George Washington Burris Sr.

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George Washington Burris Sr.

Birth
Atkins, Pope County, Arkansas, USA
Death
9 Mar 1929 (aged 73)
Atkins, Pope County, Arkansas, USA
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From an October 4, 2007 newspaper article, noting the 120th anniversary of the establishment of St. Joe Freewill Baptist Church on October 7, 2007:

"In the year of 1885, George W. Burris organized a Sunday school under a bunchy top Gum Tree at St. Joe on Pea Ridge 10 miles north of Atkins. They had logs for seats and took School Readers to Sunday school. . . The Freewill Baptist Church was organized there in 1886. . . George W. Burris was the principal leader during his entire life."

George and his wife, Mary Mathilda Wharton Burris, had twelve children.
From an October 4, 2007 newspaper article, noting the 120th anniversary of the establishment of St. Joe Freewill Baptist Church on October 7, 2007:

"In the year of 1885, George W. Burris organized a Sunday school under a bunchy top Gum Tree at St. Joe on Pea Ridge 10 miles north of Atkins. They had logs for seats and took School Readers to Sunday school. . . The Freewill Baptist Church was organized there in 1886. . . George W. Burris was the principal leader during his entire life."

George and his wife, Mary Mathilda Wharton Burris, had twelve children.

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