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LESTER A. BURNHAM, farmer, P. O. West Jefferson. James Burnham, who is more fully spoken of in the history of
Jefferson Township, was the father of our subject and a son of James and Tama (Holt) Burnham. He came to Jefferson
Township in 1817, and, in 1823, married Mary Ann Jones, whose family were from Pemberton, N. J. In 1857, Mr. Burnham
died, leaving his widow, who survived him nine years, and three sons and a daughter. Of these, the eldest, James
C., is editor and publisher of the Index, a weekly paper at Minneapolis, Kan.; the second is the subject of this
sketch; the third son, John, is located at San Jose, Cal.; the daughter Emma died in 1861. Besides these children,
two daughters had died in infancy, and a third, Mary, in 1848, two years after her marriage to Thornton Ross. The
subject of this sketch was born at Hampton, Jefferson Town ship, April 15, 1833, and remained at home with his
parents until he reached his majority, in the meantime attending the common school of his neighborhood. After leaving
home, he, for a time, engaged in milling. In 1862, he married Miss Sarah Johns, a daughter of William and Elizabeth
(Snowden) Johns, of Greene County. By this marriage four children were born, of whom two died in infancy. The others
were Edward S., deceased. and Emma. Mrs. Burnham died on June 6, 1882. Mr. Burnham has engaged in several occupations,
but his life has been principally spent in farming. He was a Democrat until of late years, when he has cast his
lot with the Prohibitionists.
From:
History of Madison County, Ohio
Published by: W. H. Beers and Company
Chicago, Illinois
1883
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