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BURTON EDMUND CANFIELD
Originally published in 1900 |
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BURTON EDMUND CANFIELD, of Kearny, was born in Davenport,
Iowa, April 24, 1.870, being the only son of George D. and Harriet E. (Hadley)
Canfield and a grandson of George W. Canfield and Julia A. Case. His
maternal great-grandfather, a Hoyt, served in the Revolutionary War.
Mr. Canfield was educated in the public schools of Kearny and at the New Jersey Business College. Subsequently he became a bookkeeper in New York. Resigning that position, he engaged in the real estate business in Kearny, in which he still continues under the firm name of George D. Canfield & Son. He is a stanch Republican, active and influential in party affairs, and served as Town Clerk of Kearny in 1896-97 and Town Treasurer in 1898-99. He is a member and President of the Board of Education, a member of the Davis Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church of Harrison, a member of the Royal Arcanum, and a public spirited, enterprising citizen. Mr. Canfield married Millie B. Remey, by whom he has one son, George R.
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