Site Navigation

Home Advertising Biographies Business Directories Cemeteries Census Class Reunion Family Bibles Family Links History of Madison County Location Lookups Maps Madison County Links Marriages Mortality Schedules Newspaper Clippings Obituaries Ohio County Formation Perpetual Calendar Photo Album Queries Surnames Who Are They? Wills Contact us

Search Engine


Member
U.S. Genweb Ohio Genweb
U.S. Biographies Ohio Biographies
American Local History Network
Ohio History
American History & Genealogy Project
Ohio History & Genealogy Project

Biography of L. W. Burnham

From HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY
W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]


Page 858

L. W. BURNHAM. of Houston & Burnham, hardware merchants, London, was born in Pike Township. Madison County, December 12,1852. He is a son of Henry Burnham. a native of this county and a farmer by occupation. He married Eveline Williams, a native of this county. L. W. Burnham is the elder of five children, and when a young man accepted the position of Teller of the Trader's Bank of Mechanicsburg, Champaign Co., Ohio. He remained in this position three years, and then came to London to accept a similar one in the Central Bank of that city. After three years he resigned that position, and engaged in his present business with T. J. Houston, under the firm name of Houston & Burnham. Mr. Burnham is a member of the M E. Church, and Republican politically. He was married, October 5, 1875, to Ella M. Houston, a sister of his present partner. She was a member of the M. E. Church and departed this life June 6, 1880.



This is a volunteer project. We depend upon feedback from our visitors. If you have information to share or have resources relating to Madison County, we would love to hear from you.