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W. D. Burch (b. 1832)

BURCH, CAMPBELL

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 7/4/2002 at 22:42:35

Burch, W. D., farmer, Section 17 (Fremont township); PO Mill; born in Greene Co., July 30, 1832; when 17 years old, his parents James and Sarah E., moved to Marshall Co., Illinois and two years after to this county, settling in Jefferson township; his father was the first (in 1851) to build and occupy a house in what is now Oelwein. Mr. B.'s residence in this county was continuous until he was 27, when he returned to Illinois; since then he has bade three other trips to that State. Married C. E. Campbell Sept. 10, 1859; she was born in Muskingum Co., Ohio, April 5, 1839, and came to this county in 1855; have five children --- James M., Maria E., Rachel Ann, B. F. and B. V. Mr. Burch is a Universalist, and owns forty acres well improved land.

Page 742, "1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa"


 

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