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J. E. Burnham, attorney, is a native of Mason County, Ill., and was born January 9, 1857. He attended the Illinois University one term, and in 1878 began the study of law at Union College of Law, Chicago, and was admitted to the bar in Mercer County, Missouri, in September, 1880, and in 1882 located at Unionville and began to practice his chosen profession. In 1878 he was united in marriage to Anna Young, a native of Mason County, Ill., by whom two sons and two daughters have been born, named, respectively, Guy, True, Daisy and Carrie, all living save Guy. He is a member of the A. O. U. W., and himself and wife are united with the Christian Church. The Burnham family is descended from three brothers who came from England prior to the Revolutionary War, in which they engaged, and all three located in Connecticut. Festus, the grandfather of our subject, was born in that State, lived and died there. The father, Henry C., was born in Connecticut, married in Ohio to Angeline Currier, with whom he afterward moved to Illinois, where they now reside, at Havana. J. E. was the fourth of seven children, four sons and three daughters, born to his parents. His two elder sisters are now deceased. Carrie, the youngest, resides with her parents. His three brothers are all living, Alonzo, the eldest, being a physician, with a large and lucrative practice near Jacksonville, Ill. George is an attorney in Kansas City, with a good business. Philo, the youngest, resides on the old homestead near Mason City, Ill., where he is engaged in the raising of fine horses.