Charles Winslow Burpee (13 November 1859,

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– 13 May 1945) was an American

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Early life

Burpee attended Rockville (Connecticut) High School, and graduated from

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in 1883. Like his brother Lucius Francis Burpee, he was a member of

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. He was also chairman of the editorial board of the ''Yale Daily News'' during his senior year.

Career

He was city editor of the '' Waterbury American'', from 1883 to 1891, and then removed to

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, where he became a part owner of the '' Bridgeport Standard''. He left the ''Standard'' in 1895 to become state editor of the ''

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'', of which he was managing editor from 1900 to 1904. He left newspapers in 1904, to become head of the educational and editorial departments of the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company of Hartford. He remained at this company until 1935. In 1930 he became editor of ''

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'', a position he held for five years. Burpee also was active in the military. In 1892, he was appointed adjutant of the 4th Regiment, in

. In the same year, he was made captain of Company K of the 4th Regiment. He was also inspector of small arms practice on the staff of the 1st Regiment in Hartford. He retired in 1897, with the rank of captain. He served as a volunteer aide on the staff of the 1st Regiment of the Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, in the early part of the Spanish war. He enlisted in the 1st Regiment of the Connecticut National Guard during the

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, and became a 2nd lieutenant in Company A, 2nd Regiment. He was historian of the First Regiment, and author of ''Military History of Waterbury'' (1891); ''History of Hartford County'' (1928); ''A Century in Hartford'' (1931); ''Connecticut in Colonial Wars'' (1933) and ''Story of Connecticut'', (1939). Burpee was member of the

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and the Twilight Club of Hartford.

Personal life

Burpee's parents were Thomas F. Burpee and Adeline M. Harwood.BURPEE, Charles Winslow
in ''

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'' (1901-1902 edition); via

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He married Bertha Stiles, said to be a descendant of Yale President

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, on November 5, 1885, and they had one son, Stiles Burpee.

References

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