The parents were both natives of Hardeman County, Tenn., but moved to Illinois when the subject of this sketch was six years of age. Here they remained until 1860 or 1861, when they moved to Madison County, Ark., and from there to Boone County, of the same State, where the father died in 1882 at the age of eighty-one. He had been a farmer all his life, and in years past had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The mother died in Madison County, Ark., in 1872, at the age of sixty-nine. Their family consisted of nine children, five now living: Mrs. Susan ALLEN, A.D., John, Henry H. and Dr. M.M.

Henry H. received the rudiments of an education in Illinois, and remained with his parents until twenty-seven years of age, when he engaged in agricultural pursuits, and this he has since continued. He married Miss Henrietta LEATHERMAN, a daughter of Henry Leatherman, and a native of Indiana. She died April 15, 1878, while on a visit to Marion County, Ill., and was thirty-four years of age at that time. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the mother of six children, only three now living: Mrs. Mary E. WALKER, Mrs. Martha E. LONG and Mrs. Nancy BATES. Those deceased were named William T., Lucinda and William F. In 1860 or 1861 Mr. Burge removed to Madison County, Ark., and located on the farm where he now lives, which he has cleared and improved.