Tulare County Biographies

M. M. Burnett

Submitted by Sally Kaleta, February, 2007

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	M. M. Burnett was born in Benton County, Missouri, in 1848. 
His father, Harden Burnett, was a California forty-niner, and lost his life in 
the mines. In 1859 young Burnett came to this State with some relatives, with 
whom he lived in San Jose until he was seventeen years of age. He then began 
learning the blacksmith trade, and in 1868 owned and operated a shop at 
Hollister. He was married at that place in 1872, to Miss Floretta Churchill, a 
native of Illinois. In the fall of 1874 Mr. Burnett came to Tulare County, and 
bought a ranch of 1,400 acres, located six miles south of Tulare, where he began 
farming and stock-raising, dealing quite extensively in horses, cattle and 
sheep. This industry prospered under his management, and he devoted his 
attention closely to it until 1884, when he moved to Tulare in order to get the 
benefit of educational facilities for his children. He built a cottage at the 
corner of F and Inyo Streets, in which he resides, still, however, continuing to 
manage his ranch, which he has reduced by sales to 700 acres. Mr. Burnett was 
one of the incorporators of the Tulare County Bank, which began business in 
July, 1890, and he was elected vice-president of the Institution. He is also 
engaged in a general real-estate business. Mr. and Mrs. Burnett have three 
children - Frank Walter, now in college at Sacramento, and Myrtle Maud and 
Howard Earl, who are laying the foundation for a higher education. Mr. Burnett 
is a member of Oak Lodge, No. 75, Modern Woodmen of the World.
 
Source: "The Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Fresno, Tulare 
and Kern, California," Lewis Publ. Co., 1892, p.397.