Bureau County IL Archives Biographies.....Burnett, J. Y.
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Biography for J. Y. Burnett, Bureau County, Illinois

J. Y. Burnett, Lamoille.  The subject of this biography is a native of 
Jefferson Schoharie Co., N. Y.  His grandfather Joseph Burnett, was a 
native of New Jersey.  He was a carpenter and jobber in New York City 
for many years and one of the pioneers of Schoharie County, N. Y., where 
he died.  His son, Joseph Burnett, Jr. was born in New York City.  He is 
the father of our subject, and came to Schoharie County when he was 
twelve years old.  There he was a stage contractor by occupation till 
the railroad drove the stage further west.  He was a soldier in the war 
of 1812 and died in the above place about 1862.  He was married to Jane 
Havens, a daughter of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Young) Havens, who 
survived him and who died in 1878.  She was the mother of the following 
children: Mrs. Mary A. Champlin, Mrs. Jane Brand, Joseph O. (deceased), 
David H., George H., Mrs. Huldah E. Bare and Jeremiah Y., our subject.  
He was educated in his native State, where he also learned the carpenter 
and joiner's trade.  In 1855 he removed to Mendota, Ill, where he lived 
three years and then came to Lamoille, where he followed his trade till 
1872, when he opened a lumber yard, which proved a successful venture.  
He has also a branch yard in Van Orin and Ohio, besides carrying on a 
furniture and undertaker's store in Lamoille, where he also manufactures 
"Dean's Celebrated Corn Cutter," which is gaining in reputation and 
favor every day.  Mr. Burnett was married twice.  His first wife, Olive 
Smith, died here, leaving two children, viz.: Mrs. Alice Murphy, and 
Hattie J. Burnett.  He was married the second time to Mrs. Ellen 
Holbrook (nee Ellen Kane), a daughter of George and Mary (Brown) Kane.  
She is the mother of three children. viz.: Mamie Hollbrook, deceased, 
aged ten years, Lewis Holbrook, born March 1, 1867, and Ida Blanche 
Burnett, who was born August 10, 1880.  Mrs. Ellen Burnett was born 
September 7, 1844, in Michigan.  She is a member of the Baptist Church.  
Mr. Burnett is a member of the Congregational Church.  Politically he is 
identified with the Republican party. He is a wide-awake business man 
and a self-made man in every respect.

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