Michael Burns

Michael Burns (March 1813 – July 14, 1896) was an Irish-born American saddler, businessman and politician. He served as a director of several banks in Tennessee, as well as the president of the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad and the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad in the 1850s and 1860s. After the American Civil War, he served as the president of the First National Bank of Nashville from 1870 to 1878, and as a member of the Tennessee Senate from 1883 to 1885 and from 1889 to 1891, representing Davidson County.

Early life Michael Burns was born in March 1813 in County Sligo, Ireland. His father was Patrick Burns and his mother, Catharine Clark.

Personal life andeath Burns married Margaret Gilliam on March 14, 1842; she died in 1885. He was interred at Calvary Cemetery in Nashville.