Background
Burleigh, George Shepard was born on March 26, 1821 in Plainfield, Connecticut, United States. Son of Rinaldo and Lydia (Bradford) Burleigh.
Burleigh, George Shepard was born on March 26, 1821 in Plainfield, Connecticut, United States. Son of Rinaldo and Lydia (Bradford) Burleigh.
Common school education. Reared on farm.
Author: The Maniac, and Other Poems. Signal Fires on the Trail of the Pathfinder (volunteer of Fremont campaign poetry). Edited Charter Oak, an anti-slavery paper, in Hartford, Connecticut Translated Victor Hugo’s The Legend of the Centuries, 1874 XI. Home: Providence, Rhode Island
Married Ruth Burgess, March 17, 1849.