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BURDEN, George
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BURDEN, George. (Devonshire, England, Sept. 27, 1814--Dubuque, IA, Apr. 27, 1889). Real estate developer and banker. Burden, father of George A. BURDEN, came to Dubuque in 1857 and entered the real estate business with Benjamin Billings RICHARDS (in the firm of Taylor, Richards and Burden) before going into the business alone. For a time, Burden served as a director of FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DUBUQUE. He left banking in 1860 to concentrate full-time on real estate investments that he developed throughout the community.
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Source:
History of Dubuque County Iowa. Chicago: Western History Company, 1880