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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriJoseph Henry BURROWS
(1840-1914)
BURROWS, Joseph Henry, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Manchester, England, May 15,
1840; immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled
in Quincy, Ill.; attended the common schools at Quincy, Ill., and
Keokuk, Iowa; engaged in mercantile pursuits and later in
agricultural pursuits; moved to Cainsville, Harrison County, Mo.,
in 1862; was ordained as a minister in Cainsville in 1867; member
of the State house of representatives 1870-1874 and 1878-1880;
elected as a Greenbacker to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4,
1881-March 3, 1883); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882
to the Forty-eighth Congress; resumed ministerial duties and also
engaged in agricultural pursuits; died in Cainsville, Mo., April
28, 1914; interment in Oak Lawn Cemetery, near Cainsville.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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