Burr, Normand, was born in Hartford, Conn., on Oct. 5, 1802; his business was printing and publishing; converted in 1838

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3h  · Daily Baptist Encyclopedia Post by Jim CurranBurr, Normand, was born in Hartford, Conn., Oct. 5, 1802; his business was printing and publishing; converted in 1838, and united with the South Baptist church, being baptized by Rev. Robert Turnbull, D.D.; was editor and publisher of the Christian Secretary, with others, from 1840 to his death, Dee. 5, 1861. Ie had two children, a son, and a daughter. Mrs. Sigourney, the poetess, wrote of him, and wrote truly,— “We knew him as a man of sterling worth, Whose good example is a legacy Better than gold for those he leaves behind. His inborn piety flowed forth in streams Of social kindness and domestic love.” From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart