About William Paxton Burts
Lived 1827 – 1895 (aged 67–68). William Paxton Burts was a physician and politician.
William Paxton Burts (December 7, 1827 – September 5, 1895) was an American physician and politician. Burts was born in Washington County, Tennessee, and relocated to Fort Worth in 1858. He served as the first mayor of Fort Worth, Texas, serving from 1873 until 1875.
Burts died on September 5, 1895, and is buried at the Oakwood Cemetery.
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American physician and politician (1827–1895)
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William Paxton Burts was a physician and politician.
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