He was born on the family farm in the Catskill Mountains , near Roxbury in Delaware County , New York .
Burroughs was the seventh of Chauncy and Amy Kelly Burroughs ' ten children .
Burroughs was born on the family farm in the Catskill Mountains , near Roxbury in Delaware County , New York .
Burroughs was the seventh of Chauncy and Amy Kelly Burroughs ' ten children .