James Clement Burba (abt. 1839 - abt. 1880)

Born about 1839 in Nelson, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Julia Ann (Mattingly) Burba — married 10 Sep 1867 in Nelson, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died about 1880 at about age 41 in Nelson, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

JAMES C. “Jim” BURBA was born 15 June 1839 in Nelson Co., KY and died on 24 Jun 1880. He was married on 10 Sep 1867 in Nelson Co., KY, to Julia Ann Mattingly who was born in 1844, on 7 Mar 1846, or in March of 1847 in Nelson Co., KY and died on 9 Jul 1905, and is buried “beside her father” in the St Thomas Cemetery near Bardstown, KY. She was a daughter of James Mattingly and Catherine E (or Mary Catherine) Hagan. Jim was a farmer and served in Morgan’s Second Kentucky Confederate Raiders during the Civil War having enlisted at Green River, KY on 2 Oct 1861. Jim fought battles at Shiloh, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Hartsville, Stone River, Jackson, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Rocky Face Gap, Resaca, and Dallas; was wounded at the latter place but fought afterward at Kennesaw Mountain, Peachtree, Entrenchment Creeks, Jonesboro, and “ in the mounted engagements”. He once found a rattlesnake in camp. He picked it up and waved it in the faces of several other soldiers before and officer ordered him to kill it. A colleague gave the following account of an incident which occurred while engaging the 104th Illinois Infantry during the Battle of Hartsville: “We rushed forward . . . One man raised his gun to fire at Jim Burba. Running toward him while placing a cap in his gun, (Jim shouted) “Surrender or I’ll kill you’. The fearless hearted Yankee heard this threat with scorn and fired point blank at Jim. Jim at once executed the threat and sent this poor fellow beyond all the cares of this world.” “Uncle James was a most wonderful man, a good citizen and real Christian man. He married Miss Julia Mattingly, a very devout and good young lady.”^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ From the book Burba, Burbee, Burby : descendants of Peter Burbee Sr. (c1729-1778) and others who share these surnames by Robert Lawrence, 1947

• *"Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW1F-2LZ : 11 May 2022), James Burba, 1867.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49043532/james-c-burba: accessed 24 September 2022), memorial page for James C. Burba (1839–1880), Find a Grave Memorial ID 49043532, citing Saint Thomas Cemetery, Nelson County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by RhondaPattonWathen & children (contributor 46879360) .