Burroughs, J. H.

BURROUGHS

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Date: 3/11/2007 at 21:39:08

J. H. Burrough

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.10, Council Bluffs )
J. H. Burroughs, real estate, Council Bluffs, was born in Onondaga County, N. Y., in June, 1820, and is of English descent. He was one of the originators of the Wyoming Mutual Insurance Company, of which he was General Manager at Warsaw, N. Y. In the spring of 1868, he came West and located at Council Bluffs, where he has since resided. Since he came to Council Bluffs, he has been engaged in the real estate and loan business. He is now and has been for two years Overseer of the Poor. He is a supporter of the Republican party.