Charles Hiram Burnett, Sr.

Charles Hiram Burnett born 1847 died January, 9th, 1916 he was the first Treasurer of the City of Seattle 1869-1872, a commission merchant and the General Superintendent of various coal mines in King and Pierce Counties on Puget Sound in the state of Washington.

Burnett was the son of Hiram Burnett and Elizabeth Merriam Gibbs Burnett of Seattle, Washington. He married Jeanette Campbell McLean and they had two children Amy Louise and Charles Hiram Jr. When his wife died young he continued living with his in laws, his mother in law Georgia McLean for almost forty years from his marriage to her daughter to her decease.

His son Charles Hiram Burnett Jr. was a Seattle City Councilor, President of the Seattle City Council and Acting Mayor of Seattle. Burnett officiated at the grand opening of Pike Place Market with fellow City Councilor Thomas P. Revelle.

Charles H. Burnett Jr. was born in 1875 in Seattle, Washington. He was the son of Charles Hiram Burnett Sr and Jeanette McLean. Jeanette died when Charles Hiram Burnett Jr and his sister Amy Louise Burnett Bond were children. The two were raised as the foster children of Howard Cranston Potter and Alice Kershaw Potter. The Potters daughter Bertha Potter Paschall Boeing was the wife of William Boeing. Charles Hiram Burnett Jr. was active in Puget Sound real estate and insurance businesses. The family were involved with development of made land created by the lowering of the surface of Lake Washington in 1916 His wife was Mary Florence Goodfellow of Seattle, Washington. In Wenatchee, Washington, three of Mary's brothers, John, James, and George Goodfellow founded Goodfellow Brothers. Charles Burnett Jr. moved to Maui, Hawaii about 1935 with his wife. to be near their son. They lived at Haiku Plantation Haiku-Pauwela, Hawaii, and owned Haiku Poultry Farm. Charles Hiram Burnett Jr. died in May 1941, and his wife Mary died in March 1962.

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