Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... Burt, Robert
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Robert BURT, saloon, Braidwood; was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, Nov. 15, 1833; son 
of Peter and Christina (Hay) Burt, of Scotland; father was a miner; Mr. Burt, at the 
age of 9 years, commenced working in the mines, and followed this business for over 
twenty-seven years; in 1858, he emigrated to America, and landed in New York City; thence 
to the coal fields of Pennsylvania, and engaged in mining until 1860; on account of his 
health, he returned to Scotland; returned to America in 1866; in Pennsylvania nine weeks; 
thence to Braidwood; here he commenced mining, and followed this until 1870; he entered 
the restaurant business and followed this for two years; then in the saloon business; 
today owns one of the best and most orderly sample rooms in this vicinity. Married in 
1860, to Miss Sarah CARRIGAN, of Scotland, by whom he has three children.


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HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.