Warren Burt
Warren Burt, farmer, P. O. Kent, was born in Southampton, Mass., August 6, 1806, son of Martin and Philomela (Robinson) Burt, who settled in Franklin Township, this county, in 1821, locating in the vicinity of Brady's Lake, where they lived and died. They had six children: Warren, Martin, Horace (deceased), Dorcas C. (Mrs. Rodney Wing), Philomela (Mrs. Ormsby) and Electa (Mrs. Samuel Wales.) Our subject received a limited common school education, and in 1828 settled on the farm now owned by Alonzo Johnson, where he lived until 1863, when he removed to his present place. He was married, November 30, 1829, to Lydia, daughter of Selah and Pruanna (Phillips) Shirtliff, who came from Hampden County, Mass., to Franklin Township, this county, in 1819. By this union there are two children: Louisa A. (Mrs. T. M. Sawyer), of Akron, and Selah W. Mr. and Mrs. Burt are members of the Disciples Church, with which they have been identified upward of sixty years. In politics Mr. Burt is a Republican.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885