Wm. BURLING (b. 1814)

BURLING, SOUTHWELL, BROOKS, BREWER, CLARK, WIER

Posted By: Linnie Howell (email)
Date: 6/11/2005 at 00:01:28

BURLING, Wm., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Windsor; born Dec. 17, 1814, in England; in 1839, came to Freeport, Ill.; in 1856, came to Fayette Co.; in 1866, came to his present farm; owns ninety acres, valued at $20 per acre. Married Elizabeth Southwell Sept., 1848; she was born in 1815; died Aug., 1862. Have five children - Mary A., now Mrs. Brooks, Fred. S., Alice, now Mrs. Brewer, Jane, Elizabeth M. Second marriage to Mrs. Mary A. Clark; her maiden name was Wier; they were married Sept. 20, 1866. Have one child by this marriage - William H. She had five children by her first marriage, two living - Mary E. and Martha. Members of M. E. Church.

1878 History of Fayette Co. Iowa - Windsor Township
Pages 693 & 694