Erastus Burnham

Wood Memorial Library & Museum, South Windsor, CT

Ask for: Erastus W. Burnham Collection (accession 2004.09.001, Civil War letters to wife Mary, 1862-1864); Everett Miller card catalogue — https://woodmemorial.pastperfectonline.com/archive/16189AD5-F215-484A-A16F-832648071170. Holds letters and biography of Erastus Williams Burnham (1834-1921) of South Windsor

Connecticut State Library / Center Cemetery, South Windsor

Ask for: Death certificate April 1921 South Windsor; Hale Cemetery Collection headstone inscription; Record of Service of Connecticut Men. Confirm death date and burial in Center Cemetery; service record 12th CT Inf. and 1st CT Heavy Artillery

Wood Memorial PastPerfect biography page (Burnham, Erastus W.)

Ask for: Read biography: enlisted 12th CT Volunteers Dec 28 1861, discharged for disability Jan 14 1863; re-enlisted Jan 5 1864 Co. A 1st CT Heavy Artillery, discharged Sept 25 1865; buried Center Cemetery, South Windsor — https://woodmemorial.pastperfectonline.com/byperson?keyword=Burnham%2C+Erastus+W.. Site refused automated reading; the search snippet suggests these facts but they are unverified here

Wood Memorial Library & Museum, South Windsor, CT (PastPerfect online)

windsor, ct

Ask for: Biographical record "Burnham, Erastus W. - Erastus Williams Burnham" and Erastus W. Burnham Collection incl. 2004.09.001 Civil War Letters — https://woodmemorial.pastperfectonline.com/byperson?keyword=Burnham%2C+Erastus+W.. Search snippet says: enlisted 12th CT Dec 28 1861, discharged Jan 14 1863; reenlisted Jan 5 1864 Co. A 1st CT Heavy Artillery, discharged Sept 25 1865; tobacco farmer; buried Center Cemetery, South Windsor; Holyoke 1883-1899. Site refused (403) so not read.

New Bedford Whaling Museum / whalinghistory.org

windsor, ct

Ask for: Voyage record for the Hannibal 1851-1854 and the Erastus W. "Brunham" crew entry AE061341029 — https://whalinghistory.org. Crew entry (born South Windsor, age 18, 1851) matches the encyclopedia's whaling voyage at age 17; the Hong Kong/Perry story could be checked against the voyage log.

Connecticut State Library / South Windsor town clerk; Rodman Post GAR East Hartford

Ask for: Death record April 11, 1921 and burial record (cemetery) for Erastus William Burnham; GAR post records; Civil War service file (1st Conn. Heavy Artillery). Obituary-style biography gives death in South Windsor 11 Apr 1921 but burial place is not named; roster entry for "Burnham, Erastus" in Company A of 1st CVHA was seen but company/identity not confirmed

Wood Memorial Library & Museum (PastPerfect online), South Windsor CT

Ask for: Read the person record "Burnham, Erastus W." and collection 2004.09.001 "Erastus Burnham Civil War Letters" (site refused automated reading; open in a browser) — https://woodmemorial.pastperfectonline.com/byperson?keyword=Burnham%2C+Erastus+W.. Search snippet (not read as a record) says: enlisted 12th Conn. Vols. Inf. 28 Dec 1861, discharged for disability 14 Jan 1863; reenlisted 5 Jan 1864 Co. A 1st Conn. Heavy Artillery, discharged 25 Sept 1865; buried Center Cemetery, South Windsor; married Mary Graham Devine 15 May 1855. Needs checking against the page.

Wood Memorial Library & Museum / Watershed History Collective, South Windsor CT

South Windsor, Connecticut

Ask for: Erastus W. Burnham Collection (PastPerfect online record "Burnham, Erastus W. - Erastus Williams Burnham"); Civil War letters to wife Mary; Everett Miller Genealogical Card Catalogue — https://woodmemorial.pastperfectonline.com/byperson?keyword=Burnham%2C+Erastus+W.. Catalogue snippet (site refused automated reading) gives born 28 Apr 1834 South Windsor, died 11 Apr 1921 South Windsor, whaling at 17 for 3 years, Hong Kong police 1853, Holyoke MA moulder/paper mills, Co. A 1st Conn. Heavy Artillery, GAR posts, buried Center Cemetery. Family should read it in a browser to verify.

Wood Memorial Library & Museum (PastPerfect online, object 2004.09.001)

South Windsor, Connecticut

Ask for: "Erastus Burnham Civil War Letters" 2004.09.001: 75+ letters 1862-1865 between Erastus Williams Burnham and wife Mary, naming children and siblings; also the record states 12th Conn. Inf. enlistment 28 Dec 1861, disability discharge 14 Jan 1863, reenlistment 5 Jan 1864 Co. A 1st Conn. Heavy Artillery, discharge 25 Sep 1865 — https://woodmemorial.pastperfectonline.com/archive/16189AD5-F215-484A-A16F-832648071170. Site blocked automated reading; search snippets only. Resolves the 12th Infantry vs 1st Heavy Artillery question (both served per this snippet and Connecticut rosters).

Connecticut State Library / Hartford vital records; Center Cemetery, South Windsor

South Windsor, Connecticut

Ask for: Death record of Erastus Williams Burnham, 11 Apr 1921 South Windsor; burial in Center Cemetery; Hartford Courant obituary April 1921; Civil War pension file (NARA, 12th CT Inf / 1st CT Heavy Art.). No primary death/burial record was readable in this session; catalogue snippet gives death date and burial only secondhand.

National Archives (NARA)

South Windsor, Connecticut

Ask for: Pension file / compiled service records for Erastus W. Burnham, 12th Connecticut Infantry (enl. Jan 1862) and 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery (enl. Jan 5, 1864, mustered out Sept 25, 1865). Confirms service, disability discharge 1863, and later residence/family

South Windsor Town Clerk / Connecticut State Library

South Windsor, Connecticut

Ask for: Death record April 11, 1921; burial and Rodman Post GAR burial service records; cemetery listing. Burial place not yet found

Wood Memorial Library, South Windsor

South Windsor, Connecticut

Ask for: Browser check: Whitehead 'Midnight in America' (IA midnightinameric0000whit) was blocked to this tool; notes cite Burnham letters of Dec. 1864 held at the library. Primary wartime letters of Erastus Burnham and Mary Burnham

Wood Memorial Library & Museum (Watershed History Collective), South Windsor CT

South Windsor, Connecticut

Ask for: Erastus W. Burnham collection, 1848-2010 (ctswifwm_fwm2004-09): Civil War letters with wife Mary, biography file. PastPerfect record "Burnham, Erastus W." (woodmemorial.pastperfectonline.com) — site refused; read in browser. Its snippet gives death 1921 Apr 11, buried Center Cemetery, 12th/1st Conn Heavy Artillery Co. A, whaling at 17, Hong Kong police 1853. — https://woodmemorial.pastperfectonline.com/byperson?keyword=Burnham%2C+Erastus+W.. Principal institutional holder of the ancestor's papers and biography

Connecticut Archives Online (WCSU Arclight) — Erastus W. Burnham collection, 1848-2010 (ctswifwm_fwm2004-09)

South Windsor, Connecticut

Ask for: Open the finding aid in a browser for the biographical note and series list (Series 1 Correspondence 1851-1916; whaling letters aboard Hannibal 1851-1852; Civil War letters). — https://archives.library.wcsu.edu/caoSearch/catalog/ctswifwm_fwm2004-09. Finding aid refused to the tool (robots); likely holds death, burial, service details.

National Archives / Connecticut State Library

South Windsor, Connecticut

Ask for: Compiled service record and pension file for Erastus W. Burnham, Co. A, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery (also named in a local source as 12th Connecticut Volunteers — conflicting); Connecticut adjutant-general roster.. Unit is stated differently in sources; service record would settle it. Also Center Cemetery, South Windsor burial and 1921 death record.

South Windsor vital records / Everett Miller Genealogical Card Catalogue, Wood Memorial Library

South Windsor, Connecticut

Ask for: Birth record of Erastus Williams Burnham, 28 Apr 1834: father's name. Sources conflict: 1869 Burnham genealogy lists him among children of William Burnham and Emeline Parsons; the 1884 genealogy and the Wood collection letter ("to father, Erastus W. Burnham Sr.") give father Erastus W. Burnham. Also death 11 Apr 1921 and Center Cemetery burial.. Resolve the father's identity; both fathers are recorded as unresolved.

Center Cemetery, South Windsor CT / Hale Collection, Connecticut State Library

South Windsor, Connecticut

Ask for: Headstone inscription and burial record for Erastus W. Burnham, d. April 11, 1921; South Windsor town death record. Wood Memorial summary says he is buried in Center Cemetery; not confirmed from a readable record.

Connecticut State Library / Rodman Post GAR, East Hartford; Kilpatrick Post 71 GAR, Holyoke

South Windsor, Connecticut

Ask for: GAR post rosters and burial service records for Erastus W. Burnham (d. 11 Apr 1921); 1890 veterans schedule for Holyoke, MA. Biography says he belonged to these posts and Rodman Post conducted his burial; the nickname "Rasp" was not found in any record read.