Wayne County Biographies



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John Burney

John Burney was born Aug. 24, 1849, in Wayne County, Ind., a son of John Henderson and Elizabeth Burney, the former a native of North Carolina, who settled near the town of Dublin, Wayne County, in an early day, where he died in 1873. His widow survived till 1877. They reared eleven children, all of whom are living. Our subject attended a private school in Dublin, and when fourteen years old learned the trade of carriage painting and trimming, which he followed till 1874. He then added the manufacturing of carriages and buggies to his shop, employing men for that parpose, while he does the painting and trimming. He owns the brick building in which he carries on his business, and is noted for his prompt business habits and square dealing. He owns a wood house in Dublin and five acres of land, and also owns property in Cambridge City. He was married in 1875 to Mary E., daughter of Daniel White, of Cambridge City.

Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2