Biographical Sketch of E. J. Burk, Johnson County, Missouri
Centerview Township
>From "The History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

E. J. BURK,

was born in Johnson county, Missouri, August 19, 1840.  His father,
William Burk, was a native of Virginia, and was born in 1809, and
emigrated to Missouri in 1834, and located in Saline county.  He came to
Johnson county in 1838.  Edward J. was educated in the common schools.
He is a farmer, and devotes considerable time to feeding stock, and
occasionally dealing in real estate, in which he has been quite
successful.  He remained with his parents until his marriage to Miss
Zantippa Whitsett, daughter of John R. Whitsett, Esq., in April, 1872.
By this union they have four children: Charles A., Sarah L., George G.
and Maggie E.  Mr. B. has held the office of school director for nine
years.  He and his wife are both members of the C. P. church, in which
Mr. B. has been an elder for eleven years.  Mr. Burk's farm contains 195
acres, and he also owns another farm of forty acres, making 235 acres in
all.

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