Biography of John Burrell, 1902, Baker Co. Oregon: Surnames: Burrell, Goodman, Clark

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An Illustrated History of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties, pub. 1902
by Western Historical Pub. Co. of Chicago. page 266

JAMES BURRELL

The prosperous farmer and stockraiser whose name appears above is a native of
England, born in Essex county on January 15, 1835, the son of Richard and
Nancy Burrell. he remained in his native country until twenty-two years old,
acquiring his education in the public schools, and afterward engaging in
farming. In 1857 he came out to Illinois, in Boone county of whcih state he
lived for the ensuing two years, after which he crossed the plains to
California, making the trip with horses. He worked at mining for about four
years, then purchased a drove of cattle and came with them to the Bannock
basin in Idaho. Coming to Baker county in 1867 he engaged in placer mining on
Rock creek and on Muddy creek, in which business he busies himself for about
six years. He then bought some cattle and again engaged in the stock business,
but three years later, in Elko, Nevada, he sold his herds. Returning to Baker
county in 1876 he purchased a place a mile west of Haines post office, where
he has ever since lived. He now has three hundred and eighty-seven acres of
well improved farming land and is very comfortably situated, reaping a rich
reward for his toil and industry. He is to be ranked among Baker county's most
enterprising agriculturists, as he is one of its most highly esteemed
citizens.

Fraternally our subject is affiliated with Haines Lodge, No. 112, I.O.O.F. In
Pocahontas, Baker county, on November 27, 1877, he married Mrs. Nancy A.
Clark, daughter of William and Nellie Goodman. They have one adopted daughter,
Eva. J., born May 27, 1897. Mrs. Burrell is a native of Tennessee, born in
1846, and came with her mother and the family to Baker county in 1877. The
father died in Tennessee before the family came here and the mother died in
this county May 10, 1900.