Richard T. BURRELL

1867 - 1930  (63 years)

• Birth	6 Apr 1867	Holt Township, Haydon Grove, Taylor, IA   [1, 2]
  Census	7 Jan 1920	Bedford, Taylor, IA   [3]
  	1920 census at Bedford, Taylor, IA shows: Richard Burrell, 54, b. IA, parents b. OH/TN, lawyer; Mary G., 47, b. IL, parents b. IN/OH; Steve A., son, 24, auto mechanic, b. IA, parents b. IA/IL; Edith McElfish, 29, b. MO, parents b. IA/IL, works at real estate office; Helen, 19, occupation illegible.
  Census	2 Apr 1930	Bedford, Taylor, IA   [4]
  	1930 census at Bedford, IA shows Richard T. Burrell, 63, first married at age 20, b. IA, parents b. KY/OH, lawyer; Mary, 57, first married at age 19, b. IL, parents b. IN/OH.
  Note	1910  [2]
  	Richard T. Burrell was reared on his father's farms in Holt and Grove townships and in the acquirement of an education attended the district schools and the public schools of St. Joseph, Missouri. After putting aside his text-books he devoted his attention to general farming interests in Taylor county for a period of eight years, and now owns a tract of three hundred and thirty-three acres in Phillips county, Colorado. On retiring from the work of the fields, he edited and published the Gravity Independent at Gravity, Iowa, and subsequently studied law for three years under the preceptorship of A. D. Harris, of Gravity, and Flick & Jackson, of Bedford. On the 9th of October, 1902, in Des Moines, he was admitted to the bar before the supreme court, making an average of ninety-two per cent on all questions asked. He at once began practicing in Gravity and was prominently identified with the legal interests of that town until August, 1906, when he formed a partnership with L. T. McConn and removed (page 361) to Bedford, where he has since prosecuted his profession as a member of the firm of McConn & Burrell. The zeal with which he has devoted his energies to his profession, the careful regard evinced for the interests of his clients and an assiduous and unrelaxing attention to all the details of his cases, have brought him a large business and made him very successful in its conduct. He owns a commodious and attractive home in Bedford and has also invested to some extent in real estate in Gravity.
  Obituary	17 Apr 1930  [1]
  	B640 Burrell, Richard T., b 06 Apr 1867 Hayden Grove, Holt twp; d 11 Apr 1930 Bfd; w Mar 1889 Elizabeth Pegg, 3 children; w Mrs McElfish; f Washington Burrell; m Luritta --; i FBFd. BTR 17 Apr 1930
  Occupation	Lawyer  [3]
  Death	11 Apr 1930	Bedford, Taylor, IA
  Burial	Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, Taylor, IA
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  Father	George Washington BURRELL,   b. 15 Feb 1836, Tuscarawas Co., OH d. 12 Jan 1894, Grove Center, Taylor, IA (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Luretta BAKER,   b. 29 Jun 1842, Clayborn Co., TN d. 4 Nov 1925, Lenox, Taylor, IA (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F1816	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth PEGG,   b. 10 Feb 1864, Bureau Co., IL d. Jul 1916, Bedford, Taylor, IA (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	13 Mar 1889  [2, 5]
  Family ID	F1818	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 Apr 1867 - Holt Township, Haydon Grove, Taylor, IA Census - 7 Jan 1920 - Bedford, Taylor, IA Census - 2 Apr 1930 - Bedford, Taylor, IA Death - 11 Apr 1930 - Bedford, Taylor, IA Burial - - Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, Taylor, IA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S24] O'Dell, Pat, Iowa Newspaper Index, Bedford Times Press, 24 Feb 1955., 24. [S733] Crosson, Frank E., History of Taylor County, (S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910), 733. [S1920] 1920 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1920), 1920. [S1930] 1930 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1930), 1930. [S24] O'Dell, Pat, Iowa Newspaper Index, Bedford Free Press 01 Aug 1916, 24.