Lettie (Ely) Burrows
Privacy Level: Open (White)

Lettie Belle (Ely) Burrows (abt. 1870 - 1957)

Lettie Belle Burrows formerly Ely
Born about in Fayette, Howard, Missouri, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of DNA confirmed and DNA confirmed
Sister of , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and
Wife of — married 4 Jul 1888 in Midlothian, Ellis, Texas, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , , , , , , and
Died at about age 87 in Altus, Jackson, Oklahoma, United Statesmap
Problems/Questions Profile managers: Loretta Corbin private message [send private message] and Justin Burrows private message [send private message]
Profile last modified | Created 2 Apr 2015
This page has been accessed 1,332 times.

Contents

Biography

Lettie Belle Ely was born on 17 Jan 1870[1] in Fayette, Howard, Missouri, United States. She was the fourteenth child of eighteen children born to William Ely and Susan Childers.
Her seventeen siblings were:
  1. Susan Ely (1852 - 1852)
  2. Simeon Morrison Ely (1852 - 1921)
  3. Infant Ely (1853 - 1853)
  4. Virginia Susan (Ely) Lane (1854 - 1884)
  5. Mary Elizabeth Ely (1854 - 1858)
  6. Belinda Frances (Ely) Henry (1856 - 1947)
  7. Lousia Jane (Ely) Simons (1857 - 1938)
  8. Barron Dekalb Ely (1859 - 1934)
  9. Nancy Victory Ely (1861 - 1861)
  10. William Jasper Ely (1862 - 1930)
  11. Saludia Cockrell (Ely) Killibrew (1866 - 1945)
  12. Rosalia Ann (Ely) Turner (1863 - 1947)
  13. Newton Ely (1867 - 1946)
  14. Sarah Permelia (Ely) Aly (1872 - 1952)
  15. Martha Evaline (Ely) Killibrew (1873 - 1953)
  16. Ananias Ely (1875 - 1900)
  17. Helin Ross (Ely) Naylor (1877 - 1960)
Lettie married James Hiram Burrows (1862 - 1936) on July 4, 1888, in Midlothian, Texas.[2]
Our family attended many of the Burrow's Family Reunions in July at Lake Altus, Oklahoma. Altus has a humid subtropical climate and summers are very hot to sweltering. Altus can be among the hottest places in North America with record highs of 120 °F.[3] I listened and learned many things in the mornings but the afternoons, I spent in the cool waters of the Lake. Lettie ruled her family with an iron fist. It was "her way or the highway". She spoke her mind freely. I recall my grandmother, Elia Belle, saying more than once, Lettie can bless one out in just a few words and this person would thank Lettie for the conversation. Oh how I wished those genes had been passed on to me.
Regardless of relationship, Lettie called everyone "child". I suppose in her mind, being 1 of 18 children, having 12 children of her own and the large numbers of grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren, just calling everyone "child" made sense to her.[4]

Interesting Facts About This Burrows Family

When Lettie's first child, Elia Belle (Burrows) King, was born she weighed just a little over 1 pound. She was so tiny Lettie used handkerchiefs as diapers and a cigar box as her bed. I have some of Elia Belle's baby clothes; they are incredibly tiny. Elia lived to be 80 years old.[5]
Four of James' and Lettie's sons signed up for WWI draft. Three of these four sons signed up on the same day, 5 Jun 1917: William Hiram Burrows,[6], Simeon Jasper Burrows,[7] and Edgar Franklin Burrows[8]. Then on 12 Sep 1918 Hugh Newton Burrows[9] signed up. Hugh also signed up for WWII.[10]
Simeon Jasper Burrows declared an exception so he could stay home and care for his crippled wife.[7]
William Hiram Burrows was discharged on 29 Jul 1918 with a 25% disability. [11] He died on 11 Apr 1920.[12] Upon the probate of William’s Estate, James Hiram and Lettie Belle Burrows were awarded $2,043.12 compensation from the Bureau of War Risk Insurance.[13]
Edgar Franklin Burrows died 24 Sep 1918 while serving in the American Expeditionary Forces in France, where he passed away. [14][15] Edgar's body was shipped home from St. Nazaire on 1 Oct 1820 on the ship Pocahontas, arriving in Hoboken, New Jersey about 18 Oct 1820.[16]
Edgar had War Risk Insurance prior to going to Europe. When James Hiram Burrows' Will was probated about 26 Oct 1936, listed under Personal Property was "Insurance Due from Veterans Administration on the policy on the life of Edgar F. Burrows, $721.00 and Insurance Due from Veterans Administration on the policy on the life of William Hiram Burrows, $695.00."[17]
Lettie used the War Risk Insurance money to purchase a new car every three years. She gave one of her old cars to Elia Belle; Elia named that old Model T, Judy. Elia never had a legal driver's license. She paid a quarter for a driver's license but she never took her driving test. Her theory was, she paid for the license and she was going to drive...which she did.[18] I actually rode in that "Old Model T" with my grandmother, Elia Belle. She would drive me to the General Store in a little Texas town called Springlake.[19]
One summer, Lettie and my great grandfather took a sales trip (on a train sponsored by John Shary) to the Rio Grande Valley in Texas where they bought and transferred several pieces of property in Hidalgo County between 1920 - 1944 from John H. Shary.[20][21] James and Lettie allowed their daughter Sadie May and her spouse E. D. Teague to plant an orchard of grapefruit trees on this property. I remember getting a large box of "Ruby Reds" (grapefruits) from Sadie May every year. Only because Lettie made her send fruit to everyone in the family yearly. This was one of the ways Lettie ruled the family with an "Iron Fist".[19] Lettie later sold the property to E. D. and Sadie May (Burrows) Teague. [22]

James and Lettie's Children

  1. Elia Bell (Burrows) King (1889–1970)
  2. William Hiram Burrows (1891–1920)
  3. Simeon Jasper Burrows (1892–1978)
  4. Edgar Franklin Burrows (1894–1918)
  5. Mary Susan (Burrows) King (1895–1926)
  6. Hugh Newton Burrows (1897–1979)
  7. Bertha Alice (Burrows) Guillet (1899–1982)
  8. Robert Donald Burrows (1901–1942)
  9. James Orville Burrows (1902–1929)
  10. Sadie May (Burrows) Teague (1904–1976)
  11. John Henry Burrows (1906–1986)
  12. Kenneth Edwin Burrows (1908–1982)

Residences

1870 - Boons Lick Township, Howard, Missouri, United States[1]
1880 - Ellis, Texas, United States[23]
1900 - Menard, Tarrant, Texas, United States[24]
1910 - Wise, Texas, United States[25]
1920 - West Maguire, Tillman, Oklahoma, United States[26]
1930 - Maguire, Tillman, Oklahoma, United States[27]
1940 - Maguire, Tillman, Oklahoma, United States[28]

Death and Burial

I remember traveling to Altus, Oklahoma on that hot and humid day when they called the family in to say their goodbyes. The only air conditioning we had in the car was 4 - 50. We rolled down all 4 windows and sped down the highway at 50 m.p.h.. I remember when we arrived at Lettie's home, she was in a small room off the kitchen (it was more like a large hallway with a bed tucked neatly in the corner). Lettie never was a large woman but as she lay there in her deathbed, she looked like a tiny little child all curled up in the fetal position in her dress. She always wore a shirt-waist dress. There was an open window and a fan whirling in an effort to keep the area cool.[19]
Lettie died on July 25, 1957 in Altus, Jackson, Oklahoma aged 87.[29]
Obituary for
Lettie Bell Burrows
Funeral services were held here Saturday for Mrs. Lettie Bell Burrows, 87, who died Thursday at her home after a three-year illness.
Rev. Alvin W. Lindsey officiated at rites at the First Baptist church. Burial was in the Tipton cemetery under the direction on Pacinosky Funeral home.
Mrs. Burrows was born Jan. 17, 1870, in Missouri. She was married to James H. Burrows at Midlothian, Texas, July 4, 1888 and they came to Tipton from Burkburnett, Texas, in 1919. Burrows died June 25, 1936.
Mrs. Burrows was a member of the First Baptist church. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. J. M. King, Springlake, Texas, Mrs. D. S. Guillet, Clarksburg, Tennessee, and Mrs. Ed Teague, Mission, Texas: four sons, Sim Burrows, Plainview, Texas, Hugh Burrows and Henry Burrows, Tipton, Oklahoma and Kenneth Burrows, Hermit, Texas: 31 grandchildren, 61 great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
Bearers at the funeral were T. R. Vernon, Willis Shaw, Homer Shotts, C. A. Gough, S. L. Thompkins and Avery Slone.[30]

Research Notes

Lettie belonged to an organization I believe was the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, she was very proud of that fact.Leger-741 13:19, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
Lettie told me more than once, “Child, do not trust the white man.” I never understood what she meant until I was older and my grandmother, Elia Belle, explained my great grandmother was part Cherokee Indian. My grandmother said her parents could have gotten land from the government if they would register on the Indian roles, but she would not register because she did not trust the white man and was afraid she would be put on Reservation. I have never been able to prove any Cherokee Indian lineage. I would like to lay that claim to rest one way or another.Leger-741 13:19, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "United States Census, 1870", Boonslick Township, Howard, Missouri, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M464-9CG : 2 January 2021), Lady Belle Ely in entry for U J Ely, 1870.
  2. ↑ "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-226Y : 7 December 2020), J H Burrows and L B Ely, 04 Jul 1888; citing Marriage, citing Ellis, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,034,618.
  3. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Altus, Oklahoma," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Altus,_Oklahoma&oldid=1003049832 (accessed February 27, 2021).
  4. ↑ Personal knowledge of Loretta Leger Corbin, great granddaughter, from conversations where she called Elia Bell (Burrows) King, her daughter, and Doris King Leger, her granddaughter and myself, she called each of us "child".
  5. ↑ Personal knowledge of Loretta Leger Corbin, great granddaughter, from conversations with Doris King Leger and Elia Bell (Burrows) King.
  6. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch, Wichita, Texas, 5 Jun 1917,(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZFS-61S : 23 February 2021), William Hiram Burrows, 1917-1918.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch, Hale, Texas, 5 Jun 1917, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZXD-7QS : 23 February 2021), Sim Jasper Burrows, 1917-1918.
  8. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch, Wichita, Texas, 5 Jun 1917, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZFS-6BR : 23 February 2021), Edgar Frank Burrows, 1917-1918.
  9. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch, Wichita, Texas 2 Sep 1918, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZFS-6BY : 23 February 2021), Hugh Newton Burrows, 1917-1918.
  10. ↑ U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947. The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Oklahoma, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 68. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data:View Sources Image
  11. ↑ "Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV18-DZ85 : 15 January 2021), William H Burrows, 25 May 1918; citing Military Service, Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, United States, Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin.
  12. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 February 2021), memorial page for William Hiram Burrows (10 Mar 1891–11 Apr 1920), Find A Grave: Memorial #60040141, citing Tipton Cemetery, Tipton, Tillman County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by Ed Thurman (contributor 46846073).
  13. ↑ William Hiran Burrows' Probate Records, pg. 10
  14. ↑ "United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPH4-FFS9 : 3 December 2019), Edgar F Burrows, Texas World War I Dead, A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Forces); Image 66 of 96
  15. ↑ "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP2C-YJ9D : 27 October 2019), Edgar Franklin Burrows, Burkburnett, Texas, Date of Death 24 Sep 1918, Image 6242; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
  16. ↑ Ancestry.com, database with images, "U.S., Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists, 1910-1939 [database on-line] Incoming > Pocahontas > 11 apr 1919 - 18 Oct 1920 > Image 110 of 1032; for Office of the Quartermaster General Image
  17. ↑ James Hiram Burrows Probate Record pg. 2
  18. ↑ Personal knowledge of Loretta Leger Corbin, great granddaughter, from conversations with Doris King Leger and Elia Bell (Burrows) King.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Personal recollection of Loretta Leger Corbin
  20. ↑ Weldon Hart, “Shary, John Harry,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed March 01, 2021, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/shary-john-harry. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
  21. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120213140937/http://archives.lib.panam.edu/SharyBio.htm
  22. ↑ Land Records in Hidalgo, Texas
  23. ↑ Ancestry.com, database with images, "1880 United States Federal Census"; [database online] Texas > Ellis > Precinct 6 > District 052 > Image 11 of 28; for Lety Ely in the household of William J. Ely Image
  24. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M356-MLM : accessed 20 February 2021), Lettie Burrows in household of James Burrows, Justice Precinct 5, Menard, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 117, sheet 18A, family 241, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,671.
  25. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2Q3-MLH : accessed 20 February 2021), Leta B Burrows in household of James H Burrows, Justice Precinct 5, Wise, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 257, sheet 13A, family 165, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1600; FHL microfilm 1,375,613.
  26. ↑ Ancestry.com,database with images, "1920 United States Federal Census" Oklahoma> Tillman>West Maguire>District 179> Image 13 of 16; for L. B.  in the household of Buroughs, J. H. Image
  27. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC42-WK4 : accessed 20 February 2021), Letie Burrows in household of James H Burrows, Maguire, Tillman, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 22, sheet 1B, line 66, family 17, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1932; FHL microfilm 2,341,666.
  28. ↑ Ancestry.com,database with images, "1940 United States Federal Census" Oklahoma> Tillman>Maguire>District 71-22> Image 1 of 22; for Mrs. J. H.  Burrows Image
  29. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 February 2021), memorial page for Lettie Belle Ely Burrows (17 Jan 1870–25 Jul 1957), Find A Grave: Memorial #40243161, citing Tipton Cemetery, Tipton, Tillman County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by Ed Thurman (contributor 46846073).
  30. ↑ Lettie Belle Ely Burrows Obituary Lawton Constitution Morning Press (Lawton, Oklahoma), Published 28 July 1957
See also:
  • "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3FX-81X : 13 March 2018), Letie Belle Ely in entry for Sadie May Teague, 29 Aug 1976; citing certificate number 62728, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,243,977. Death of a Child
  • "Texas Deaths, 1977-1986," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH36-8ZF : 13 March 2018), Letie Bell Ely in entry for Sim Jasper Burrows, 27 Aug 1978; citing Plainview, Hale, Texas, United States, 69277, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Austin; . Death of a Child
  • "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3DW-5QT : 13 March 2018), Letia Ely in entry for Robert Donald Burrows, 14 May 1942; citing certificate number 24341, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,137,101. Death of a Child
  • "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3DY-PJ8 : 13 March 2018), Leta Ely in entry for Elia Bell King, 16 Sep 1970; citing certificate number 66130, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,218,906. Death of a Child

DNA Confirmation





Is Lettie your ancestor? Please don't go away!
 star icon Login to collaborate or comment, or
 star icon contact private message private message a profile manager, or
 star icon ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com

DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lettie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line: It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lettie:

Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.

Images: 29
James Hiram and Lettie Belle Burrows
James Hiram and Lettie Belle Burrows
Lettie Belle Burrows
Lettie Belle Burrows
Ely Census Record for 1870
Ely Census Record for 1870
Ely Census Record for 1880
Ely Census Record for 1880
Ely Sisters - Saludia, Lettie and Martha
Ely Sisters - Saludia, Lettie and Martha
view all


Comments: 2

Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Leger-741 Loretta (Leger) Corbin
Hi Justin,

I am participating in the PIP Voyage and with your permission I would like to use Lettie Belle as my second profile to improve. Here is a link that explains what the PIP Voyage is all about. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Profile_Improvements_Voyage I just completed my first PIP project and learned so much and really had fun doing it. The best part, that profile is so much better now than it was before. I would like to do the same with our shared ancestor. Let me know what you think. edited for typo

posted by Loretta (Leger) Corbin
edited by Loretta (Leger) Corbin
Justin Burrows
I think that would be delightful. Thank you so much!
posted by Justin Burrows

Featured National Park champion connections: Lettie is 14 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 20 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 13 degrees from George Catlin, 15 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 18 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 16 degrees from George Grinnell, 25 degrees from Anton Kröller, 17 degrees from Stephen Mather, 21 degrees from Kara McKean, 15 degrees from John Muir, 17 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 22 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.

E  >  Ely  |  B  >  Burrows  >  Lettie Belle (Ely) Burrows

Categories: H3ap FS mtDNA Haplogroup