Tuolumne County Biographies

C. BURDEN

Submitted by: Nancy Pratt Melton

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Born in England, in 1823, Mr. Burden was early apprenticed to the 
cabinet-maker�s trade.  His father dying when the son was but fifteen years of 
age, he was com�pelled, notwithstanding his youth, to take upon himself the 
support of the family.  Marrying Miss Caroline Hellier, in 1840, the young 
couple set out for America, coming in 1853 to San Francisco.  Mining for two 
years at Brown�s Flat, Mr. Burden next came to Sonora, and opened the furniture 
establishment and which he still conducts.
The names of his children are: Elizabeth N, Charles Henry, William Frederick G. 
Another, Carrie the Elizabeth, died, much lamented, January 11, 1882.

�A History of Tuolumne County, California� B.F. Alley, 1882.  Pg. 404.