Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Pike and Calhoun Counties, Illinois, 1891; Page 199-200
ROBERT BURBRIDGE, a practical and progressive farmer of Hardin Township, residing on section 17, has spent his entire life in this county. He was born September 25, 1849, on the farm where T. J. Burbridge now lives. Little is known concerning the early history of the family, but the paternal great-grandfather emigrated from Virginia to Kentucky, when the latter State was a wilderness. Grandfather Robert Burbridge was a Kentucky farmer, and married a Miss Richards in that State. In 1825 they removed to Pike County, Mo., settling near Louisiana, and from there came to Pike County, Ill., in 1841. In this county the grandfather died in 1848 and the grandmother in 1852.
Thomas B. Burbridge, the father of our subject, was born in Kentucky in 1818 and came alone to Illinois in 1840. Here he became acquainted with and wedded Miss Mary McNary, a native of Pike County and they began their domestic life on section 29, Hardin Township, where they spent the remainder of their lives. They were consistent members of the Christian Church, in the work of which they took an active part, and by their upright lives won the high regard of all with whom they came in contact. In politics Mr. Burbridge was a Republican and served as Road Commissioner and School Director.
The first wife of Thomas B. Burbridge died in July, 1861, and he was afterward married to Emily Hodge. The children of the first marriage were nine in number, seven of whom are yet living, namely: Mrs. Harvey Weaver, Mrs. Caley, Robert, John W., James, Mrs. Anderson Foreman, and Thomas J. Mr. Burbridge was a prominent citizen in this community and exerted a wide influence for good. He possessed business ability of a high order and was so successful in his undertakings that ere his death he became owner of fourteen hundred and eighty acres of land. He died August 8, 1888, at the age of seventy years.
In his youth our subject was inured to hard labor on the farm, and thereby developed a spirit of industry and self-reliance, which has been of material benefit to him in his business career in later years. Prior to the age of twenty-four years he worked at farming under the direction of his father, but at that time began life for himself. For a helpmate he chose Miss Louesa Foreman, the union being celebrated in 1874. This lady was born in Newburg Township, Pike County, August 18, 1855, and is a daughter of David B. and Margaret (Anderson) Foreman, who came from Ohio to Illinois at an early day. They were the parents of five children, three of whom are living. The mother died in 1867, but Mr. Foreman is still living and makes his home in Newburg Township. He afterward married Nancey Hill, and by this union they have one child.
Mr. and Mrs. Burbridge began their wedded life in Spring Creek Township, and after several years removed to Newburg Township, where they made their home for two years. His next place of residence was in Rice County, Kan., but after farming in that State from 1884 until 1887, he returned to this county and for a year operated a farm near Nebo. He then purchased an estate on section 17, Hardin Township, his present home, where he now owns one hundred and forty acres. He also owns a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Anderson County, Kan. Both are under cultivation. He personally superintends the cultivation of his land in this county, and takes great pride in keeping everything in first-class order. He is an industrious, energetic man, and the success which has attended his efforts is well merited. Mr. Burbridge takes considerable interest in political affairs, voting with the Republican party, but has never sought official distinction. He is now serving as Director in School District No. 3. Socially he is a member of the Masonic order, and both he and his wife hold membership in the Christian Church. Their children are Bertie Arthur, David Anderson, and Robert Earl, and they have lost one child.
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Robert Burbridge, the third eldest child of Thomas B. Burbridge, was born in Hardin Township, Pike County, Illinois, on September 25, 1849. He was married to Louisa Foreman on March 12, 1874. She was born August 18th 1855, in Newburg Township, Pike County, Illinois. She died September 14, 1912. To them were born 4 children.
*STELLA, the oldest, died when only 18 months old, in Pike County, Illinois, and was buried at the Blue River Cemetery.
*BERTIE A., the oldest son, was born August 19, 1878 in Spring Creek Township, Pike County, Illinois. On Oct. 31, 1899 he married Emily Rebecca Carey in Bowling Green, Missouri. She was born March 1, 1883. They were both born and reared in Pike County, Illinois.
*DAVID, the second son, was born in Pike County, Illinois February 15, 1881, and died May 14, 1914. He married Maud Watson, who is still a resident of Pittsfield.
*ROBERT EARL, youngest son, was born March 1888. He married Nellie Grimes. Both were born and reared in Pike County, Illinois.
ROBERT BURBRIDGE, a practical and progressive farmer of Hardin Township, residing on section 17, has spent his entire life in this county. He was born September 25, 1849, on the farm where T. J. Burbridge now lives. Little is known concerning the early history of the family, but the paternal great-grandfather emigrated from Virginia to Kentucky, when the latter State was a wilderness. Grandfather Robert Burbridge was a Kentucky farmer, and married a Miss Richards in that State. In 1825 they removed to Pike County, Mo., settling near Louisiana, and from there came to Pike County, Ill., in 1841. In this county the grandfather died in 1848 and the grandmother in 1852.
Thomas B. Burbridge, the father of our subject, was born in Kentucky in 1818 and came alone to Illinois in 1840. Here he became acquainted with and wedded Miss Mary McNary, a native of Pike County and they began their domestic life on section 29, Hardin Township, where they spent the remainder of their lives. They were consistent members of the Christian Church, in the work of which they took an active part, and by their upright lives won the high regard of all with whom they came in contact. In politics Mr. Burbridge was a Republican and served as Road Commissioner and School Director.
The first wife of Thomas B. Burbridge died in July, 1861, and he was afterward married to Emily Hodge. The children of the first marriage were nine in number, seven of whom are yet living, namely: Mrs. Harvey Weaver, Mrs. Caley, Robert, John W., James, Mrs. Anderson Foreman, and Thomas J. Mr. Burbridge was a prominent citizen in this community and exerted a wide influence for good. He possessed business ability of a high order and was so successful in his undertakings that ere his death he became owner of fourteen hundred and eighty acres of land. He died August 8, 1888, at the age of seventy years.
In his youth our subject was inured to hard labor on the farm, and thereby developed a spirit of industry and self-reliance, which has been of material benefit to him in his business career in later years. Prior to the age of twenty-four years he worked at farming under the direction of his father, but at that time began life for himself. For a helpmate he chose Miss Louesa Foreman, the union being celebrated in 1874. This lady was born in Newburg Township, Pike County, August 18, 1855, and is a daughter of David B. and Margaret (Anderson) Foreman, who came from Ohio to Illinois at an early day. They were the parents of five children, three of whom are living. The mother died in 1867, but Mr. Foreman is still living and makes his home in Newburg Township. He afterward married Nancey Hill, and by this union they have one child.
Mr. and Mrs. Burbridge began their wedded life in Spring Creek Township, and after several years removed to Newburg Township, where they made their home for two years. His next place of residence was in Rice County, Kan., but after farming in that State from 1884 until 1887, he returned to this county and for a year operated a farm near Nebo. He then purchased an estate on section 17, Hardin Township, his present home, where he now owns one hundred and forty acres. He also owns a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Anderson County, Kan. Both are under cultivation. He personally superintends the cultivation of his land in this county, and takes great pride in keeping everything in first-class order. He is an industrious, energetic man, and the success which has attended his efforts is well merited. Mr. Burbridge takes considerable interest in political affairs, voting with the Republican party, but has never sought official distinction. He is now serving as Director in School District No. 3. Socially he is a member of the Masonic order, and both he and his wife hold membership in the Christian Church. Their children are Bertie Arthur, David Anderson, and Robert Earl, and they have lost one child.
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Robert Burbridge, the third eldest child of Thomas B. Burbridge, was born in Hardin Township, Pike County, Illinois, on September 25, 1849. He was married to Louisa Foreman on March 12, 1874. She was born August 18th 1855, in Newburg Township, Pike County, Illinois. She died September 14, 1912. To them were born 4 children.
*STELLA, the oldest, died when only 18 months old, in Pike County, Illinois, and was buried at the Blue River Cemetery.
*BERTIE A., the oldest son, was born August 19, 1878 in Spring Creek Township, Pike County, Illinois. On Oct. 31, 1899 he married Emily Rebecca Carey in Bowling Green, Missouri. She was born March 1, 1883. They were both born and reared in Pike County, Illinois.
*DAVID, the second son, was born in Pike County, Illinois February 15, 1881, and died May 14, 1914. He married Maud Watson, who is still a resident of Pittsfield.
*ROBERT EARL, youngest son, was born March 1888. He married Nellie Grimes. Both were born and reared in Pike County, Illinois.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Pike and Calhoun Counties, Illinois, 1891; Page 199-200
ROBERT BURBRIDGE, a practical and progressive farmer of Hardin Township, residing on section 17, has spent his entire life in this county. He was born September 25, 1849, on the farm where T. J. Burbridge now lives. Little is known concerning the early history of the family, but the paternal great-grandfather emigrated from Virginia to Kentucky, when the latter State was a wilderness. Grandfather Robert Burbridge was a Kentucky farmer, and married a Miss Richards in that State. In 1825 they removed to Pike County, Mo., settling near Louisiana, and from there came to Pike County, Ill., in 1841. In this county the grandfather died in 1848 and the grandmother in 1852.
Thomas B. Burbridge, the father of our subject, was born in Kentucky in 1818 and came alone to Illinois in 1840. Here he became acquainted with and wedded Miss Mary McNary, a native of Pike County and they began their domestic life on section 29, Hardin Township, where they spent the remainder of their lives. They were consistent members of the Christian Church, in the work of which they took an active part, and by their upright lives won the high regard of all with whom they came in contact. In politics Mr. Burbridge was a Republican and served as Road Commissioner and School Director.
The first wife of Thomas B. Burbridge died in July, 1861, and he was afterward married to Emily Hodge. The children of the first marriage were nine in number, seven of whom are yet living, namely: Mrs. Harvey Weaver, Mrs. Caley, Robert, John W., James, Mrs. Anderson Foreman, and Thomas J. Mr. Burbridge was a prominent citizen in this community and exerted a wide influence for good. He possessed business ability of a high order and was so successful in his undertakings that ere his death he became owner of fourteen hundred and eighty acres of land. He died August 8, 1888, at the age of seventy years.
In his youth our subject was inured to hard labor on the farm, and thereby developed a spirit of industry and self-reliance, which has been of material benefit to him in his business career in later years. Prior to the age of twenty-four years he worked at farming under the direction of his father, but at that time began life for himself. For a helpmate he chose Miss Louesa Foreman, the union being celebrated in 1874. This lady was born in Newburg Township, Pike County, August 18, 1855, and is a daughter of David B. and Margaret (Anderson) Foreman, who came from Ohio to Illinois at an early day. They were the parents of five children, three of whom are living. The mother died in 1867, but Mr. Foreman is still living and makes his home in Newburg Township. He afterward married Nancey Hill, and by this union they have one child.
Mr. and Mrs. Burbridge began their wedded life in Spring Creek Township, and after several years removed to Newburg Township, where they made their home for two years. His next place of residence was in Rice County, Kan., but after farming in that State from 1884 until 1887, he returned to this county and for a year operated a farm near Nebo. He then purchased an estate on section 17, Hardin Township, his present home, where he now owns one hundred and forty acres. He also owns a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Anderson County, Kan. Both are under cultivation. He personally superintends the cultivation of his land in this county, and takes great pride in keeping everything in first-class order. He is an industrious, energetic man, and the success which has attended his efforts is well merited. Mr. Burbridge takes considerable interest in political affairs, voting with the Republican party, but has never sought official distinction. He is now serving as Director in School District No. 3. Socially he is a member of the Masonic order, and both he and his wife hold membership in the Christian Church. Their children are Bertie Arthur, David Anderson, and Robert Earl, and they have lost one child.
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Robert Burbridge, the third eldest child of Thomas B. Burbridge, was born in Hardin Township, Pike County, Illinois, on September 25, 1849. He was married to Louisa Foreman on March 12, 1874. She was born August 18th 1855, in Newburg Township, Pike County, Illinois. She died September 14, 1912. To them were born 4 children.
*STELLA, the oldest, died when only 18 months old, in Pike County, Illinois, and was buried at the Blue River Cemetery.
*BERTIE A., the oldest son, was born August 19, 1878 in Spring Creek Township, Pike County, Illinois. On Oct. 31, 1899 he married Emily Rebecca Carey in Bowling Green, Missouri. She was born March 1, 1883. They were both born and reared in Pike County, Illinois.
*DAVID, the second son, was born in Pike County, Illinois February 15, 1881, and died May 14, 1914. He married Maud Watson, who is still a resident of Pittsfield.
*ROBERT EARL, youngest son, was born March 1888. He married Nellie Grimes. Both were born and reared in Pike County, Illinois.
ROBERT BURBRIDGE, a practical and progressive farmer of Hardin Township, residing on section 17, has spent his entire life in this county. He was born September 25, 1849, on the farm where T. J. Burbridge now lives. Little is known concerning the early history of the family, but the paternal great-grandfather emigrated from Virginia to Kentucky, when the latter State was a wilderness. Grandfather Robert Burbridge was a Kentucky farmer, and married a Miss Richards in that State. In 1825 they removed to Pike County, Mo., settling near Louisiana, and from there came to Pike County, Ill., in 1841. In this county the grandfather died in 1848 and the grandmother in 1852.
Thomas B. Burbridge, the father of our subject, was born in Kentucky in 1818 and came alone to Illinois in 1840. Here he became acquainted with and wedded Miss Mary McNary, a native of Pike County and they began their domestic life on section 29, Hardin Township, where they spent the remainder of their lives. They were consistent members of the Christian Church, in the work of which they took an active part, and by their upright lives won the high regard of all with whom they came in contact. In politics Mr. Burbridge was a Republican and served as Road Commissioner and School Director.
The first wife of Thomas B. Burbridge died in July, 1861, and he was afterward married to Emily Hodge. The children of the first marriage were nine in number, seven of whom are yet living, namely: Mrs. Harvey Weaver, Mrs. Caley, Robert, John W., James, Mrs. Anderson Foreman, and Thomas J. Mr. Burbridge was a prominent citizen in this community and exerted a wide influence for good. He possessed business ability of a high order and was so successful in his undertakings that ere his death he became owner of fourteen hundred and eighty acres of land. He died August 8, 1888, at the age of seventy years.
In his youth our subject was inured to hard labor on the farm, and thereby developed a spirit of industry and self-reliance, which has been of material benefit to him in his business career in later years. Prior to the age of twenty-four years he worked at farming under the direction of his father, but at that time began life for himself. For a helpmate he chose Miss Louesa Foreman, the union being celebrated in 1874. This lady was born in Newburg Township, Pike County, August 18, 1855, and is a daughter of David B. and Margaret (Anderson) Foreman, who came from Ohio to Illinois at an early day. They were the parents of five children, three of whom are living. The mother died in 1867, but Mr. Foreman is still living and makes his home in Newburg Township. He afterward married Nancey Hill, and by this union they have one child.
Mr. and Mrs. Burbridge began their wedded life in Spring Creek Township, and after several years removed to Newburg Township, where they made their home for two years. His next place of residence was in Rice County, Kan., but after farming in that State from 1884 until 1887, he returned to this county and for a year operated a farm near Nebo. He then purchased an estate on section 17, Hardin Township, his present home, where he now owns one hundred and forty acres. He also owns a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Anderson County, Kan. Both are under cultivation. He personally superintends the cultivation of his land in this county, and takes great pride in keeping everything in first-class order. He is an industrious, energetic man, and the success which has attended his efforts is well merited. Mr. Burbridge takes considerable interest in political affairs, voting with the Republican party, but has never sought official distinction. He is now serving as Director in School District No. 3. Socially he is a member of the Masonic order, and both he and his wife hold membership in the Christian Church. Their children are Bertie Arthur, David Anderson, and Robert Earl, and they have lost one child.
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Robert Burbridge, the third eldest child of Thomas B. Burbridge, was born in Hardin Township, Pike County, Illinois, on September 25, 1849. He was married to Louisa Foreman on March 12, 1874. She was born August 18th 1855, in Newburg Township, Pike County, Illinois. She died September 14, 1912. To them were born 4 children.
*STELLA, the oldest, died when only 18 months old, in Pike County, Illinois, and was buried at the Blue River Cemetery.
*BERTIE A., the oldest son, was born August 19, 1878 in Spring Creek Township, Pike County, Illinois. On Oct. 31, 1899 he married Emily Rebecca Carey in Bowling Green, Missouri. She was born March 1, 1883. They were both born and reared in Pike County, Illinois.
*DAVID, the second son, was born in Pike County, Illinois February 15, 1881, and died May 14, 1914. He married Maud Watson, who is still a resident of Pittsfield.
*ROBERT EARL, youngest son, was born March 1888. He married Nellie Grimes. Both were born and reared in Pike County, Illinois.
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