Central California Biographies

A memorial and biographical history of the coast counties of Central California : illustrated : containing 
a history of this important section of the Pacific coast from the earliest period of its discovery to the 
present time, together with glimpses of its auspicious future, illustrations and full-page portraits of 
some of its eminent men, and biographical mention of many of its pioneers, and prominent citizens of 
to-day (1893)

Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Publishing Company
Author: Barrows, Henry D; Ingersoll, Luther A

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

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ROBERT BURNS, who resides near Mulberry, San Benito county, California, is one of the 
most substantial farmers of the county. 

Mr. Burns is a native of Madison, a town on the Kennebec river in Somerset county, 
Maine, and was born May 18, 1839. His father, Samuel S. Burns, a farmer by occupa- 
tion, was of Scotch nativity and a relative of Robert Burns, the eminent Scotch poet. The 
subject of our sketch came to California in 1860, making the journey via Panama, and 
landing at San Francisco. He located at San Juan, on the San Justo ranch, and in 1878 
went to San Luis Obispo, where he continued stock-raising, operating on the Huerhuero 
ranch. In 1884 he took up his abode on his present farm, 640 acres, on the San Benito 
creek. 

Mr. Burns was married in 1870, to Miss Florett Willington, a native of Maine. Their 
four children are: Willis L., Mabel E., Gertrude and Herbert, � all living at present with 
their parents.