a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Nicholas County, Ky., in 1812. He removed to Monroe County, Ind.. in 1821; joined the Church in his thirteenth year; was licensed to preach in his eighteenth year; removed to Missouri in 1850; and in 1851 was admitted into the Missouri Conference, wherein he labored faithfully, with one year's exception as superannuate, to the time of his death, in 1866. Mr. Burton was a practical preacher of respectable talents, greatly beloved by those who knew him. .See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1866, p. 264.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Burton, J.E.'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/b/burton-je.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.

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