John Lee Burrow

Brief Life History of John Lee

When John Lee Burrow was born on 2 August 1891, in Mammoth Spring, Fulton, Arkansas, United States, his father, James Madrid Burrow, was 37 and his mother, Ida Josephine Whiteside, was 31. He married Florence Ellen Stevenin on 7 December 1919, in Sharp, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Mammoth Spring Township, Fulton, Arkansas, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 15 January 1978, in Thayer, Oregon, Missouri, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Mammoth Spring, Fulton, Arkansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Lee Burrow
1891–1978
Florence Ellen Stevenin
1901–1998
Marriage: 7 December 1919
Ralph Edward Burrow
1921–2007
Florence Corinne Burrow
1924–2013
Lorna Burrow
1926–1949
Mary Lou Burrow
1929–2018
James F Burrow
1939–2005

Sources (15)

  • Lee Burrow, "United States 1950 Census"
  • John L Burrow, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
  • Lee Burrow, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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Name Meaning

English:

topographic name for someone who lived by a castle or manor house, or in a town, especially a chartered town or borough (Middle English burgh, Old English burg ‘fortified place, borough, manor’), or a habitational name for someone who came from a place so named because it was a fortified town or near an ancient fort, such as Burrow (Leicestershire, Lancashire), Burrough Green (Cambridgeshire), Brough (numerous counties), and Peterborough (Northamptonshire); see also Burgh .

topographic name for someone who lived on a hill or near a mound (Middle English bergh, Old English beorg), or a habitational name for someone who came from a place so named, such as Burrow (Devon, Somerset). Middle English bergh became throughly confused with burgh in 1 above. Compare Burrough .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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