Emeline C. (Payne) Burrous (1838 - 1918)

Born 30 Aug 1838 in Ohio, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Steven Douglas Burrows — married 1854 in Ohio, USA

Descendants

Died 18 Mar 1918 at age 79 in Fernale, Whatcom County, Washington, USA

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Biography

Emeline (Payne) Burrous lived in Appalachia, in Ohio.

Emeline C. Payne was born on August 30, 1838 in Ohio.^[1][2],^[3],^[4] Her parents were Rufus Payne and Mary Perkins.^[4]

In about 1854, at the age of 16, Emeline married Stephen Douglas Burrous.^[1],^[5],^[6]

In 1865 the couple moved to Iowa, where they resided for two years and then moved to Kansas (where Stephen passed away).^[1] The couple had several children including Hattie (Burrous) Bockover, S.D. Burrous, Sarah (Burrous) Keller, Minnie (Burrous) Meekins, Charles Burrous, and Drue Burrous, all of Ferndale, and Lucy (Burrous) Atwood (of Galena, Kansas as of 1918), Rosa (Burrous) Bedford (of Houston, Texas as of 1918), Lewis Burrous and John Burrous (both of Bronson, Kansas as of 1918), Dollie (Burrous) Chamberlin (of Portland, Oregon as of 1918).^[1]

In 1912, Emeline moved to Ferndale, Washington.^[1] Shortly prior to her death, Emeline was burned severely around her limbs from unknown cause and was hospitalized.^[1] Her funeral was held at the M. E. Church in Ferndale on March 20, 1912 and the Rev R. L. Sprague presided.^[1] Emeline was buried in the Mountain View Cemetery, Ferndale, Whatcom County, Washington, USA.^[1]

In addition to leaving behind her several children, Emeline reportedly left behind forty-three grandchildren and thirty-four great-grandchildren by 1918.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Obituary of Emeline C. Payne, The Ferndale Record, Ferndale, Washington, March 22, 1918. Transcribed copy available at Find a Grave. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5916627/emeline-celica-burrous: accessed 27 September 2023), memorial page for Emeline Celica Payne Burrous (30 Oct 1838–18 Mar 1918), Find A Grave: Memorial #5916627, citing Mountain View Cemetery, Ferndale, Whatcom County, Washington, USA; Maintained by Dunwandrin 1 (contributor 46777593).
2. ↑ http://wagenweb.org/whatcom/obits/obitbr_by.htm.
3. ↑ Western Historical Company, The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc., page 525 (Chicago 1878). Copy available at https://archive.org/stream/historyofappanoo01west#page/n7/mode/2up and at https://books.google.com/books?id=O5kUAAAAYAAJ&q=Rufus+Payne#v=onepage&q=Payne&f=false. Transcription available at http://iagenweb.org/boards/appanoose/biographies/index.cgi?read=241513.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} 1850 United States Federal Census, Wright, Guernsey County, Ohio, USA, page 317, Lines 30-40, Household No. 2449. Copy available at https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11608-64452-25?cc=1401638.
5. ↑ Marriage Return for Stephen Burrows and Emeline Payne, Marriage Record of Nobel County, Ohio, Volume 8, page 459. Copy available at https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-17957-68713-76?cc=1614804.
6. ↑ Certification of Marriage of Stephan Burrous and Emaline Payne, Marriage Affidavits of Nobel County, Ohio, Volume 2, page 127. Copy available at https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-17958-24353-61?cc=1614804.

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