Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1910 — Obituary of William Wallace Burns. [ARTICLE]

Obituary of William Wallace Burns.

William Wallace Burns, who was born April 17, 1862, at Rensselaer, Jasper county, Indiana, died at his home in Hudson, Minn., March 15, 1910, after a brief illness, aged 47 years, 10 months and 28 days. He was a son of William and Susan Burns. He was married Sept. 12, 1894, to Lottie M. Dowell. To this union were born two children, a son and daughter; Marion E. Burns, who died in infancy and Mary Edith Burns, only daughter, who survives him. His life was spent at the old homestead until three years ago, when he moved his family to Hudson township, Douglas county, Minnesota. Those who survive to mourn his. death are his wife, daughter Edith, one brother, Martin Burns, who resides at Riverside, California, and a sister, Mrs. John Day, of Kingman, Kansas, and Besse Odom, who” has made her home with them since childhood. Beside these are a host of friends who mourn their loss. His remains were taken to Rensselaer, Indiana and laid to rest in the Smith cemetery, near his childhood home.