| J.H. Burhans |
| J. H. Burhans, of the
firm of Burhans Bros., proprietors of the Burlington
House, Postville, was born in 1831, in Otsego Co., N. Y.;
emigrated with parents to Rock County, Wisconsin in 1845,
from there to Ossian, Winneshiek Co., Iowa in 1855, and
in April, 1857, moved to Clayton Co., the roads being
blocked with snow, it having been a very severe winter.
In the fall of 1862 he enlisted in Co. L, 6th Iowa.
Cavalry. Their operations were confined to the northwest,
protecting the frontier from the Indians. He was
discharged in October 1865, returned home, and was mostly
engaged working at his trade, carpenter and joiner. In
1876 he came to Postville, still following his trade. In
the winter of 1882 he purchased the Burlington House in
company with his brother, J. W. Burhans. He married Sarah
A. D. ----, a native of Connecticut, in 1854; they have
one son; John D. Mr. Burhans is a member of the Masonic
Order. pg 473-474 |