Shaver, F. A., Arthur P. Rose, R. F. Steele, and A. E. Adams, compilers.  "An
Illustrated History of Central Oregon." ("Embracing Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam,
Wheeler, Crook, Lake, & Klamath Counties")  Spokane, WA: Western Historical
Publishing Co., 1905.  p. 1021
 
HORATIO HILL BURNHAM 

     resides nine miles northwest of Langell postoffice in Langells valley.  He
owns six hundred and forty acres of land, four hundred acres of which are good
for agricultural purposes. The place is utilized for pasture and timber. He has
three hundred acres under the plow at this time which annually raises bounteous
crops of the cereals and hay. His farm is provided with everything necessary for
its successful operation including three fine barns, good house, splendid
orchard with bands of stock, as cattle and horses. He has a very fine spring on
the place which irrigates his garden and orchard.
     Horatio H. Burnham was born in New Brunswick, Canada, on April 1, 1847. His
father, Enock B., was a native of the same place and came to Minnesota where he
remained until his death. He married Mary H. Hall, also a native of New
Brunswick, where, also, her death occurred. The brothers and sisters of our
subject are Mrs. Julia Smith, Ssmuel and Mrs. Mary Wilkenson, all of
Minneapolis. Horatio H. is the third of the children. At the age of sixteen,
having acquired a good common school education in his home place, he journeyed
to Maine, and there learned the tanner's trade. In September, 1868, he sailed
from New York city and journeyed via the Isthmus of Panama to San Francisco and
went thence to Santa Cruz. In 1870, he went to Butte county, California, and
engaged in mining for two years. His next venture was to purchase a sawmill
which business employed him until 1889, then he sold his property and came
overland with teams to Langells valley, settling on the place he had purchased
the winter before. He had one hundred and sixty acres of unimproved land and
went to work to build a home and make a fortune. He now has the fine estate
mentioned above and is very prosperous.
     On November 26, 1885, Mr. Burnham married Sarah Patterson, who was born in
Coles county, Illinois, the daughter of John W. and Louisa (Weaver) Patterson,
natives of Indiana and Pennsylvania, respectively. Mrs. Burnham has the
following named brothers and sisters: Harmon and Samuel, of Oroville,
California; Myles, of Durham, California; Thomas, deceased ; and Mrs. Lucy
Strong, of Paradise, California. Mrs. Burnham came with parents via New York
city and the Panama route to San Francisco in 1867. Her father settled in Butte
county, California, and is living there now
aged seventy-two.  Her mother died there on December 9, 1885. To our subject and
his wife three children have been born: Ernest Horatio; in Butte county,
California, on October 9, 1886; Hall Harrison, January 30, 1894; Hazel
Patterson, September 10, 1895.
     Mr. Burnham is a member of the A. F. & A. M., having joined that order in
1868, and of the. I. 0. 0. F., while his wife belongs to the Rebekahs.
     It is of interest to know that Mr. Burnham started here without any means
whatever and has gained his entire property holding through his efforts of
thrift and industry. He stands we'll in the community and is a man who has many
warm friends.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in May 2011 by Diana Smith.  Submitter has
no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.