William Seward Burroughs I

William Seward Burroughs I (January 28, 1857 – September 14, 1898) was an American inventor born in Rochester, New York.

While a small boy, his parents moved to Auburn, New York, where he and his brothers were educated in public schools.

They had two sons and two daughters: Jennie, Horace, Mortimer (father of William S. Burroughs II), and Helen.

After his death, in 1904 partner John Boyer renamed the business the Burroughs Adding Machine Company.

[4] He died in Citronelle, Mobile County, Alabama[2][5] and was interred in Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.