1876 Biography - Asahel Burnett
Asahel Burnett. Born in Vernon, Trumbull County, Ohio, December 4, 1829. His
parents were John and Harriet Burnett, his mother being the first white child
born in Hartford, Trumbull County, Ohio. He was reared on a farm, educated at
the common school and academy, and at the age of twenty struck out for himself,
"without a dollar or even a tolerable suit of clothes." He has made life useful,
and has acquired a good character and a competence. He never earned a dollar by
"speculation," but has acquired by honesty, industry and frugality what he has.
During twenty-five years he has followed farming, and school teaching in the
autumns and winters. Was married July 17, 1853, to Miss Ellen Farnham, and
October 3, 1854, to Miss Didamia Robertson, and became a citizen of Johnson
County, Illinois, in 1854.
Contributed 2022 Apr 22 by Norma Hass, extracted from 1876 Atlas of the State of Illinois, pages 22, 130, and 238-239.
