*Minnie Burns is the daughter of Bluford Burns and his second wife
. Not
much is known about his second wife, his first wife died giving birt
h to Lily.Minnie also has a brother, Charlie L. Burns Sr. Minnie'
s father was in the Civil War and afterward had a traveling ventriloq
uist show with his first wife. They had two puppets, "Punch" and "Ju
dy". They traveled with a tent, benches, and two lamps on a pole. M
innie married Jim Smallwood and they lived inComer, Georgia.
*Information came from: Lucille Smith Gentry Lee O'Brian Beasley
, of
Homestead, Florida.
Sources
WikiTree profile Burns-1346 created through the import of Martin_Cleaned.ged on Apr 3, 2012 by Donna Drury. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Donna and others.
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