Latham Avery Burrows (August 30, 1792 Groton,

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– September 25, 1855

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) was an American politician from

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Life

He was the son of Rev. Roswell Burrows (1768–1837) and Jerusha (Avery) Burrows (1771–1838). He removed to

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. In 1816, he married Sarah Lester. He was a

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, voting for

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and

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. Burrows was Clerk of

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from 1821 to 1822. He was a member of the

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(6th D.) from 1824 to 1827, sitting in the 47th, 48th, 49th and

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s. In 1848, he was Collector of Tolls for the

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at Buffalo. New York State Comptroller Lorenzo Burrows (1805–1885) was his brother.

Sources

''History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut''
by Richard Anson Wheeler (1900; pg. 283)
''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 125ff, 139, 326 and 386; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)

at

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Marriage notice
transcribed from the ''Connecticut Courant'', at

''The Buffalo Directory''
(1848; pg. 37) {{DEFAULTSORT:Burrows, Latham A 1792 births 1855 deaths People from Groton, Connecticut Politicians from Binghamton, New York Politicians from Buffalo, New York New York (state) state senators New York (state) Democratic-Republicans 1820 United States presidential electors County clerks in New York (state) 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature