D. S. Burroughs

D. S. Burroughs, son of Lorin and Meribah (Boardman) Burroughs, was born at Napoli, Cattaraugus county, N. Y., Feb. 7,1843. His father was a son of Porter Burroughs, and mother a daughter of Richard Boardman, prominent agriculturalists of Onondaga Co., N. Y. In 1867 Lorin Burroughs and family migrated to Prophetstown, where the father died Sept. 5, 1867, leaving five sons and three daughters living. Geo. W. is supposed to have been killed at Chancellorsville, under Hooker; Orlando, the eldest, is a farmer; Lewis P., died at Napoli, N. Y.; Ira, like Orlando, resides in Sarpy county, Neb.; Daniel L. is a citizen of Whiteside county, Ill.; Wallace M. is in insurance business at Omaha, Neb.; Lavina is the widow of O. Fischer, Whiteside county; Salina is the wife of John M. Richards, of Whiteside county; and Marinda V. is unmarried. D. S. Burroughs is the sixth son of seven boys. He spent his boyhood at Napoli, and obtained his education in Cattaraugus county. After coming to Illinois he traveled extensively through the west, was engaged in the creamery business in Whiteside county until 1884, but started in business in this place November 10, 1875, the date of his commission house at Wyoming. His wife, whom he married at Council Bluffs, Ia., was born at Cold Springs, Cattaraugus county, N. Y. They are the parents of one daughter, Carrie. Mr. Burroughs is a member of the masonic society, a strong advocate of temperance principles, and a supporter of all beneficial enterprises.