Matthew was born in 1832. He is the son of William Burris and Lydia Morris.
"United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZZ-SY5 : accessed 27 April 2015), Matthew Burress in household of William E Burress, Harrison county, part of, Harrison, Missouri, United States; citing family 334, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MWHR-FFY : accessed 2015-04-27), entry for Matthew Moses BURRIS.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6XQ-L2K : 14 July 2016), Mathew Burris, Lorraine, Harrison, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 297, sheet 119B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0689; FHL microfilm 1,254,689.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMGJ-LW8 : accessed 10 February 2017), Mathew Burris, North & South Choctaw Townships, Lincoln, Oklahoma Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 124, sheet 9B, family 187, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,339.
"New Mexico Deaths, 1889-1945," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLTQ-VSD : 12 December 2014), Matthew Burris in entry for James Burris, 03 May 1924; citing Union, New Mexico, reference 130, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Santa Fe; FHL microfilm 2,032,890.
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