Burrage Yale
Burrage Yale (1781 – 1860) was an American tin ware manufacturer and Justice of the Peace from Wakefield, Massachusetts.
He was also the first postmaster recognized in Washington, D. C., and the cofounder of South Reading Academy, with abolitionist minister, Cyrus P. Grosvenor.
His son, Burrage Buchanan Yale, became one of the founders of Lamson, Goodnow & Yale., a major gun-making machine manufacturer for Abraham Lincoln's army during the American Civil War.
[11] In 1812, at the incorporation of South Reading (Wakefield), Yale was elected as one of its officers, and was nominated on a committee to help the poor and settle other matters.
[2] He was on the building committee for the erection of the New Baptist meeting house, and also operated large retail and manufacturing factories in various wares.
[3] In 1828, Yale became one of the founders and founding trustees of South Reading Academy, which was affiliated with Newton Theological Institution, and obtained the approval by Gov.
Lucius Bolles, abolitionist minister Cyrus Pitt Grosvenor, College president Rufus Babcock, Rev.
[2] The school promoted access to higher education to South Reading citizens and taught courses in English and Classic learning.
[2] One of Yale's employees, Francis O. Dewey, became one of the largest glassware manufacturers in New England, and lived at Frank Palmer's house, the past supertintendent of the Boston Merchants Exchange.
[14] The basis of his fortune came from the growth of Wakefield from a small village of about 800 individuals at its incorporation, to a thriving suburb of Boston with thousands of citizens.
[17] Yale would hire about 100 peddlers, selling tin ware articles with covered wagons and horses throughout New England, and used his newly acquired wealth to build a large General store in the city, with family members working under him.
[14] Yale's businesses expanded over time, forcing him to build new facilities, and he eventually became one of the largest tin ware manufacturers in Massachusetts.
[18][19] The next largest manufacturer in town was Cyrus Wakefield, who gave his name to the city, and became an early investor in The Boston Globe.
[2][1] One of his daughters, Sarah A. Yale, married Dartmouth's graduate, William Heath, pastor of South Reading Academy.
