Abijah Burras

Abijah was born on August 17th, 1839.¹   Abijah's father was William Hadrick Burras and his mother was Ruth Palmer.  His paternal grandparents were William Burras and Abigail Jeffries. He had a brother and four sisters, named John Hadrick, Adaline, Mary Ann Augusta, Nancy and Abigail Ophelia.  He was the second oldest of the six children.  He died at the age of 68 on January 16th, 1908.  He was buried in Olena Cemetary, Olena, Ohio.¹