Burns, William Hamilton

Burns, William Hamilton a Presbyterian minister, was born in Stirlingshire, Scotland, July 15, 1779. He was educated in the University of Edinburgh. In 1799 he was licensed by the Stranraer Presbytery, and stationed at Dun, where he discharged his duties faithfully for twenty-one years. In 1820 he was called to the parish of Kilsyth. He died May 8,1859. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1860, p. 263.