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JOHN W. BURNETTJOHN W. BURNETT was born in Sullivan County, Gill Township, February 16, 1841, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Allen) Burnett. Subject received his education in the Whipple Academy, Jacksonville, graduating in 1870. March 16, 1871, he was married to Harriet J. Orndorff, and two children have been born to them--Edgar L, born Janaury 18, 1872; and Catharine, February 23, 1877 (deceased). In 1877, Mrs. Burnett died, and on the 26th of September, 1878, he was married to Mary E. Hunt, who has borne his two children--Gertie B., born November 21, 1881, and Jessie B., October 31, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Burnett are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a Republican; also an A. F. & a. M. On the 6th of July, 1861, he was mustered into the service at Indianapolis, in Company D, Twenty-first Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Capt. James Garrett. He was in Virginia in the army of Gen. Butler, and afterward in the South and Southwest. Was at Newport News, Fort Jackson, Port Phillip, Baton Rouge, and finally was furloughed on account of sickness. He was discharged Janaury 10, 1866, having served his country four years and six months. In 1881, he was commissioned Mail Messenger, and is also agent for the Indiana, Illinois & Southern Railroad.GILL TWP. PAGE 781 FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC. ILLUSTRATED. 1884, CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS. |
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