BIO: John B. BURKETT, Huntingdon County, PA

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McElroy, James Thomas Jr., McElroy's Family Memories, 
Huntingdon, PA: (Author), 1930, page 23.
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JOHN B. BURKETT
Warriorsmark, Pa.

Retired:  Born March 31, 1849, at Warriorsmark, Huntingdon Co., Pa., on a farm.  
Peter Burkett was his father, who had a tan yard, and tanned hides, and was 
born Jan. 8, 1814.  He died Nov. 27, 1896, aged 82 years.  His wife was Nancy 
Homer, born August 29, 1816, and died August 10, 1881, aged 65 years.  John R. 
Burkett was a Civil War veteran, and is the only one remaining within a radius 
of seven miles.  Enlisted at Hollidaysburg, Pa., at the age of fifteen years, 
and was put in Co. A, 205th Penna Vol. Inf., under Capt. Geo. A. Guinner, Col. 
Matthews commanding.  Was in the Third Division, Ninth Army Corps.  From 
Hollidaysburg went to Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, Pa.; to Washington, D.C.; 
proceeded to take Petersburg; chased Lee to the place of surrender; served one 
years, and was mustered out at Harrisburg, Pa.  Mr. Burkett was in the 
undertaking business at Warriorsmark, Huntingdon Co., Pa., for a period of ten 
years; was also a carpenter and contractor; is now retired.  Belongs to G.A.R., 
Major Jones Post, No. 172, Tyrone, Pa.  Served as Treasurer of the township 
where he resided for eight years.  Is a Methodist Episcopal, and a steward on 
the Official Board.  Has six brothers, William, James, David, Mahlon, George 
and Howard.  All are deceased.  Two sisters, Adie; Eliza is married to Hayes H. 
Waite, Attorney-at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa.  John B. Burkett was first married to 
Jennie Lowe, deceased; two daughters of this union, Carrie M. Burkett, Altoona, 
Pa., and Annie Mong, Bellwood, Pa.  He remarried to Ella McFarland.  She died 
in 1924.  One son and one daughter, Dr. Clair Burkett, married to Margaret 
Funk, Altoona, Pa., and Edna, married to Harold Burton, Philadelphia, Pa.