George
Washington
Burroughs
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Asa Burroughs
and Rebecca (Shepherd) Burroughs
Brother of
Angeline (Burroughs) Morse, Lucy Ann Burroughs, Sabrina C Burroughs, Helen Burroughs, William H Burroughs, Seymour L Burroughs, Mary Ann (Burroughs) Hamilton, Sarah Louise (Burroughs) Glaze and Frances Maria Burroughs
Husband of
Delilah (Rinard) Burroughs
— married
4 Nov 1849 in Sylvania, Lucas Co., Ohio
Descendants 
Father of
William Wallace Burroughs Sr, Frances Helen Layton (Burroughs) Miller, Anna B (Burroughs) Baker, George Washington Burroughs Jr, Asa Levi Burroughs, Seymour Edward Burroughs, Louisa May (Burroughs) Miller, Maude Alice Burroughs and Mabel Angeline Burroughs
Died
at age 67
in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Sep 2010
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Biography
George W. Burroughs was the oldest child of Rebecca and Asa Burroughs. He was born February 3, 1825 in Cleveland, Ohio where his boyhood was spent. He secured employment on a canal boat. For several years he was the owner and captain of a boat on the Wabash and Erie canal.
He settled at Lafayette, Ind. in 1849. He was married on November 4, 1849 to Miss Delilah Rinard, at Sylvania, Lucas County, Ohio. Miss Rinard was the daughter of James and Angeline Cohee Rinard.
Mr. Burroughs engaged in the ice business for many years in Lafayette. He served for some time as a member of the city council.
Mr. Burroughs was a member of the Episcopal church. He died at his home in Lafayette, November 4, 1892.
Sources
History and Genealogy of the John Shepherd Family compiled by R.N. Hodgman, Cleveland Ohio 1913. The Book is in the possession of Bonnie Nilsen who has constructed a website about it at John Shepherd Family book
Burial
Greenbush Cemetery, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., Indiana Plot: section 7, lot 235
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Bonnie Nilsen 
:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GU3288725 [compare], yourDNAportal BONd361ef9b, Ancestry member bnilsen
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~3.12%
Lindsay (Heider) Diamond :
23andMe
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