Palatiah W. Burr
Palatiah W. Burr was from New England or New York. He married somewhat late in life. He was a student and the antitheses of Edgington, for he was energetic and industrious, though somewhat peculiar and reserved. For a time the firm was Bartley, Burr & Humphrey. Burr sold his property in Mansfield and purchased a farm near Ganges and pursued in the later years of his life the vocation of a farmer. He was well read and among his neighbors was looked upon as a book-farmer, but he did well on the farm and established better health by his outdoor employment. On his decease his widow and children returned to Mansfield and one daughter became the wife of Col. E.H. Sweeny, with whom, after the death of Mrs. Burr, the surviving family removed to New York, where Col. Sweeny, who was a believer in Swedenborg's religious doctrines, became the business manager of the publication office of the New Jerusalem newspaper and the books issued by that church. Burr, if he had remained in the practice, would possibly have left his family more of an estate, but he chose for his old age the sweets, as well as the tarts of the farmer, and who can say he was not wise?
From Richland Shield & Banner: December 8, 1894, Vol. LXXVII, No. 30