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Below is a family biography included in The History of Madison County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Henry H. Burge, another leading and enterprising citizen of Independence Township, Madison Co., Ark., and the son of Richard and Nancy (Massey) Burge, was born in Hardeman County, Tenn., February 13, 1830. The parents were both natives of Hardeman County, Tenn., but moved to Illinois when the subject of this sketch was six years of age. Here they remained until 1860 or 1861, when they moved to Madison County, Ark., and from there to Boone County, of the same State, where the father died in 1882 at the age of eighty-one. He had been a farmer all his life, and in years past had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The mother died in Madison County, Ark., in 1872, at the age of sixty-nine. Their family consisted of nine children, five now living: Mrs. Susan Allen, A. D., John, Henry H. and Dr. M. M. Henry H. received the rudiments of an education in Illinois, and remained with his parents until twenty-seven years of age, when he engaged in agricultural pursuits, and this he has since continued. He married Miss Henrietta Leatherman, a daughter of Henry Leatherman, and a native of Indiana. She died April 15, 1878, while on a visit to Marion County, Ill., and was thirty-four years of age at that time. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the mother of six children, only three now living: Mrs. Mary E. Walker, Mrs. Martha E. Long and Mrs. Nancy Bates. Those deceased were named William T., Lucinda and William F. In 1860 or 1861 Mr. Burge removed to Madison County, Ark., and located on the farm where he now lives, which he has cleared and improved. He has been quite a traveler in his day, but has found no State that suited as well as Arkansas. He is a member of the K. of H., is a Democrat in politics and has always been an advocate of temperance. He is an excellent citizen.
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This family biography is one of 99 biographies included in The History of Madison County, Arkansas published in 1889. For the complete description, click here: Madison County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps
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