"... was reared in Boone County, Missouri, to which place his parents moved the year following his birth."
His father died in 1840.
Sources
"Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Fresno, Tulare, and Kern, California," Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, 1891.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22818936/napoleon-b-burks: accessed 13 September 2022), memorial page for Napoleon B Burks (1825–8 Jan 1901), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22818936, citing Mountain View Cemetery, Fresno, Fresno County, California, USA; Maintained by Lester Letson (contributor 46627920) .
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