BURRIS BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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BURRIS, Homer T. - b: 1846 Knox Co, OH
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 500
residence: Bethlehem Twp

Homer T. Burris - The Burris homestead east of Clinton in Bethlehem township is 
one of the finest and best improved in this section of Missouri. Fifty-one years 
ago the parents of the late Homer T. Burris came with him to the prairies of 
Henry County and the family settled upon partly improved land, which during the 
years that have passed has responded to the touch and care of capable hands and 
made to blossom as the rose in the desert. A beautiful home surrounded with 
splendid trees and shrubbery and flowers furnishes an attractive scene which 
pleases the eye of the traveler. The late Homer T. Burris was born in Knox County, 
Ohio, on a farm between the cities of Mt. Vernon and Newark May 31, 1846. He 
was the son of Dennis and Keziah (Wilcox) Burris. Dennis Burris was born near 
Boston, Massachusetts, and came to Ohio with his parents when eight years of 
age. Keziah Burris was born in Pennsylvania and came to Ohio with her parents 
when a child. She was a cousin of General Rosencranz, of Civil War fame. She was 
the daughter of Franklin Crandle Wilcox, who married a Miss Joanna Stark, a 
descendant of Col. John Stark, of Revolutionary fame. Homer T. Burris was reared 
in Knox County and served as a member of a one hundred day regiment of Union 
soldiers during the Civil War. He was in service with the "Squirrel Hunters," who 
were called out to protect the city of Cincinnati when that city was threatened 
by Gen. John Morgan during his famous raid through Ohio. September 26, 1867, 
Homer T. Burris and Miss Annabel Roberts were united in marriage. To this union 
were born six children: May, wife of F. B. Henry, Bethlehem township, mother of 
two children: Merle F. Henry, born June 10, 1897, enlisted in the National Army 
for overseas service in France in June, 1917, and Mildred, a teacher in the public 
schools; Mrs. Cora Massey, living on the adjoining farm, mother of two children, 
Rufus Homer and Ruth; John D., managing the Burris home place, married Florence 
Campbell and has one child, Irene; Grace Burris, at home with her mother; Walter, 
died at age of thirty-two years, and Homer Clyde, died in infancy. Mrs. Annabel 
Burris was born October 22, 1845, in Knox County, Ohio, and is the daughter of 
John and Elizabeth (Jones) Roberts, both natives of Ohio. John Roberts was the 
son of Abram Roberts, a pioneer of Knox County, Ohio. Elizabeth Roberts was the 
daughter of Nelson Jones, a native of Maryland. Following their marriage Mr. and 
Mrs. Homer T. Burris made the long trip to Henry County, Missouri, to build a 
permanent home on the prairies of western Missouri. They were accompanied by 
the parents of Mr. Burris and all lived together while building up their farm and 
creating a beautiful home, which is modeled after an old Buckeye farmstead. The 
Burris farm comprises 200 acres of fertile and well tilled land. Homer T. Burris 
departed this life July 11, 1904, sincerely mourned by a host of friends in Henry 
County. His death was a distinct loss to the community in which he had become 
such a useful citizen. He was progressive and enterprising in all things and was a 
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Clinton, Missouri. Homer T. Burris 
was a man of kindly and loving disposition who was devoted to his family and 
children. He was a home man in all things and never allowed outside matters to 
distract his attention to what he rightly considered his paramount duty to his 
home and family interests. As a result he prospered and left his widow. in 
comfortable circumstances. Henry county is the better for citizens of the Burris 
type of manhood and progressiveness.

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