Born: May 21, 1830
Birthplace: Pike County Missouri
Father: Benjamin Burbridge
Mother: Elizabeth Burbridge Farber
Wife: Sarah A. Swink
Wife: Matilda Francis Getzwiller Burbridge 1844 – 1934
Education:
Attended St. Louis University
Occupation before War:
Banker in Louisiana
Captain in Pike County Missouri Militia
Civil War Career:
1861: Captain Company B 1st Infantry 3rd Division Missouri State Guard
1861: Colonel 2nd Cavalry 2nd Division Missouri State Guards
1861: Colonel 1st Missouri Infantry at Pea Ridge
1861: Wounded during the Battle of Wilson’s Creek Missouri
1862 – 1865: Colonel 4th Missouri Cavalry Regiment
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Pea Ridge Arkansas
1863: Captured at Brownsville Arkansas on August 24, 1863
1863–1864: Held as Prisoner of war until exchanged on March 17,1864
1865: Paroled at Shreveport Louisiana on June 8, 1865
Occupation after War:
Merchant in St. Louis Missouri
Flour Mill Operator in Alton Illinois
Railroad President in Jacksonville Florida
Mayor of Jacksonville Florida

Died: November 14, 1892
Place of Death: Tucson Arizona
Age at time of Death: 62 years old
Burial Place: Glencoe Cemetery St. Louis Missouri
∼John, age 33, received his appointment as Colonel of 4th Missouri Infantry on 5 February 1862. His birthplace was shown on CMSR as Pike County, Missouri. He was captured 24 August 1863 near Brownsville, Arkansas but was exchanged by 17 March 1864 at Point Lookout, Maryland. Surrendered by Gen. E. Kirby Smith, John was paroled on 8 June 1865 in Shreveport Louisiana.

Son of Benjamin Burbridge (1787-1838) & Elizabeth Kinney (1800-1886).

1860 United States Federal Census, enumerated 26 July 1860
Name: John Q Burbridge
Age: 30
Birth Year: abt 1830
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Missouri
Home in 1860: Louisiana, Pike, Missouri
Post Office: Louisiana
Family Number: 970
Household Members - Name/Age:
John Q Burbridge 30
Sarah A Burbridge 21
George V Burbridge 4
James D Burbridge 21