Harrison Word Burton [Photograph]
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Harrison Word Burton [Photograph]Description
Circa 1882 – 1895 Emil Frey photograph of Harrison Word Burton in Corsicana, Texas.Context
Henry Word Burton was born in Buckingham County, Virginia, August 30, 1840, and reared in Richmond. In April 1861, he enlisted in Company D, First Virginia Regiment, commanded by Colonel P.T. Moore. After a year in the infantry, he reenlisted in the Otey Battery of Richmond (Capt George Gaston Otey) in which he served until the end of the war. After the surrender, he returned to Richmond and remained there for a short while; and then, to Petersburg, he took a position on the staff of the Petersburg Index and Appeal. He wrote under the nom de plume of “Harry Scratch.” He married Miss Mary Virginia Tappey, of Petersburg. In 1877 he moved to St Louis, Missouri where he was appointed on the Governor’s staff with the rank of major. After a few years in St Louis, he moved to Corsicana, Texas, where he lived up to the time of his death, July 12, 1902.Category
Texas in Focus: Early Photographs from the Lew Anvil Texas Collection