James Terrell Burford (Biography)

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Taken from Illustriana Kansas, page 177



James Terrel Burford, stockman and farmer, was born in Marshfield, Missouri, June 12, 1859, son of Hugh Lawson and Eliza Jane (Arnold) Burford.

Hugh Lawson Burford, a stockman and farmer also, was born in Tennessee, October 6, 1835.  He died at Marshfield, January 30, 1915.  He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and afterwards served as county judge of Webster County, Missouri.  His ancestry was Scotch Irish, and German.

Eliza Jane Arnold was born in Springfield, Missouri, March 27, 1839, and died at Marshfield, November 4, 1922.  Her ancestry was English and Welsh.

Educated in public and high school, James Terrell Burford immediately engaged in farming and stock raising.  He has handled nearly every kind of stock, his favorite business having been the purchasing and sale of horses and mules throughout the United States.  He is a Democrat, and has always been active in the work of his party.  Mr. Burford has been in nearly every state in the Union.

On December 17, 1884, he was married to Harriett Elizabeth Highfill at Fairgrove, Missouri.  Mrs. Burford, whose parents came from Kentucky, was born in Fairgrove, November 8, 1961.  She is the daughter of Elijah S. and Jane (Ezell) Highfill.  There are five children, Roy, born October 25, 1885;  Linnie, July 18, 1888; Guy, June 15, 1891; Glenn, August 5, 1893; and Paul, April 20, 1895.  Mr. and Mrs. Burford had three sons, who served in the World War, two of them overseas.

Residence:  Longton.