Miss Joanna Burnley, a native of Albemarle county, Virginia, daughter of James M. Burnley, who was a native of Goochland county, Virginia. He married Prudence Sommons, and they have two children, now living, Mrs. Joanna Kent and Mrs. Elizabeth Steel. Mr. Burnley came to Saline county in 1845, and went to Gen. Smith’s farm, where he lived as the general’s overseer for sixteen years. In 1861, he moved to the farm on which he now lives with his son-in-law, James W. Kent.
