Mary (Prather) Burroughs (1801 - 1867)

Born 3 Jun 1801 in Bourbon, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Hezekiah B. Burroughs Jr. — married 22 Jul 1822 in Bourbon, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Oct 1867 at age 66 in Bourbon Co., KY

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Mary /Prather/^[1]

Birth

3 JUN 1801^[2]

Death

13 OCT 1867

Bourbon Co., KY^[3]

Burial

Cane Ridge Church, Bourbon Co., KY^[4]

User ID

ID: 7A9E76FF3CA84EF1BD245FB6F2B5779E62F5

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7 AUG 1998

Prior to import, this record was last changed 7 AUG 1998.

Marriage

FAM

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22 JUL 1822

Bourbon Co., KY^[5]

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Mary (Prather) Burris was born on the 3rd of June 1801^[6] in Bourbon County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Jonathan Prather and Mary Elizabeth (Tharp) Prather.

Mary married Hezekiah Burris^[6] on the 22nd of July 1822 in Bourbon County. They were both parishioners of the Cane Ridge Meeting House.^[6]

Mary died on the 19th of October 1867 at the age of sixty-six.^[6] She was laid to rest in the Cane Ridge Meeting House Cemetery.^[6] Hezekiah died three years later and was buried next to her in the Burris family plot.^[6]

Research Notes

Mary & Abigail have the same birth year in my moms notes. They may have been twins.

The Burris family plot is located Northeast of the Meeting House. This plot was given 'for 50 years a member of the Christian Church.'^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S3
2. ↑ Source: #S3
3. ↑ Source: #S3
4. ↑ Source: #S3
5. ↑ Source: #S3
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6} "The Cane Ridge Meeting House Cemetery," booklet, Cane Ridge Meeting House Shrine organization (KY: CaneRidge.org, ?). Note: Cane Ridge Paper #23, lists interments at the cemetery there. See the Cane Ridge Meeting House Cemetery category for individual names.

• Source: S3 Type: Book Author: Bessie Burris Hunt Periodical: Ancestors & Descendants of Jonathan Burris Publication: Sun Printing

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Michael Gillespie for creating WikiTree profile Prather-614 through the import of Gillespie Family 10.ged on Apr 25, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Michael and others.

• Second Hand, from my mother Jean Prather-Coglianese's written notes on our family history.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 December 2018), memorial page for Mary Burris (3 Jun 1801–19 Oct 1867), Find A Grave Memorial no. 6350883, citing Cane Ridge Meeting House Cemetery, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by DONE TRYIN (contributor 46521067) .