“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


JOHN T. BURNHAM, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Hebron; born in St. 
Lawrence Co., N. Y. July 5, 1842; came to Wisconsin with his parents 
when he was quite young, but soon returned to his native State, where he 
lived as a farmer until 1862; he then settled on a farm in Jefferson Co., 
Wis., which he sold in 1869; he owned the present farm of Mr. 
Montgomery about one year; settled on the farm he now owns of 120 
acres, near the village of Hebron.  He is raising, among other things, a 
grade of Holstein cattle and Poland-China hogs.  Mr. Burnham is a 
stanch Republican, and has been Town Treasurer; he is liberal in his 
religious views.

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