The History of Montgomery County, 1903: [excerpt from the biography of his son, John A. Burt]:
JOHN ALEXANDER BURT - One of Fawn Creek township's best citizens and farmers was born in Allen county, Indiana, on the 25th of October, 1842. His father, Silas Burt, was a native of Ohio, where he came as a young man and was married to Mary Wycoff, a native of that state. In 1841, they moved to Indiana and settled at Ft. Wayne, where the father died at the age of thirty-one years. By occupation he was a farmer and blacksmith.
There were four children in the family of Silas Burt, as follows: Susan, wife of John McCay of Charles Mix county, South Dakota; John A.; Rosa, wife of Ingraham Thorn(sic: should read Frame), of Ft. Wayne, Ind., and Silas, of Harper county, Kansas.
Mrs. Burt married a second time, to John Cartwright, to which union were born five children, three of whom are living, viz: James, living in Washington; Marion, whose residence is in Los Angeles, California; Alfred, of Ft. Wayne, Ind. Mrs. Burt died at the home of her son, John, at the age of eighty-one years.
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The History of Montgomery County, 1903: [excerpt from the biography of his son, John A. Burt]:
JOHN ALEXANDER BURT - One of Fawn Creek township's best citizens and farmers was born in Allen county, Indiana, on the 25th of October, 1842. His father, Silas Burt, was a native of Ohio, where he came as a young man and was married to Mary Wycoff, a native of that state. In 1841, they moved to Indiana and settled at Ft. Wayne, where the father died at the age of thirty-one years. By occupation he was a farmer and blacksmith.
There were four children in the family of Silas Burt, as follows: Susan, wife of John McCay of Charles Mix county, South Dakota; John A.; Rosa, wife of Ingraham Thorn(sic: should read Frame), of Ft. Wayne, Ind., and Silas, of Harper county, Kansas.
Mrs. Burt married a second time, to John Cartwright, to which union were born five children, three of whom are living, viz: James, living in Washington; Marion, whose residence is in Los Angeles, California; Alfred, of Ft. Wayne, Ind. Mrs. Burt died at the home of her son, John, at the age of eighty-one years.
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