Priscilla Jane (McCray) Bosley (abt. 1831 - 1915)

Born about 4 Aug 1831 in Monroe County, Tennessee, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Abraham Greenwood Bosley — married about 14 Oct 1855 in Mercer County, Missouri, USA

Wife of Levi Burkeybile — married 12 Nov 1868 in Grundy County, Missouri, USA

Descendants

Died 15 Mar 1915 at about age 83 in Ravanna, Mercer, Missouri, USA

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Biography

Priscilla Jane McCray was born on August 4, 1831 to Nancy Anderson Briant & William McCray in Monroe County, Tennessee.

About 1839, her family moved to Ludlow, in Livingston County, Missouri.

In 1848, her family had moved to Spickard, in Grundy County, Missouri.

Priscilla Jane McCray's mother, Nancy Anderson Briant, died March 26, 1848 in Spickard, Grundy County, Missouri. She is buried in Johnson Cemetery, in Franklin, Grundy County, Missouri. Priscilla Jane McCray was 16 years old at the time of her mother's death.

Her father, William McCray, died one year later on March 13, 1849. He is also buried in Johnson Cemetery.

In April, 1850 Census, Priscilla Jane McCray was living with William L. Johnson, with her sisters Caroline Penelopy McCray, Mary Louisa McCray & Rachel E. McCray. Mr. Johnson was related to them through their grandmother, Abigail Anderson. Enumerated in the household were:

• William J. Johnson (25)
• Priscilla Jane McCray (18)
• Caroline Penelopy McCray (16)
• Mary Louisa McCray (15)
• Rachel E. McCray (12)
• Thomas Orton (26)
• Jane Orton (24)
• Nancy Orton (6)
• Susan Orton (3)
• Emily Orton (0)

Priscilla Jane McCray married Abraham Greenwood Bosley on October 14, 1855 in Mercer County, Missouri.

In June, 1860, Priscilla Jane McCray & Abraham Greenwood Bosley were farming in Washington, Mercer County, Missouri. Enumerated in the household were:

• Abraham Greenwood Bosley (29)
• Priscilla Jane McCray (28)
• Preston Myers Bosley (4)
• William McCray Bosley (4 months)

Abraham Greenwood Bosley died of pneumonia on December 11, 1865, leaving Priscilla Jane McCray almost 9 months pregnant with daughter Martha Jane Bosley and three sons.

Days after the death of her husband, Priscilla Jane McCray traveled by wagon through a snowstorm to Grundy County, Missouri, where she was raised and where her siblings still lived. Eight months pregnant, Priscilla Jane McCray drove the horses & wagon with her sons Preston Myers Bosley (age 8), William McCray Bosley (age 5) & Franklin P. Bosley (age 2).

On November 12, 1868, Priscilla Jane McCray married Levi Burkeybile in Grundy County, Missouri. Levi Burkeybile was the village blacksmith in Spickard, Missouri. His 1st wife, Sarah Shontz Zimmerman had died 15 months prior, leaving him with 3 sons. He was a kind and loving step-father to the Bosley children.

In July, 1870, Priscilla Jane McCray & Levi Burkeybile were living in Washington, Mercer County, Missouri. His real estate was valued at $2,500.00 ($44,994.78); personal estate was valued at $1,000.00 ($17,997.91). Enumerated in the household were:

• Levi Burkeybile (50)
• Priscilla Jane McCray (37)
• Aaron Winfield Burkeybile (18)
• Allen Jackson Burkeybile (16)
• Cicero Benton Burkybile (13)
• Preston Myers Bosley (13)
• William McCray Bosley (10)
• Franklin P. Bosley (8)
• Martha Jane Bosley (4)

In June, 1880, Priscilla Jane McCray & Levi Burkeybile were living in Spickard, in Grundy County, Missouri. Enumerated in the household were:

• Levi Burkeybile (60)
• Priscilla Jane McCray (48)
• Friend L. Burkeybile (9)
• Mary Flonia Burkeybile (5)
• William McCray Bosley (20)
• Martha Jane Bosley (14)

Levi Burkeybile died May 15, 1904 in Spickard, in Grundy County, Missouri. He was 84 years old. He is buried in Wyatt Cemetery in Franklin, in Grundy County, Missouri.

Priscilla Jane McCray would lived her remaining 11 years on the farm she shared with her husband, living with daughter Mary Flonia Burkeybile, who suffered from epilepsy. Mary Flonia Burkeybile would die at age 38 on February 24, 1913 in Spickard, in Grundy County. Missouri.

Priscilla Jane McCray died March 15, 1915, in Ravanna, in Mercer County. Missouri. She died of influenza, complicated with senility. She was 83 years old.

Priscilla Jane McCray was buried near Levi Burkeybile in Wyatt Cemetery located at Franklin, in Grundy County, Missouri.

Sources

• Birth
  • Find-A-Grave Memorial # 9061209 (see link below)
  • 1850 United States Federal Census (Grundy, MO)
• Marriage
  • Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937
• Residence
  • 1850 United States Federal Census (Grundy, MO)
  • 1860 United States Federal Census (Mercer, MO)
  • 1870 United States Federal Census (Mercer, MO)
  • 1880 United States Federal Census (Spickard, MO)
  • 1900 United States Federal Census (Spickard, MO)
  • 1910 United States Federal Census (Spickard, MO)

Death & Burial*

• • https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9061209
  • http://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1915/1915_00013528.PDF