Joseph Burdett
Farmer; born in Northamptonshire. England, May 6, 1850, the son of Joseph and Anna Burdett, natives of England. Joseph Burdett (senior) came to America in 1850, and his wife and child followed in 1851. They settled in Limestone Township, one mile from the limits of the City of Peoria, where the father engaged in mining, and afterwards in farming. He owned land in Sections 27 and 35. He served seventeen years as Supervisor of Kickapoo Township and also as Collector, dying at the age of sixty-five, and the mother at fifty-four. At twenty-one Joseph Burdett (junior) began mining and farming, and now owns the northeast quarter of Section 35. He is a Democrat and has served six years as Road Commissioner and three years as School Director; is Venerable Consul of the Order of Modern Woodmen of America, and also a member of the Royal Neighbors. He married Jane Benn in Peoria County, July 5, 1871. Mrs. Burdett was born in England in 1849, the daughter of Abram and Mary Benn, now deceased, who came to America in 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Burdett have seven children: William John, Anna, Josephine, Hester, Joseph Stephens, Isaac Gordon and Albert. William married Harriet Wantling; Anna I. married William Wolstenholme; Josephine married Charles Adelmann. Mrs. Burdett died July 1, 1899, and Mr. Burdett was married a second time, on September 25, 1901, to Mrs. Ellen H. Tippett, of Pottstown.
[From Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Peoria County, Edited by David McCulloch, Vol. II; Chicago and Peoria: Munsell Publishing Company, Publishers, 1902]
Joseph Burdett
Farmer; born in Northamptonshire. England, May 6, 1850, the son of Joseph and Anna Burdett, natives of England. Joseph Burdett (senior) came to America in 1850, and his wife and child followed in 1851. They settled in Limestone Township, one mile from the limits of the City of Peoria, where the father engaged in mining, and afterwards in farming. He owned land in Sections 27 and 35. He served seventeen years as Supervisor of Kickapoo Township and also as Collector, dying at the age of sixty-five, and the mother at fifty-four. At twenty-one Joseph Burdett (junior) began mining and farming, and now owns the northeast quarter of Section 35. He is a Democrat and has served six years as Road Commissioner and three years as School Director; is Venerable Consul of the Order of Modern Woodmen of America, and also a member of the Royal Neighbors. He married Jane Benn in Peoria County, July 5, 1871. Mrs. Burdett was born in England in 1849, the daughter of Abram and Mary Benn, now deceased, who came to America in 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Burdett have seven children: William John, Anna, Josephine, Hester, Joseph Stephens, Isaac Gordon and Albert. William married Harriet Wantling; Anna I. married William Wolstenholme; Josephine married Charles Adelmann. Mrs. Burdett died July 1, 1899, and Mr. Burdett was married a second time, on September 25, 1901, to Mrs. Ellen H. Tippett, of Pottstown.
[From Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Peoria County, Edited by David McCulloch, Vol. II; Chicago and Peoria: Munsell Publishing Company, Publishers, 1902]
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