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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 12/1/1894
Party Affiliation: Republican
Assemblies Served:
House: 9 (1862)
Home County: Allamakee
Joseph Burton
Allamakee County

JOSEPH BURTON, who died at Waukon, on the first day of December, was one of the pioneer settlers in Allamakee County. He was a native of Rhode Island, coming west in 1854 and settling on a farm, lying on the Makee ridge in Allamakee County. In 186l Mr. Burton was elected to the lower house of the Ninth General Assembly, serving through the regular and extra sessions of 1862. He was 77 years of age at the time of his death. He was an excellent and useful citizen, widely known and highly esteemed in northeastern Iowa.

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House District 51
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9th GA (1862)
Standing Committees
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9th GA (1862)