Background
Burns, James J. was born on October 26, 1838 in Brownsville, Ohio, United States. Son of Review John and Mary Jewett (Pearson) Burns.
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Education
Educated in public schools of several Ohio towns and by private study. Read law 3 years at Natchez. Mississippi, and Washington, O.
(honorary Master of Arts, Washington and Jefferson College, 1882.
Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University).
Career
Began as teacher in 1858. State commissioner of common schools, Ohio, 1877-1880. Author: Eclectic Geometry, 1884.
Story of Shakespeare's English Kings, 1899.
How to Teach Reading and Composition, 1900. Some Unsetting Lights of English Literature, 1902.
The Educational History of Ohio, 1905. Home: Defiance, O.
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Married Kate East. Lyle, July 1860.
