Cape Canaveral Space Force Station – 3D Historic Launch Complexes

Captain Mills Olcott Burnham Grave

Captain Mills Olcott Burnham Grave

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Abstract

Captain Burnham was the lighthouse keeper at Cape Canaveral for 33 years until his death on April 17, 1886. He is an early Florida pioneer, serving one term (1841-42) in the Territorial Legislature, and was a Sheriff in Duval County, Florida. He was made lighthouse keeper at the Cape in 1853.

 

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