Lyman, W. D. "An Illustrated History of Walla Walla County, State of
Washington."  W. H. Lever, Publisher, 1901.  p. 450.
 
J. BUROKER

     a farmer, residing five and a half miles east of Walla Walla, was born in
Ohio, January 18, 1845. He lived there until twelve years old, then moved with
the remainder of the family to Montgomery county, Missouri, whence, three years
later, he went to Iowa. He was a resident of that state until April, 1864. then
set out across the plains with teams to Walla Walla. He remained here from the
time of his arrival until September, 1865, when he went to Linn county, Oregon,
where the ensuing three years were passed. Returning, then, to this county, he
took a homestead and purchased a quarter section of land on Mill creek, not far
from his present place of abode. In June, 1883, he bought the farm on which he
now lives. He is the owner of three hundred and seventy-five acres of fine land,
and is engaged principally in producing wheat. An industrious, progressive,
enterprising man, he stands well in the community in which he resides, though he
does not seem to be especially ambitious for personal preferment, or leadership
among his confreres. He was married in Walla Walla county, December 9, 1877, to
Miss Josephine Patterson, also a pioneer of the west, and they have one child,
Claudia.



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