William Burns

    William Burns, farmer, is a native of the State of Ohio, and a son of William and Catherine Burns, both natives of Ireland, who emigrated to the United States about the year 1850. William passed his boyhood in labor on the home farm, and after reaching manhood was married in La Fayette, Indiana to Miss Mary G. McCormick, daughter of Owen McCormick, who whose business was farming.

    By this marriage, Mr. and Mrs. burns have four children -John, Charles O., William J. and Margaret. After his marriage, Mr. Burns purchased eighty acres of land in Newton County, Indiana; he also owns one home and four lots in the town of Kentland.

Source: Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Co., 1883.