He was a son of Robert Burbridge & Jaley Richards.
Thomas B. Burbridge, farmer and stock-raiser, sec. 29; son of Robert Burbridge, dec., a native of Kentucky, was born in Bath county, Ky., Feb. 28, 1818; came with his parents to Pike county, Mo., in 1825, where he remained until the Spring of 1842. Our subject, being a pioneer, has seen many Indians, and has ridden on horseback to mill, a distance of 6 miles, where he sometimes had to wait all day and all night for his grinding, with nothing to eat but parched corn; he went 3 miles to school, which was taught by subscription, about 3 months in the year, in a log building, with split logs for seats, a log taken out of one side of the house for a window, a huge fire-place in one end of the room for heating; the writing desk consisted of a puncheon supported by pins in the wall. Mr. B. came to this county in 1839, where he has since resided. In 1842 he married Mary McNary, daughter of John McNary, dec., and they had 7 children, – Cynthia, Jaly, Robert, John, James, Thomas and Harriet. Mrs. B. died in 1862, and April 12, 1866, he married Emily Hodge, who died Oct. 9, 1875. Mr. B. is surrounded by his children, who take good care of him in his old age.
Thomas B. Burbridge, farmer and stock-raiser, sec. 29; son of Robert Burbridge, dec., a native of Kentucky, was born in Bath county, Ky., Feb. 28, 1818; came with his parents to Pike county, Mo., in 1825, where he remained until the Spring of 1842. Our subject, being a pioneer, has seen many Indians, and has ridden on horseback to mill, a distance of 6 miles, where he sometimes had to wait all day and all night for his grinding, with nothing to eat but parched corn; he went 3 miles to school, which was taught by subscription, about 3 months in the year, in a log building, with split logs for seats, a log taken out of one side of the house for a window, a huge fire-place in one end of the room for heating; the writing desk consisted of a puncheon supported by pins in the wall. Mr. B. came to this county in 1839, where he has since resided. In 1842 he married Mary McNary, daughter of John McNary, dec., and they had 7 children, – Cynthia, Jaly, Robert, John, James, Thomas and Harriet. Mrs. B. died in 1862, and April 12, 1866, he married Emily Hodge, who died Oct. 9, 1875. Mr. B. is surrounded by his children, who take good care of him in his old age.
He was a son of Robert Burbridge & Jaley Richards.
Thomas B. Burbridge, farmer and stock-raiser, sec. 29; son of Robert Burbridge, dec., a native of Kentucky, was born in Bath county, Ky., Feb. 28, 1818; came with his parents to Pike county, Mo., in 1825, where he remained until the Spring of 1842. Our subject, being a pioneer, has seen many Indians, and has ridden on horseback to mill, a distance of 6 miles, where he sometimes had to wait all day and all night for his grinding, with nothing to eat but parched corn; he went 3 miles to school, which was taught by subscription, about 3 months in the year, in a log building, with split logs for seats, a log taken out of one side of the house for a window, a huge fire-place in one end of the room for heating; the writing desk consisted of a puncheon supported by pins in the wall. Mr. B. came to this county in 1839, where he has since resided. In 1842 he married Mary McNary, daughter of John McNary, dec., and they had 7 children, – Cynthia, Jaly, Robert, John, James, Thomas and Harriet. Mrs. B. died in 1862, and April 12, 1866, he married Emily Hodge, who died Oct. 9, 1875. Mr. B. is surrounded by his children, who take good care of him in his old age.
Thomas B. Burbridge, farmer and stock-raiser, sec. 29; son of Robert Burbridge, dec., a native of Kentucky, was born in Bath county, Ky., Feb. 28, 1818; came with his parents to Pike county, Mo., in 1825, where he remained until the Spring of 1842. Our subject, being a pioneer, has seen many Indians, and has ridden on horseback to mill, a distance of 6 miles, where he sometimes had to wait all day and all night for his grinding, with nothing to eat but parched corn; he went 3 miles to school, which was taught by subscription, about 3 months in the year, in a log building, with split logs for seats, a log taken out of one side of the house for a window, a huge fire-place in one end of the room for heating; the writing desk consisted of a puncheon supported by pins in the wall. Mr. B. came to this county in 1839, where he has since resided. In 1842 he married Mary McNary, daughter of John McNary, dec., and they had 7 children, – Cynthia, Jaly, Robert, John, James, Thomas and Harriet. Mrs. B. died in 1862, and April 12, 1866, he married Emily Hodge, who died Oct. 9, 1875. Mr. B. is surrounded by his children, who take good care of him in his old age.
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