. History of Steuben County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794. J^'?n7d0^y Hon. John McBurney, the subject of this sketch, was born in Northampton County, in the State of Pennsylvania, on the 29th day of August, 1796. He was the son of Thomas McBurney, who with his mother and her family emigrated from County Antrim, in the north of Ireland, at the close of the Kevolu- tionary war, to Northampton County, and was of the famous Scotch-Irish stock that have won s
. History of Steuben County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794. J^'?n7d0^y Hon. John McBurney, the subject of this sketch, was born in Northampton County, in the State of Pennsylvania, on the 29th day of August, 1796. He was the son of Thomas McBurney, who with his mother and her family emigrated from County Antrim, in the north of Ireland, at the close of the Kevolu- tionary war, to Northampton County, and was of the famous Scotch-Irish stock that have won such a reputation for their stalwart, firm, and genuine fighting qualities. Their influence in this country has ever been marked. Thomas McBurney married the daughter of the late Judge Mulholland, then one of the leading citizens of Northampton County. Thomas McBurney with his family emigrated to Steuben County about 1800, and purchased a farm in the then town of Painted Post, which is now occupied by D. W. Fuller. He at once became a prominent man of the county ; was appointed sheriff in 1812, and after the expiration of his term was appointed first judge ofthe old Courtof Common Pleas in 1816. He became wealthy, and wielded great political influence in the county. He died in 1828 on his homestead at Painted Post. "With the exception of a term or two at an Eastern school, he had no other education than what could be obtained in the common schools of the town. His tastes and habits inclined him to become a farmer, and as soon as he attained his majority he married Jemima Patterson, a daughter of the late Ichabod Patterson, one of the six proprietors of township two, in the first range, included in the old town of Painted Post. Mr. McBurney immediately moved upon the farm across the river from Corning, a part of the purchase of Patterson, upon which he spent the remainder of his life. By his industry and thrift upon this farm he laid the foundation of the hand- some fortune
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