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Below is a family biography included in The History of Barton County, Missouri 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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Andrew C. Burnett, prosecuting attorney of Barton County, Mo., was born in Randolph County, Ill., January 11, 1859, and is the son of Alexander and Martha J. (Parsons) Burnett. Alexander Burnett was born in Ireland, and, when thirteen years of age, his parents moved to America and settled in one of the Carolinas. Here he married Miss Parsons. Sometime after he moved to Illinois, ran a store, and was also engaged in farming, he died in 1868, but the mother is still living. In their family were twelve children, ten now living, four sons and six daughters, Andrew C. Burnett received a good practical education in the common schools, and graduated at Southern Illinois Normal University in 1879. The same year he came to Lamar, and, having clerked in a store until 1883, he began to read law with Thurman & Wray, and was admitted to the Lamar bar in 1884. In November, 1886, he was elected prosecuting attorney, and re-elected in 1888. He was married in October, 1881, to Miss Clara Frank, by whom he has one daughter, Blanche. Mrs. Burnett is a member of the Congregational Church. In his political views Mr. Burnett affiliates with the Democratic party. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. He has, for five years, been a practitioner at the bar of Lamar, and, although just starting, has won a good reputation as a lawyer.
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