Kings County Biographies


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J. M. BURTON
 
of South Fork valley, Kern County, California, was born in Jackson, Missouri, 
September 13, 1857.  He came to California in 1876; he is a miner by occupation, 
and is also engaged in ranching.  He first lived on the Tule river and mined in 
the hills of Tulare County; he worked for some time in the Big Blue mine in Kern 
County, and has prospected and mined on his own account.  He opened a mine which 
he now owns on Piute mountain.  As has already been stated, Mr. Burton is 
conducting farming operations.  He owns 160 acres of land at the junction of the 
North and South Forks of Kern river, which he is improving.
            Mr. Burton is a man of industry, good habits, and has a promising 
future.
 
Memorial and Biographical History of the counties of Fresno, Tulare and Kern, 
California
Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1892  p. 736
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler