Biographical Sketch of Warrick P. Burriss, Johnson County, Missouri,
Hazel Hill Township

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.
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Warrick P. Burriss, an industrious, energetic young farmer and stockman
of Hazel Hill township, was born in 1870 in Ohio, the son of Zadok and
Jennie (Reed) Burriss, the former, a native of Virginia and the latter,
of Ohio.  Zadok Burriss moved with his parents to Ohio in 1833 and in
that state was reared to maturity, and married.  He and Jennie Burriss
were the parents of the following children, who are now living:  Benja-
min, Jefferson county, Ohio; R. M., Jefferson county, Ohio; Mrs. Ina
Cole, Gary, Indiana; W. P., the subject of this review; Lomond, Gary,
Indiana; and Elwood R., Gary, Indiana.  Both father and mother are now
deceased.  W. P. Burriss was born, reared, and educated in Jefferson
county, Ohio.  He attended the public schools of Jefferson county and
after he had obtained a good common school education, he began life for
himself, engaged in the pursuits of agriculture in the state of Ohio
until 1893, when he came to Missouri and settled in Johnson county. Mr.
Burriss first located on the farm owned by his uncle, Mitchell Burriss,
a place located in Hazel Hill township, where he resided for several
years, when he purchased his present home in 1898.  The Burriss farm
originally comprised just 40 acres of land, a part of the Cleveland
tract, but Mr. Burriss has twice increased his holdings by purchasing
land, forty acres in 1908 and forty acres in 1913, and at the present
time his farm embraces one hundred twenty acres of choice farm land,
well located, and on this place, Mr. Burriss is engaged in general
farming and stock raising, keeping cattle, mules and sheep.  He is also
renting the Doak place of one hundred sixty acres.  At the present
time, he has twenty head of sheep of the Oxford breed.  In March, 1897,
W. P. Burriss was united in marriage with Eliza Doak, daughter of Will-
iam and Alice (Hinson) Doak, the former, a native of Missouri and the
latter, of Virginia.  William Doak, Jr., was a son of William Doak, Sr.
who came to Missouri in the thirties and settled in Lafayette county, 
on a tract of land near Dover.  Mr. and Mrs. William Doak, Sr., drove
through with emigrant wagons from the South and they were among the
first settlers of Lafayette county.  In that county, William Doak, Jr.,
was reared and educated.  He came to Warrensburg in 1882 and in 1892 to
the farm in Hazel Hill township, where he purchased the place known as
the John Cleveland farm.  He is now residing in Post Oak township.
William Doak is a veteran of the Civil War, enlisting under "Fighting
Joe" Shelby, with whom he served throughout the conflict.  To William
and Alice Doak have been born nine children: Bettie, deceased; Eliza,
the wife of Mr. Burriss, the subject of this review; Henry, Ft. Collins,
Colorado; Mrs. Lulu Stockton, Hazel Hill township, Johnson county; 
Charles, Nevada, Missouri; Mrs. Emma Marker, Warrensburg, Missouri;
Mrs. Eva Burgard, Henry county, Missouri; Clarence, of Arizona; and
Myra, Henry county, Missouri.  Both Mr. and Mrs. William Doak, Sr., the
grandparents of Mrs. Burriss are deceased and their remains are buried
in Dover cemetery.  Alice (Hinson) Doak is the daughter of Bushrod 
Hinson, who was killed in 1865 in Boone county, Missouri, an innocent
victim of the bushwhackers.  To W. P. and Eliza Burriss have been born
five children: Stanton Scott, Kenneth, Leopold, Myron and Ina.  Mr. and
Mrs. Burriss are workers, enterprising, capable, and highly respected.
Their families have long been held in the highest esteem in this sec-
tion of the state and there is no more honorable name in Johnson county
than that of Burriss.

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