Biographical Sketch of Lewis Burris, Johnson County, Missouri
Columbus Township
>From "The History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

LEWIS BURRIS,

native of Missouri, was born in Lafayette county, in the year 1828.  His
parents were natives of Tennessee and North Carolina, who moved to this
state about the year 1820.  He came to Johnson county in the fall of
1866.  His first wife was Miss E. Baker, by whom he had four children.
She died in 1862.  He was married again to Miss Bettie Upton, on the 1st
day of November, 1866.  Captain Burris is a first-class farmer and stock
raiser, and his large farm is well adapted to the business.  He has
about 400 acres of good land in section 1 of this township.  He held the
office of township collector when the county was under township
organization, and has served the school district as director, for two or
three terms.  He has about 360 acres under good cultivation, the
remainder in pasture and wood land.  He is one of the most prominent
farmers in the county, an energetic business man, and a kind neighbor.

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