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Family Group Record: Samuel Leatherwood Burns and Sarah Ann Baker

Information supplied by: Janet M. Roseen e-mail adress
and Gordon Smith

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Husband
   Samuel Lloyd/Leatherwood Burns
   Born: February 27, 1814 Place: Wayne County, Tennessee
   Married: ca. 1830 Place: Tennessee
   Died: June 20, 1880 Place: Wayne County, Tennessee; he is buried at the Burns Cemetery near Pope's Chapel on Buffalo River
   Parents: Elizabeth Biffle and William Burns
Wife
   Sarah Ann Baker
   Born: January 1, 1814 Place:
   Died: February 24, 1875 Place: Wayne County, Tennessee
   Parents: Thomas Baker (1787-) and Ruth ? (1796-?)
Children
1 Jacob Biffle Burns
Sex Born: May 17, 1832 Place: Wayne County, Tennessee
M Married: ca. 1862, Martha E. Place: Wayne County, Tennessee
   Died: January 31, 1910 Place: Lewis County, Tennessee; he is buried in the Burns Cemetery on Buffalo River, near the old village of Ashland.
2 Rodica Jane Burns
Sex Born: ca. ca. 1834 Place: Tennessee
F Married: Place:
   Died: Place:
3 James A. Burns
Sex Born: ca. 1837 Place: Tennessee
M Married: Place:
   Died: Place:
4 William Thomas Burns
Sex Born: May 22, 1839 Place: Tennessee
M Married: Place:
   Died: April 25, 1861 Place:
5 Samuel William Burns
Sex Born: ca. 1841 Place: Tennessee
M Married: Place:
   Died: Place:
6 Mary Ann Burns
Sex Born: ca. 1843 Place: Tennessee
F Married: Place:
   Died: Place:
7 Polk D. Burns
Sex Born: ca. 1844 Place: Tennessee
M Married: 1871; Sallie Kelley Place: Wayne County, Tennessee
   Died: before 1930 Place:
8 Sarah Louise Burns
Sex Born: September 21, 1846 Place: Tennessee
F Married: Place:
   Died: 1871 Place:
9 Miles Charles Burns
Sex Born: March 18, 1848 Place: Wayne County, Tennessee
M Married: January 12, 1870; Livonia Angelina Sutton Place: Wayne County, Tennessee
   Died: September 3, 1919 Place: Boone County, Arkansas
10 John McDougal Burns
Sex Born: ca. 1850 Place: Tennessee
M Married: ca. 1879; Minnie Young Alexander Place: Tennessee
   Died: Place:
11 Elisabeth Ruth Burns
Sex Born: ca. 1853 Place: Tennessee
F Married: Place:
   Died: Place:
12 Virginia C. Burns
Sex Born: June 7, 1855 Place: Tennessee
F Married: Place:
   Died: 187? Place:
13 Nathaniel Frank Burns
Sex Born: August 1, 1856 Place: Tennessee
M Married: ca. 1879; Sallie A. Harbour Place: Tennessee
   Died: Place:
  • 1850 U.S. Census, Wayne County, Tennessee, 3rd Civil District, p. 84
  • 1860 U.S. Census, Wayne County, Tennessee, M653-1277, p. 227
    1860 U.S. Census, Whitaker Bluff, Wayne County, Tennessee, M653-1277, p227: James A. Burns
    1860 U.S. Census, Ashland, Wayne County, Tennessee, M653-1277, p. 247: J.B. Burns on the same page as W.M. Biffle
  • 1870 U.S. Census, Wayne County, Tennessee, M593-1569, p. 422; and Elizabeth Burns (25) is in the household with two children, Juliet (5) and Sarah A. (1), could she be the wife of one of the sons?
  • 1880 U.S. Census, Wayne County, Tennessee, T9-1284, p. 30B lists an S.L. Burns, 64, in the household of Martha Clemens

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