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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OhioJoseph BURNS
(1800-1875)
BURNS, Joseph, a
Representative from Ohio; born in Waynesboro, Augusta County, Va.,
March 11, 1800; moved to Ohio with his parents, who settled in New
Philadelphia in 1815, and near Coshocton, Coshocton County, in
1816; attended the rural schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits;
auditor of Coshocton County 1821-1838; member of the State house of
representatives 1838-1840; county clerk 1843-1851; served as a
major general in the State militia; elected as a Democrat to the
Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1859); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress;
engaged in the drug business in Coshocton, Ohio; probate judge of
Coshocton County; died in Coshocton, Ohio, May 12, 1875; interment
in Oak Ridge Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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