Dr. TenEyck O. Burleson was born in Howard, Steuben Co, NY, July 21, 1854. Hiram B. 
Burleson, his father, was a native of the same town, and his grandfather, 
Russell Burleson, came to Steuben county in 1813, from Chenango county. The 
family were identified in OTSEGO county, and were among the pioneers of that 
town. Hiram B. Burleson was born in Howard, February 28, 1816, and he married 
Catherine, daughter of John Willis, and was identified as a farmer. T. O. 
Burleson was educated at Alfred University and graduated from Buffalo Medical 
Unicersity in 1880, and began practice at Pulteney NY, and in 1890 received the 
appointment as surgeon at the Soldiers and Sailors Home (now Veterans 
Administration Center-Bath, NY-AC). In 1886 he married Lilly M., a daughter of 
George Bennett of Pulteney. Mr. Burleson is one of the leading men of his 
profession, elected president of the Steuben Medical Society, and a member of 
the State Medical Society.

From "Landmarks of Steuben County" by Hon. Harlo Hakes 1896. 
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