Burroughs, Mark

Born: 1812-XX-XX Vermont

Flourished: Henry County, Iowa

Mark Burroughs was a pharmacist, millwright, and state legislator. He moved from his native state to Iowa, settling in Henry County, where he found employment as a druggist and millwright. From 1848 to 1850, he represented Henry County, as a Whig, in the Iowa House of Representatives.

Benjamin F. Gue, History of Iowa from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century (New York: Century History, 1903), 3:461; "Mark Burroughs," The Iowa Legislature, accessed 27 April 2020, https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=2&personID=5984.