Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Burrell, Henry September 30, 1843 - 
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Author: "History of Grundy County, Illinois", 1882

HENRY BURRELL, miner, Morris, is the oldest of three sons of Archie BURRELL, 
of Scotland, and was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, September 30, 1843. When he 
was nine years old, his parents removed to the United States, and located in 
Chicago, where his father died of cholera in 1853. In the fall of 1854, his 
mother and three sons came to Morris, Grundy Co, Ill. Here the subject and 
brothers were employed variously for some years by their uncle, Alexander 
TELFER, a coal merchant. As soon as old enough, they began digging in the 
mines for support for themselves and mother. At this time (1866), our subject 
formed a partnership with others, under the firm name of H. BURRELL & Co. He 
is now alone in the coal trade. The mines are one and one-half miles northeast 
of Morris, between the railroad and the canal. He is also associated with A. 
W. TELFER in brick-making. The BURRELL heirs have a tract of 317 acres of 
land, which the subject is farming. He was married, May 31, 1870, to Miss 
Maggie WEST, then of Morris. She was born in Scotland June 17, 1851. They have 
a family of four children - two sons and two daughters - Mary E., born May 19, 
1871; Lizzie T., April 4, 1874; Henry A., September 19, 1877; and William O., 
August 29, 1880. Mr. BURRELL is a member of the A., F. & A. M. and of the I. 
O. O. F.; politics, Republican.

[Source: "History of Grundy County, Illinois", Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., 
Historical Publishers, Lake Side Building, 1882]

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