Biographical Sketch of Joseph W. Burhans, Camden County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, 
Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing
Company, 1889.
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Joseph W. Burhans, merchant, farmer and stock dealer, and the presiding
judge of Camden county, Mo., was born in the State of New York October
10, 1842, his father and mother, James and Eliza (Brown) Burhans, being
natives of New York and Connecticut, and of English and German descent,
respectively.  In 1845, after their marriage, they moved to Rock Co.,
Wis., where they engaged in farming.  The father enlisted to serve in
the War of 1812.  He died July 1, 1865, in Rock county, Wis., at the 
age of sixty-nine years and six months, his wife's death occurring in
Stoutland, Mo., in 1883, at the age of sixty-six years. Her grandfather
was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and she was the second wife of
Mr. Burhans, and an active worker in the Baptist Church.  The following
are the names of their children: James W. Burhans, Richland, Mo. (half
brother); Joseph W.; Lavinia C. (Hudson), Mary E. (Manes), Stephen S.,
Frank D., Nancy E. and Adora.  The last two children are deceased. 
Joseph W. Burhans grew to manhood in Wisconsin, and after obtaining 
sufficient education engaged in pedagoguing, which occupation he 
followed in Mason, Tazewell and Cass counties, Ill., for about ten
years, after which he came to Missouri (in July, 1872), locating in
Stoutland, where he is now engaged in general merchandising, and is 
doing a business of over $20,000 per annum.  He owns several large 
farms, including a tract of 2,000 acres in Kansas.  In 1886 he was 
elected judge of Camden County on the Republican ticket, and is always 
one of the first men in the county to patronize worthy public enter-
prises and to aid church and educational institutions.  He is one of 
the wealthiest men in the county, and deserves much credit for the
success which has attended his efforts, for all his property, with the
exception of about $800, has been acquired by his own exertions.  On 
the 2nd of August, 1871, he was united in marriage to Miss Lizzie Waite
who was born and reared in Vermont.  She moved to Illinois in 1867, and
is a daughter of Jacob U. and Elizabeth (Ramsdall) Waite, who were also
born in Vermont, and died in 1879 and 1872, respectively.  They were 
the parents of the following children: Lizzie, Mary E., Daniel, Emma,
George, Lottie (deceased), Pliny J. and Eva.

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