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OLIVER BURROUGHS. This much respected citizen of the town of Seneca Falls makes his home near the banks of Cayuga Lake. He is engaged as a mechanic, and so well does he perform every obligation entrusted to him, that he is kept constantly busy, and is patronized by the best people of the community.

Mr. Burroughs is a native of this state, having been born in Livingston County, January 2, 1843. His parents were Carlton and Mary E. (Jacoby) Burroughs, who came to this section about ten years after the birth of their son Oliver. After coming here, the father, who was a farmer by occupation, purchased one hundred acres of land in the town of Seneca Falls, on which he expended much time and labor. He is still living, and is now about seventy-nine years of age. His good wife, who was born in 1816, died in March, 1892.

Up to the time of starting out for himself, our subject had obtained a good education and was well fitted to battle successfully with the many obstacles which beset his path. He was married, in December, 1864, to Miss Mary E. Larzelere. The latter, who was born in this town, is a daughter of Harvey and Mahala (Slawson) Larzelere, and is an intelligent and highly respected lady.

Mr. Burroughs worked his father’s farm on shares until 1873, and on abandoning this occupation followed fishing for some ten or twelve years. This business proved a very paying one, and during that time he saved quite a snug little sum of money. About this time he was engaged to work in the carpenter department of the American Steam Fire Engine Company, of Seneca Falls, remaining in the company’s employ for three years. In the year 1873 he bought his present place, on which he has lived ever since.

Our subject has a son, Clarence L., who is fireman on one of the engines on the New York Central Road. He is married and makes his home in the town of Seneca Falls. In politics Mr. Burroughs is a Republican, with Prohibition tendencies. He holds membership with the Presbyterian Church of Cayuga, and in order to attend services makes the trip in a canoe down the lake. He is quite an extensive apiarist, and for the past twenty years has given considerable attention to the culture of bees, having about twenty hives on his place.