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Subject: Burr.Edmund.1828.Logan.BIOS


Edmund Burr February 4, 1828 - unknown
Logan County KyArchives Biography

Author: Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed.,

HON. EDMUND BURR, M. D., Logan County, was born in Jefferson County, Va., 
February 4, 1828, and is the only child of Edmund and Mary (McKnight) Burr, 
natives of Jefferson County, Va. The father was a farmer and a son of James and 
Nancy (McGary) Burr, both natives of Jefferson County, Va., and of Scotch and 
Irish origin. The grandfather, James Burr, was a full cousin of James Buchanan. 
Our subject comes from the same family as Aaron Burr, who is so well known to 
the readers of United States History.  The mother of our subject was a daughter 
of Harmon McKnight, who died in Smithfield, Va. of Irish parentage. She died 
the day of subject's birth. In 1831, the father came to Logan County, Ky., 
where he purchased a farm and engaged in farming; here he married Courtney 
Boyd, a daughter of John Boyd.  One boy and two girls were born to this union. 
In May, 1843, Dr. Burr came to Logan County, where he lived with his father for 
a short time in the south part of the county. He had received a fair common 
school education, and depending on his own exertions for a livlihood, after 
coming to Logan County he entered a store as salesman at Adairville where he 
remained six years; in the meantime when a spare moment could be found read 
medicine with Dr. James B. Bowling, a distinguished physician of Logan County. 
In 1853, he commenced reading with Dr. R. N. Beauchamp. In the spring of 1855, 
he graduated from the medical department of the University of New York City; located at Middleton, where he practiced three years. In June, 1858, he married Ellen E. Harding of Logan County, a daughter of Walter P. and Elizabeth (Rice) Harding. Three children were born to their union, but one now living; Willie R. Burr. After his marriage, Dr. Burr located on a farm three miles from Middleton, where he resided and followed his profession with merited success until 1879, when he moved to Auburn, Ky., where he continued his practice. In 1869, he was elected to represent Logan County in the legislature, filling the place with honor to himself and satisfaction to his constituents; was again sent in 1877. His wife died in March, 1875, a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The Doctor was next married in May, 1878, to Sallie R. Winlock, who was born and reared in Shelby County, Ky. The Doctor and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, respectively. He is a Mason, a member of the I.O.O.F. in high standing; was made a Mason at Russellville in 1849; assisted in founding Adairville and Middleton lodges in Masonry; was a Whig previous to the war, casting his first vote for Gen. Scott. Since the war has been a Democrat.


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