JOHN BURRIS, farmer, Sec. 34; P. O. Boscobel; farm contains 80 acres; he was born in Washington Co., Ohio, in 1814, where he was educated and raised on a farm; his father, John Burris, was a native of Pennsylvania; his mother, Elizabeth McMann, was a native of Virginia; his father was a farmer; three years of his time before coming West was employed as an overseer on a Southern plantation, owned by a Mr. Kegler, a native of one of the New England States; he came to this State in 1840, and located at Belmont, which at that time was included in Iowa Co., where he lived with his brother one year, when he went to Lost Grove and Peddler's Creek, where he was engaged in mining for eight years; in 1849, he went to California, remaining there until 1854; he was engaged in mining there; on his return, he entered 320 acres of land, where he now lives. He has served the town in different offices a number of times. He was married, in 1841, to Miss Sarah Eastman, a native of Indiana, by whom he had thirteen children; six boys and three girls are now living. Asbury, the oldest, enlisted in the 3d W. V. C., in which he served until the close of the war, participating in all the battles of the regiment. John, Jr., was also in the same regiment, but was discharged for disability. Stephen also enlisted and served his country until the close of the war. Mrs. Burris came to Wisconsin with her parents in 1837. Her brother assisted in surveying the State. Her family on both sides were among the earliest settlers of this country, and fought in the Revolutionary war.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.