William Harrison Burns was born about 1845 in Iowa, United States.
He was the son of William H. Burns and Sarah Jane (McPherson) Burns. Brother of Phronia Burns, Nancy Burns, John Alonza Burns and Josiah Burns.
Residence
1850 US Census; 25 Oct 1850; Lee County, Iowa, United States
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4F-VBR : 12 April 2016), Alonzo Burns in household of William Burns, Lee county, part of, Lee, Iowa, United States; citing family 1463, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).