Name: George B Greene
Post Office Location: Burke, Franklin, New York
Appointment Date: 21 May 1890
2 Oct 1889
Volume #: 63
Volume Year Range: 1889-1900
Post Office Location: Androusville, Franklin, New York
Appointment Date: 19 Sep 1865
Volume #: 27
Volume Year Range: 1857-1876
Burke has had four starch factories. The first was built in the Hollow in 1846
by Elisha Marks for his brother, Ira. Elisha afterward acquired ownership, and
ran the mill. Subsequent owners were Myron Derby, and Andrew Day in
partnership at different periods with George B. Greene, John P. Badger and
Everett Brothers. It was burned under the latter ownership in 1887.
Merchants at Burke Center, besides Mr. Goodspecd, have included Ezra Stiles,
Ezra Goodspeed, Thomas Williams, Dr. William Golding, Finney & Scovel and
Lorenzo W. Thayer, whose store building is the same that Mr. Goodspeed erected
ninety years ago; and at the Hollow, where there was little trading until
1848, Joseph Goodspeed, Samuel Smith and Elisha Marks as partners, and later
Taylor & Mitchell, Marks & Derby, Lewis Arthur, Ezra S. Goodspeed, Day &
Badger, Soper & Adams, Warren Clark, Lyman Brown, Everett Brothers, George B.
Greene, William Day and Harvey Harrington. George A. Smith and George Jones
are merchants there.
Name: George B Greene
Post Office Location: Burke, Franklin, New York
Appointment Date: 21 May 1890
2 Oct 1889
Volume #: 63
Volume Year Range: 1889-1900
Post Office Location: Androusville, Franklin, New York
Appointment Date: 19 Sep 1865
Volume #: 27
Volume Year Range: 1857-1876
Burke has had four starch factories. The first was built in the Hollow in 1846
by Elisha Marks for his brother, Ira. Elisha afterward acquired ownership, and
ran the mill. Subsequent owners were Myron Derby, and Andrew Day in
partnership at different periods with George B. Greene, John P. Badger and
Everett Brothers. It was burned under the latter ownership in 1887.
Merchants at Burke Center, besides Mr. Goodspecd, have included Ezra Stiles,
Ezra Goodspeed, Thomas Williams, Dr. William Golding, Finney & Scovel and
Lorenzo W. Thayer, whose store building is the same that Mr. Goodspeed erected
ninety years ago; and at the Hollow, where there was little trading until
1848, Joseph Goodspeed, Samuel Smith and Elisha Marks as partners, and later
Taylor & Mitchell, Marks & Derby, Lewis Arthur, Ezra S. Goodspeed, Day &
Badger, Soper & Adams, Warren Clark, Lyman Brown, Everett Brothers, George B.
Greene, William Day and Harvey Harrington. George A. Smith and George Jones
are merchants there.
Inscription
George B. Mar. 30, 1835 - Feb. 26, 1897
Amelia O. His Wife June 23, 1846 - Oct. 15, 1901
On the end:
Nellie E. June 8, 1867 - Sept. 12, 1869
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Burchard G. July 6, 1871 - Oct. 26, 1894
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Mae N. May 4, 1874 - Mar. 6, 1897