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Hiram Burnett (born July 5, 1817 at Southborough, Massachusetts - died 1906, in Seattle, Washington) was a well-known pioneer of the Puget Sound country, and an honored citizen of Seattle. ==Family and early life== His parents were Charles Ripley Burnett and Kezia (Pond) Burnett, both natives of Massachusetts and descendants of colony pioneer ancestry, all of whom followed agricultural pursuits. His father and grandfather made ropes and harnesses as well as farmed. Hiram Burnett's brother Joseph Burnett was a chemical inventor who originated American manufacture of vanilla extract and founded St. Mark's School in Southborough. Hiram's brother Henry Burnett a fireman and sister Mrs. Parker later Burnell joined him in Seattle. Hiram Burnett arranged passage for them with Asa Mercer. He was educated in the public schools of the town of Southborough, Massachusetts and at the city of Worcester, Massachusetts. At the age of eighteen years he began learning the carpenter's trade in Framingham, and after four years of service went to Slatersville, Rhode Island, where he continued in that occupation. He was married in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1845, to Miss Elizabeth Merriam Gibbs of Framingham, and continued to reside in the State of Rhode Island until 1852, when, after providing comfortable arrangements for his family he started for California. Arriving in San Francisco, he found ready employment in one of the planing mills at $7 per day. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hiram Burnett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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