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History of Northern Wisconsin
pub: The Western Historical Company,
     Chicago, 1881


         [page 162]
         
         HON. JOHN BURGESS, County Clerk of Buffalo County, Alma,
       was born in Scotland, May 26, 1829. When he was twenty-four 
       years of age he embarked for America and landed in New Orleans. 
       He did not make a permanent location until 1856, when he 
       settled in the town of Nelson, this county, and until his 
       election to the position of County Clerk, his time has been 
       occupied as a farmer. Although not an office. seeker Mr. B 
       has held quite important positions; a member of the State
       Legislature in 1864, and has been Chairman of his town four 
       years. He married RACHAEL EVANS, a native of Pennsylvania, 
       in 1860. They have six children - ANN JANE, WILLIAM A., 
       GEORGE E., HATTIE, MARY, and JOHN. MR. BURGESS has for many 
       years been a member of the United Presbyterian Church.

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