DANIEL BURR, a farmer whose residence in this county dates back to 1886, was born in Mercer, Maine, on May 6, 1839. He acquired his education in the public schools and in a private high school, then went to work on his father's farm, remaining until he was nineteen years of age. He then went to Worcester, Massachusetts, and worked on a farm for a season, but later returned to New Sharon, Maine, bought a farm, and, with his mother, followed farming for about ten years. But in 1868 he sold this place and moved onto another which he had purchased in the same locality.
After farming this for about seven years Mr. Burr removed to Franklin county, same state, where he continued in agricultural pursuits until, in 1886, he came to this county. Purchasing a farm on Dry creek, seven miles northwest of Walla Walla, he resumed his former occupation, adding to his real estate holdings a half-section of railroad land purchased later. In 1899 he sold all this property. However, and the following 3-ear purchased three hundred and twenty acres near Rulo Station, where he now resides, and on which he is raising wheat.
Mr. Burr has the distinction of having served as a soldier in the Civil Avar, having enlisted in Company K, Twenty-eighth Maine Volunteer Infantry, in September, 1862. He participated in the Mississippi campaign, encountering many dangers, especially in one expedition after wounded men. His principal duty, however, was to serve as escort guard and provost guard, also to prevent the carrying of contraband articles by a bayou to the Confederates. His father and grandfather also served in the war of the Rebellion and his great-grandfather was a captain in the Revolutionary war.
Mr. Burr was married in New Sharon, Maine, on June 13, 1867, to Miss Hannah G. Paine, one of his schoolmates. They have four children, Mary E., Sarah P., John F. and Nettie.
Source: Lyman's History of Old Walla Walla County (1918) (Public Domain)
Vol 1 Page 307
Author: William Denison Lyman, 1852-1920
History; Columbia County (Wash.)
Publisher: Chicago, Ill., S.J. Clarke Publishing Company
After farming this for about seven years Mr. Burr removed to Franklin county, same state, where he continued in agricultural pursuits until, in 1886, he came to this county. Purchasing a farm on Dry creek, seven miles northwest of Walla Walla, he resumed his former occupation, adding to his real estate holdings a half-section of railroad land purchased later. In 1899 he sold all this property. However, and the following 3-ear purchased three hundred and twenty acres near Rulo Station, where he now resides, and on which he is raising wheat.
Mr. Burr has the distinction of having served as a soldier in the Civil Avar, having enlisted in Company K, Twenty-eighth Maine Volunteer Infantry, in September, 1862. He participated in the Mississippi campaign, encountering many dangers, especially in one expedition after wounded men. His principal duty, however, was to serve as escort guard and provost guard, also to prevent the carrying of contraband articles by a bayou to the Confederates. His father and grandfather also served in the war of the Rebellion and his great-grandfather was a captain in the Revolutionary war.
Mr. Burr was married in New Sharon, Maine, on June 13, 1867, to Miss Hannah G. Paine, one of his schoolmates. They have four children, Mary E., Sarah P., John F. and Nettie.
Source: Lyman's History of Old Walla Walla County (1918) (Public Domain)
Vol 1 Page 307
Author: William Denison Lyman, 1852-1920
History; Columbia County (Wash.)
Publisher: Chicago, Ill., S.J. Clarke Publishing Company
DANIEL BURR, a farmer whose residence in this county dates back to 1886, was born in Mercer, Maine, on May 6, 1839. He acquired his education in the public schools and in a private high school, then went to work on his father's farm, remaining until he was nineteen years of age. He then went to Worcester, Massachusetts, and worked on a farm for a season, but later returned to New Sharon, Maine, bought a farm, and, with his mother, followed farming for about ten years. But in 1868 he sold this place and moved onto another which he had purchased in the same locality.
After farming this for about seven years Mr. Burr removed to Franklin county, same state, where he continued in agricultural pursuits until, in 1886, he came to this county. Purchasing a farm on Dry creek, seven miles northwest of Walla Walla, he resumed his former occupation, adding to his real estate holdings a half-section of railroad land purchased later. In 1899 he sold all this property. However, and the following 3-ear purchased three hundred and twenty acres near Rulo Station, where he now resides, and on which he is raising wheat.
Mr. Burr has the distinction of having served as a soldier in the Civil Avar, having enlisted in Company K, Twenty-eighth Maine Volunteer Infantry, in September, 1862. He participated in the Mississippi campaign, encountering many dangers, especially in one expedition after wounded men. His principal duty, however, was to serve as escort guard and provost guard, also to prevent the carrying of contraband articles by a bayou to the Confederates. His father and grandfather also served in the war of the Rebellion and his great-grandfather was a captain in the Revolutionary war.
Mr. Burr was married in New Sharon, Maine, on June 13, 1867, to Miss Hannah G. Paine, one of his schoolmates. They have four children, Mary E., Sarah P., John F. and Nettie.
Source: Lyman's History of Old Walla Walla County (1918) (Public Domain)
Vol 1 Page 307
Author: William Denison Lyman, 1852-1920
History; Columbia County (Wash.)
Publisher: Chicago, Ill., S.J. Clarke Publishing Company
After farming this for about seven years Mr. Burr removed to Franklin county, same state, where he continued in agricultural pursuits until, in 1886, he came to this county. Purchasing a farm on Dry creek, seven miles northwest of Walla Walla, he resumed his former occupation, adding to his real estate holdings a half-section of railroad land purchased later. In 1899 he sold all this property. However, and the following 3-ear purchased three hundred and twenty acres near Rulo Station, where he now resides, and on which he is raising wheat.
Mr. Burr has the distinction of having served as a soldier in the Civil Avar, having enlisted in Company K, Twenty-eighth Maine Volunteer Infantry, in September, 1862. He participated in the Mississippi campaign, encountering many dangers, especially in one expedition after wounded men. His principal duty, however, was to serve as escort guard and provost guard, also to prevent the carrying of contraband articles by a bayou to the Confederates. His father and grandfather also served in the war of the Rebellion and his great-grandfather was a captain in the Revolutionary war.
Mr. Burr was married in New Sharon, Maine, on June 13, 1867, to Miss Hannah G. Paine, one of his schoolmates. They have four children, Mary E., Sarah P., John F. and Nettie.
Source: Lyman's History of Old Walla Walla County (1918) (Public Domain)
Vol 1 Page 307
Author: William Denison Lyman, 1852-1920
History; Columbia County (Wash.)
Publisher: Chicago, Ill., S.J. Clarke Publishing Company
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