GEORGE W. BURNETT, proprietor of livery stables, was born in
Brookfield, Ohio, November 14, 1843, and is a son of David C. and Rhoda
(French) Burnett, the former a native of Trumbull County, Ohio, and the
latter of Georgia. They were married in Texas, and afterward settled in
Brookfield, Ohio, where David C. engaged in the manufacture of
machinery, engines, stoves, etc., which he followed up to his death in
1869. His wife having died September 24, 1854, he married again, and
reared four children by his second marriage. By his first marriage be
reared five sons and four daughters, all of whom are living except one
son, who died while serving in the late war. George W. grew up in
Brookfield, and in January, 1862, enlisted in the Third Ohio
Independent Battery, raised at Canton, Ohio, and served till the close
of the war. Before the war he learned the engineer’ s trade, and at its
close resumed that business. In the fall of 1871 he came to Sharon and
ran the locomotive engine for the Stewart Iron Co. about ten years.
Shortly before quitting this position he bought an interest in a livery
stable, which business he has since followed, locating in his present
stand in 1881. Mr. Burnett was married May 9, 1866, to Felicia E.,
daughter of James and Mary J. Cope, of Youngstown, Ohio, and natives of
England. One son, David C., is the fruit of this marriage. In politics
he is a Republican, is a member of the Masonic fraternity, K. of P., K.
of L. and G. A. R. societies.
Source: History of Mercer County, 1888, page 1712
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