Samuel S. Burton

Samuel Seward Burton (April 10, 1822 – December 22, 1892) was an American lawyer, judge, and banker. He served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing La Crosse County, and was county judge of La Crosse County for 6 years.

Biography Samuel Burton was born in April 1822 at Manchester, Vermont. He was raised on his father's farm and was educated at the Burr and Burton Academy in Manchester. He read law in the office of his cousin, Judge Elias Black Burton, and his partner Ahiman Louis Miner, and was admitted to the bar in 1850. He then joined his cousin's law firm and practiced with them until the firm dissolved in 1857.

He moved to La Crosse, Wisconsin, in April 1857 and participated in a law firm known as Tucker, Burton & Morse. He left the firm when he was appointed county judge by Governor Alexander Randall in May 1859. He filled the 30 months remaining of the judicial term, and was then elected to a full term, serving until January 1866.

Personal life and family Samuel Burton was a son of Joseph Burton and his wife Anna ( Benedict). Joseph Burton served with the Vermont militia during the War of 1812 and established a farm near Manchester. His grandfather, Josiah Burton, served in the American Revolutionary War. The Burtons are descended from Solomon Burton, who immigrated to Connecticut Colony from England about 1687.

Samuel Burton married Mary-Ann Munson in Manchester on October 8, 1857. Munson and Burton were second cousins. They had three children together, but only one survived infancy. His wife died of cancer in 1882.