James Quinn Burress was born near Buena Vista, Scioto county, Ohio, December 7, 1853[actually 1852] and died at his home in Burress, Neb., December 15, 1915. His boyhood was spent among the stirring scenes of the Civil war. Soldiers were constantly going up and down the Ohio river, on the banks of which was his home. He often spoke of the excitement attending the transporting of Morgan and his men.

At the age of thirteen he came with his parents to McDonough county, Illinois, coming to Nebraska in 1878 and later settling on the farm which is the present site of the village of Burress.

January 10, 1882, he was united in marriage to Alvaretta Girton, who survives him. Five children were born to them, one, a son, dying in infancy. The others, Elizabeth Hand of Geneva, Florence Voigtlander of near Burress, Lela Acker of Tobias and Henry Burress of Burress were present at the funeral. He is also survived by nine grandchildren, four sisters and one brother. Three sisters were present at the burial, his brother arriving from Canada just as the casket was lowered to the grave.

He was well and favorably known by many and though suffering for years from ill health and injuries was always cheerful and untiring in his chosen work and always had sympathy for the ailments of others. In July, 1913, paralysis was added to his other ailments and he was confined to his home with few exceptions until his death. His last illness was of three weeks' duration, he being unconscious most of the time. He was a member of the I. O. O. F. and A. O. U. W. lodges of Exeter.

The funeral took place from the family home at Burress at 1:30 o.m. Friday and was conducted by Rev. J. W. Waits, pastor of the Exeter Methodist church. The interment was in the Exeter cemetery.

From the Nebraska Signal, Geneva, December 23, 1915.