Champaign County IL Archives Biographies.....Burt, Jesse 
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Biography of Jesse BURT, Champaign County, Illinois

From:  "History of Champaign County, Illinois with Illustrations," 1878

JESSE BURT

Jesse BURT, the subject of this brief biographical sketch, was born on the
23d day of September, 1831, in Orange county, New York.

His father, Morris BURT, was a native of the same place and was descended
from all old family of English Puritans, and who came to this country
shortly after the landing of the Pilgrim fathers.

In 1826 Morris Burt married Miss Mary SULLARD of Bound Brook, N.J. The
young lady was descended from the early settlers of New Amsterdam, one of
her ancestors being the famous Anneke Jans.

In 1832 Morris Burt immigrated from Orange county, and settled in Coshocton
county, Ohio, where he remained about fifteen years, when he moved to
Nansemond county, Virginia. In 1851 he again moved west and finally located
in this county on Section 18, Town 19, Range 9, E, engaging in farming and
remaining here until his death, which occurred October 11th, 1874. The
family of Morris Burt consisted of eight children, four boys and four
girls, of whom four still survive. The eldest child, Captain Benjamin BURT,
enlisted in the infantry service during the Mexican war under Colonel Love,
and also served as 1st Lieutenant of Co. K., 25th Regiment, Illinois
Volunteers, during the late civil war. Jesse Burt began life for himself as
a farmer, but when the construction of the Illinois Central railroad was
begun he obtained a position in the civil engineers corps which he retained
until the completion of the road, when he again returned to farming, which
occupation has since been the main business of his life. On the 1st of
November, 1857, he was married to Miss Alma C. HALL of this county, but
formerly of Broome county, N.Y. Four boys were born to them, two of whom
have been called upon to return to Him who gave them. Mr. and Mrs. Burt
belong to the liberal branch of Christianity, both being members of the 1st
Universalist Church of this city. They at present reside in Urbana, and
since the death of his father his aged mother has made her home with them.

Mr. Burt has been a consistent member of the Republican party since its
organization, voting for John Fremont in 1856. He gives liberally of his
means to all charitable purposes, and it is mainly due to his unbounded
generosity that the beautiful church edifice belonging to his denomination
in this city was erected.

He was also the founder of Mount Hope Cemetery, and has done more than any
one else to adorn and beautify this last resting place of the dead.

Mr. Burt's educational advantages were only such as were afforded by the
common schools of the country thirty years ago, but by perseverance he has
overcome these difficulties and is thoroughly posted on all the questions
of the day. He is universally respected among his fellow-men, having the
reputation of being an honest, upright citizen. He is warm-hearted and
generous to a fault, and no man who has ever dealt with him but esteems him
and is universal in his praise of him as an honest and upright man.


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