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Note: y $26.00 capitol. Samuel made his way west and worked on a farm in White Pigeon Mich. for a year. In 1830 when his brother Thomas emigrated, they moved to the English Prairie area of LaGrange Co. Ind. Samuel obtained 160 acres of land in Greenfield township. He worked in the carpenter trade, and in 1836 and 1837 worked as a contractor- builder in Milwaukee Wi. Samuel later became a director and large shareholder of the Indiana State Bank of Lima, Indiana. Samuel also was a stockholder in the First National Bank of Sturgis and LaGrange. His farm grew to 240 acres. Samuel also served and fought in the Black Hawk War in 1832. Samuel's business energies were directed to transactions in lands, and making loans upon real-estate. Prior to his death Samuel owned a great many farms and gave a great deal of property to his children. At the time of his death Samuel was a very wealthy man. In his will Samuel left money to his sister Jane (Burnell) Kellogg, his wife Mary Ann, daughters Jane and Ella, and six grandchildren, and more property to his son John.
Note: Samuel emigrated in 1829 at the age of 19. He landed at New York with onl
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Note: 1850 Federal Census results: Samuel Burnell age 42 male occup. Farming, prop val. $ 5,000. born Eng. Mary A. Burnell age 36 F born Eng. Ellen A. age 10 F born Indiana John age 8 M born Indiana Jane age 1 F born Indiana
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Continued: NAME AGE SEX OCCU. RE. VAL. Samuel Burnell 51 M Farm. 11,200. P.P. val 5,528. Born England Maryann 46 F wife born England Ellen 19 F housework born Indiana John 18 M farmlabor born Indiana Jane 10 F born Indiana
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Note: 1880 Federal census results: Samuel - retired banker & farmer age 70 born Eng. Mary A. - age 63 born Eng Clysta Holmes - servant Walter Dove - Telegraph student age 18 born Eng. ( son of Jane Burnell Dove) daughter of Samuel's brother Thomas Burnell
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