Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry
Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. 
Cass County.

ALONZO F. BURNHAM, physician and surgeon, Ashland; was born in
Mason County, Ill.  June 29, 1853; son of Henry C. and Angeline
(Currier) Burnham.  Henry C. Burnham, a farmer by occupation, was
born at Hampton, Windham Co., Conn., Jan. 30, 1826, and has,
since 1853, resided in Salt Creek Township, Mason Co., Ill.; his
wife was born at Canadaigua, Ontario, N.Y., Dec. 16, 1825; they
are the parents of seven children.  The doctor received his
primary education in the country schools, and afterward attended
an academy, after which he taught school and worked on the farm.
At the age of twenty-two he began the study of medicine with Dr.
J. P. Walker, of Mason City, Ill.; and attended the Rush Medical
College three winter terms and one summer term, and graduated in
1878.  He came to Ashland, April 3, 1878, and entered into
partnership with Dr. John Walker; they practiced in company until
October, 1880, when, on account of ill health, Dr. Walker retired
from the practice of his profession, and Dr. Burnham has since
practiced alone, meeting with good success.  He was married Oct.
29, 1879, in Mason Co., Ill., to Emma Blunt, a native of that
county, born Jan.  3, 1859, daughter of A. A. and Martha A.
(Trailor) Blunt; he was born in Hart Co., Ky., Feb.  21, 1831;
she was born in Springfield, Ill., June 23, 1831; from this union
they have had one child, P. Garfield, born April 4, 1881, died
Aug. 2, 1881.  The doctor is a Republican and a member of the
I.O.O.F., the K. of H. and the A.O.F.

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