EDWARD SEHON BURNEY - Chickasaw

Mr. Burney was born January 20, 1861, near old Fort Washita, and educated at the Chickasaw Male Academy by Prof. J. M. Harley. His father dying while he was yet young, Edward was obliged to succeed his elder brother in taking charge of his mother's affairs, which emplyed his attention till he was twenty-one years of age; when he married Ada Cross, daughter of Joel Cross. After this he moved to Jimtown and bought the Rector place; after which he moved to Burneyville, on Mud Creek, changing back and forth successively till he finally settled on his present estate at Fred, Indian Territory, in 1889. During the past years he has had as many as seven thousand five hundred head of cattle in his possession, all of which he has parted with, and is now devoting his attention to farming, having seven hundred acres under cultivation and fifteen renters. He has two children, Wessie Ella and Joseph Calvin, aged six and three years, respectively.

Although his brother, ex-Gov. B. C. Burnery, has been a prominent legislator, Mr. Burney has always avoided political contact until the present time. He has, however, permitted his name to be brought before the public as a candidate for Representative of his county in the election contest of 1890.

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