William Burns

BURNS, DAY

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 9/15/2004 at 22:36:56

Wm. Burns, Penn twp.; farmer, Sec. 21; P.O. Dexter; owns 80 acres of land; Mr. Burns was born on the ocean while coming from England to America in 1839; he married Miss H. Day in 1854; has five children living: Ida, Fred, Effie, Alice and one unnamed; Mr. Burns served in the army three years in Co. A, Eighty-third Illinois Volunteers; he was in several engagements, that of Ft. Donelson being the largest.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" page 636