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Serril Lemuel Burlingame

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Serril Lemuel Burlingame

Birth
Caldwell, Noble County, Ohio, USA
Death
14 Jan 1899 (aged 73)
Shelby, Polk County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Shelby, Polk County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
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Lot 7, Section 3.
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He was a teacher, farmer, surveyor and carpenter. He was born in Noble County, Ohio and lived there till he was twenty-five years old.

He removed to Warren county in the fall of 1850, and settled on what is known as the six mile strip, which then belonged to Polk county.

The first school in this district was taught in the winter of 1854 and 1855 in a private log cabin, with only one window, belonging to Serril Burlingame.

Prior to his marriage, he had taught school for several years in Ohio. He served as a surveyor for two terms, and as a justice of the peace in 1857.

He served in the Civil War as a Private in Company E, Second Iowa Infantry; he enlisted on Sept. 28, 1864 and was mustered out on June 12, 1865; was in the battles of Savannah, Georgia (also known as Sherman's March to the Sea); Columbia, South Carolina; Bentonville, North Carolina.

He, along with his family, removed to Polk County, Nebraska by wagon train in 1879. He served as County Clerk & Treasurer of Polk County, Nebraska for many years.

He was member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Osceola and a member of Richard O.D. Cummings Post, No. 102, G.A.R. at Shelby, Nebraska.
He was a teacher, farmer, surveyor and carpenter. He was born in Noble County, Ohio and lived there till he was twenty-five years old.

He removed to Warren county in the fall of 1850, and settled on what is known as the six mile strip, which then belonged to Polk county.

The first school in this district was taught in the winter of 1854 and 1855 in a private log cabin, with only one window, belonging to Serril Burlingame.

Prior to his marriage, he had taught school for several years in Ohio. He served as a surveyor for two terms, and as a justice of the peace in 1857.

He served in the Civil War as a Private in Company E, Second Iowa Infantry; he enlisted on Sept. 28, 1864 and was mustered out on June 12, 1865; was in the battles of Savannah, Georgia (also known as Sherman's March to the Sea); Columbia, South Carolina; Bentonville, North Carolina.

He, along with his family, removed to Polk County, Nebraska by wagon train in 1879. He served as County Clerk & Treasurer of Polk County, Nebraska for many years.

He was member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Osceola and a member of Richard O.D. Cummings Post, No. 102, G.A.R. at Shelby, Nebraska.

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