Polk County, Missouri Biographies - John W. BURKS
History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri 1889, published by Goodspeed, page 628
Polk County Biography Section

   John W. Burks, attorney at law at Humansville, Mo., was born
in Miller County, Mo., in 1854, and is the son of William G.
and Louisa (Granstaff) Burks.  William G. Burks was born in
Wilson County, Tenn., in 1809, and was a farmer and stockraiser
by occupation.  He attained his growth in Tennessee, and was
there married to Miss Granstaff, who was a native of Middle
Tennessee, born about 1831, and who is now living in Bolivar,
Polk County, Mo.  Mr. and Mrs. Burks emigrated to Missouri
in 1853, and settled in Miller County, there remaining until
1855, when they moved to Callaway County, Mo., and her the 
father died April 7, 1886.  He had been a member of the Baptist
Church for many years.  In their family were six children, 
three of whom died in infancy.  John W. Burks passed his boyhood
days in Callaway County, Mo., and received his literary
education at Westminster College, Fulton, in which he took an
irregular course.  He then entered the teachers' profession
followed this successfully for three years, and then began the
study of law, which he continued for two years, with Hon. I. W.
Boulware, of Fulton, Mo., after which he was admitted to the bar
at Fulton in 1880.  He then practiced law there until 1887, when
he came to Humansville, Mo., and formed a partnership with
C. W. Hamlin, of Bolivar, and remained one year, since which
time he has practiced his profession alone.  He was married
in February, 1888, to Mrs. Johanna C. (Emmons) Key, a native of
Callaway County, Mo.  Mr. Burks has quite an extensive law 
practice, and confines his attention to this and to collections.
He is now city attorney at Humansville; a member and agent
of the board of trustees of the Southwest Baptist College, 
Bolivar, Mo., and is clerk of Freedom Association of Baptist
Churches, composed of Dallas, Hickory and Polk Counties.


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