Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887
Mercer Co.

EDMUND BURRUS, the subject of this sketch, was born in Mercer County, May
7, 1823, and is a son of  Edmund and Mary (Slaughter) Burrus; the former
was a well-to-do farmer, and the latter was a woman of fine practical
common sense.  His paternal grandparents, Nathaniel and Mary (Threlkeld)
Burrus, were natives of Virginia, and moved to Kentucky in an early day;
his maternal grandparents were Jesse and Lucy (Thornton) Slaughter, also
natives of Virginia, and removed to Kentucky early.   Mr. Burrus was
brought up on a farm, his educational advantages being such as the common
schools afforded.  At the age of twenty-three he accepted a clerkship in a
store in Lawrenceburg, Anderson County, where he remained for two and
one-half years, and then returned home.  He was married November 10, 1857,
to Miss Lucy A. Miller, daughter of Madison and and Elizabeth D. Miller of
Adair County.  About a year after his marriage he removed to his present
home, which is handsomely improved.  In October, 1867, he and his wife
united with the Salvisa Baptist Church, and were baptized by Rev. P.S.G.
Watson.  He has since been an active and exemplary member, and soon after
his admission to the church was elected deacon; in 1869 he assisted in the
organization of a Sunday-school, and although he lives two miles from the
church he has never been absent on Sunday morning on account of inclement
weather.  This has been one of his greatest fields of usefulness.  In
August of same year he was elected clerk of the Baptist association, and
was re-elected for eleven consecutive years; in 1882 he was elected
moderator of the same body, and was re-elected four years successively,
making not only one of its best clerks, but one of its best moderators.  He
has served two full terms as justice of the peace, and in 1885 was
commissioned by the governor to fill out an unexpired term of the same
office, and in 1886, was elected again for a full term.  These positions
were all unsolicited on his part.  In politics he is a Democrat; as a
citizen he is public-spirited, the best commendation a citizen can enjoy in
his standing among his neighbors, whose esteem and confidence he enjoys.
While not rich he has a fair competence, and dispenses his means with
generous liberality to advance the cause of Christ and to alleviate the
woes of suffering humanity.  In the town of Salvisa may be seen a beautiful
brick church building, which stands a memento of his faith, liberality and
public spirit.

Burrus Slaughter Threlkeld Thornton Miller Watson
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Anderson-KY Adair-KY VA

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