN 9781614236665. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  11. ^ Newport Historical Society (August 9, 2016). "History Bytes: Vice President Morton". Newport Historical Society. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  12. ^ "Young Building". www.salve.edu. Salve Regina University. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  13. ^ "THE NEWS OF NEWPORT". The New York Times. January 17, 1904. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  14. ^ "JURY SEES BURDEN ESTATE.; Acts in First Dispute Over Newport Assessments". The New York Times. 30 June 1925. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  15. ^ "MRS. I. TOWNSEND BURDEN; Widow of Iron Manufacturer Dies of Heart Disease in-Her 70th Year". The New York Times. 30 April 1916. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  16. ^ Magruder, Alexander Contee; Miller, Oliver; Brewer Jr., Nicholas; Stockett, John Shaaf; Brantly, William Theophilus; Perkins, William Henry; Tiffany, Herbert Thorndike; Coan, Malcolm J. (1917). Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of Maryland. p. 553. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  17. ^ "DISINHERITS SON NOW DEAD. Mrs. Cutting in Will Declares Robert Was Undutiful and Disloyal". The Washington Post. July 4, 1915. p. 5. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  18. ^ "Portrait, Mr. Robert Goelet and Miss Evelyn Byrd Burden, Hyde Ball". collections.mcny.org. Museum of the City of New York. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  19. ^ "MISS E. BURDEN HURT, FAMILY HOME BURNED; Fire Caused by Overturning of an Alcohol Lamp. Plucky Maid, Rescued by a Policemen, Also Suffering from Burns -- Butler Escapes with Aid of Telegraph Wires". The New York Times. 1903. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  20. ^ "I. TOWNSEND BURDEN DIES IN NEWPORT, 77". The New York Times. 20 July 1953. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  21. ^ "MRS. I. TOWNSEND BURDEN". The New York Times. 11 August 1949. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  22. ^ "W.A.M. BURDEN DIES OF STRANGE MALADY; Chronic Recurrent Fever the Only Name Physicians Can Give It -- No Remedy. AN ATHLETE AT HARVARD Married Miss Twombly, Granddaughter of the Late W.H. Vanderbilt, in 1904". The New York Times. 3 February 1909. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  23. ^ "Mrs. William A.M. Burden Dies; Donor to Church and Schools". The New York Times. 19 November 1969. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  24. ^ "WORLD OF FASHION AT THE TWOMBLY WEDDING; William A.M. Burden Marries H. McK. Twombly's Daughter. FIFTH AVENUE IS CROWDED Ceremony at St. Thomas's Church -- Mr. and Mrs. Burden Will Go to the Far East on Honeymoon". The New York Times. 13 April 1904. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  25. ^ "MRS. DOW'S FUNERAL HELD ON LONG ISLAND; Members of Society and Nassau County Officials Pay Tribute at Service in Brookville". The New York Times. 2 August 1935. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  26. ^ "DAVID DOWS DIES: EX-SHERIFF ON L.I; Also Cattle Breeder, 4-Goal Polo Player, Researcher". The New York Times. 15 August 1966. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  27. ^ "DAVID DOWS WEDS GWENDOLYN BURDEN; Fashionable Throng in Grace Church at Marriage of Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Burden". The New York Times. 13 December 1911. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  28. ^ "BURDEN ESTATE IN TRUST.; Value Estimated at "More Than $20,000" -- $10,000 to Church". The New York Times. 3 May 1913. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  29. ^ Pace, Eric (11 October 1984). "WILLIAM BURDEN, EX-MUSEUM PRESIDENT, DIES". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  30. ^ "INVESTMENT FIRM FORMED; William A. M. Burden & Co. Plans to Handle Own Capital". The New York Times. 19 July 1949. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  31. ^ "Envoy in the Air Age; William Armistead Moale Burden". The New York Times. September 4, 1959. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  32. ^ Beaver, William S. (16 June 2002). "IN BUSINESS; Acres of Affordable Housing On Chappaqua's Drawing Board". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  33. ^ "Shirley Burden, 80, a Writer-Photographer". The New York Times. 5 June 1989. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
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