Burrud, John B.

John B. Burrud (1828-1883), was born in Blakeney, Norfolk, England, son of John A. (1794-1869) and Sarah Ann Burrud (1794-1878). In the late 1830s, his family immigrated to the United States and settled in Wayne County, N.Y. Burrud's parents were engaged in farming, and he was apprenticed to a shoemaker and taught singing. On February 2, 1853, he married Ocena A. Newton, daughter of Buckley Newton. The couple had four children: Ella Burrud Howell (b. 1854); Newton J. Burrud (b. 1859) Lucinda Burrud Calhoun, and William Burrud. In Sept. 1862, Burrud raised a company that was later designated Company D of the 160 New York Regiment. The regiment left the state for New Orleans in December 1862 for Louisiana. Burrud fought in the expeditions to Bayou Teche (1863, Jan. 12-15 and Apr. 11-20); operations on Bayou Plaquemine (1863, Feb. 12-28); operations in Western Louisiana (1863, Apr. 19 - May 14), expedition to Alexandria and Simsport (1863, May 15-17), and the siege of Port Hudson (1863, May 25 - June 18). At the end of June Burrud was admitted to St. James Hospital in New Orleans with an "old lung complaint" and remained there until the end of August when he was granted a furlough and went home. In November 1863, Burrud returned to the regiment that was then posted on duty at New Iberia, La. In 1864, Burrud led his company in the operations in Western Louisiana, Banks's Red River and Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley campaigns. In April 1865, the unit was assigned to the defenses of Washington. Following the Grand Review (May 23-25), the regiment was moved to Savannah and then Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Ga. It remained there the men were mustered out on Nov. 1, 1865. After the war Burrud taught "vocal music" in Marion Collegiate Institute, and was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He died in Marion in 1883. John B. Burrud's brother William G. Burrud, corporal of Company E of the 111th Regiment of New York Infantry, was killed at Gettysburg.