Biography of James Burrett
FROM OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE
A DESCRIPTIVE AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
OF SARATOGA COUNTY, NEW YORK
PREPARED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE
AUSPICES OF THE SARATOGIAN
THE BOSTON HISTORY COMPANY, PUBLISHERS 1899
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Burrett, James, was born in Corinth, on the farm he now owns, in 1829, a son of Thomas and Dorothy (Jennings)
Burrett, who came to Corinth about 1815, and settled on the farm James now owns. His father died April 8, 1862,
and his mother about 1840. James was reared on the farm and educated in the common schools. He has a farm of 104
acres and has sold a farm of forty acres within the past two years. He married Harriet A. Davis, and they have
one daughter, Ida E., who was educated at Schuylerville High School and Temple Grove. She followed teaching for
a while and is now a music teacher. Mr. Burrett is a member of the Grange of Corinth. He and his family attend
the Presbyterian church.
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