Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1918 — ELLIOTT R. BURR IS DEAD [ARTICLE]

ELLIOTT R. BURR IS DEAD

Former Jasper County Citizen Dies in Florida. Mrs. Ralph Johnson of Barkley township received Word Saturday of the death on March 27 at St. Cloud, Florida, of her uncle, Elliott R. Burr, a former well-known citizen of Jasper county, who resided some twenty-five years ago in Jordan township/ Mr. Burr was about seventy-five years old and was a soldier in the Civil war. He had resided near Lynchburg, Virginia, for several yegrs. The remains will be brought back to Goodland for burial April 6, beside the grave of his wife, who died’ several years ago.