Squire Burvender
Squire Burvender was born in Surrey county, North Carolina, March 3, 1827. He came to this county in 1856. His parents are Jacob and Talitha (Hill) Burvender, who settled in Lawrence county in 1858. Squire Burvender’s first wife was Nancy Steward, who was born in Surrey county, North Carolina, in 1833. She was the daughter of John and Lizzie (Hill) Steward, and died in 1859, leaving one daughter, Betsie J., born in 1851. The second wife of Mr. Burvender is Mariah L. Harris, daughter of Essex and Betsey (Roberts) Harris, settlers of this county in 1828. She had been married twice previously; first to Hanson Wayne, by whom she had one child—Evangeline, born June 10, 1850, died April, 1857. Her second husband was Ambrose, son of Simon and Violett Thomas. He died in 1859, leaving one child, Leo Augustus, born in August, 1857, and died in April, 1862. The date of her marriage to Mr. Burvender was May 10, 1861, in this county. She was born in this county October 16, 1831. The following are the children: Oscar M., born June 17, 1862, died August 2, 1879; Caroline, December 22, 1864, died October 6, 1871; William G., August 10, 1867, resides at home; Delila, June 9, 1868, resides at home; Roberthy, February 2, 1873, at home; Viola, January 5, 1874, died July 10, 1878; John Evans, an orphan child, January 7, 1873, resides at home. A brother of this sketch, Morack Burvender, served in the late war. He enlisted in 1863 in the 5th Ohio Colored Volunteer Infantry, and after serving two years died of sickness in the hospital at Point of Rocks, Maryland. Levi Harris, a brother of Mrs. Burvender was also in the war, a member of the 5th Ohio Colored Volunteer Infantry, and served to the close of the war. Mr. Burvender is engaged in blacksmithing and wagon making. His postoffice address is Ironton, Lawrence county, Ohio.
Atlas of Lawrence Co., Ohio by Hardesty (1882)