John
Taylor
Burns
Born in Buffalo Hart Township, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Ridgeway Burns
and Lucy (Cass) Burns
Brother of
Mary J (Burns) Cass, Thomas F Burns, Robert Ambrose Burns, William Ambrose Burns, Martha A (Burns) Campbell, Araminta Fern (Burns) Robinson, Angeline H Burns, Sophia C (Burns) Hickman, Iva (Burns) Wright, John I Burns and Robert B Burns
Husband of
Elizabeth (Perry) Burns
— married
2 Sep 1875 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 70
in New Berlin, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Apr 2015
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This profile is part of the Eastern Sangamon County Townships One Place Study.
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Biography
Origins
Early Life
On 2 Jun 1870, Benjamin T Bice, Ass't Marshal, for Buffalo Hart Township, Sangamon County, Illinois, reports John R Burns] household in between [[Burns-4423|William A Burns] and John L Fletcher households.[1]
John Ridgeway Burns 66 (1804, male, white) b. Kentucky; John R was a farmer with Real Estate valued at $14,000 and personal property valued at $1,100.
Lucy (Cass) Burns 51 (1819, female, white) b. Kentucky; Lucy was keeping house.
Martha Burns 27 (1843, female, white) b. Illinois;
Sophia Burns 21 (1849, female, white) b. Illinois;
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Iva Burns 19 (1851, female, white) b. Illinois; Iva attended School.
John P Burns 16 (1854, male, white) b. Illinois; John attended school.
Robt Burns 13 (1857, male, white) b. Illinois; Robert attended school.
Family
On 8 Jun 1880, John E. Constant, enumerator for Buffalo Hart Township, Sangamon County, Illinois reports John R Burns household in between John L Fletcher and John F Greening households. [2]
John Ridgeway Burns 76 (1804, Head, Married) b. Kentucky; both parents born in Virginia.
John T Burns 26 (1854, son, married) b. Illinois; both parents born in Kentucky.
Lizzie Burns 26 (1854, Daughter-in-law (John T's wife), married) b. Kentucky; father born in Pennsylvania and mother born in Virginia.
Lucy Burns 2 (1879, Granddaughter (John T and Lizzie's daughter), single) b. Illinois, father born in Illinois and mother born in Kentucky.
Abner Cass 22 (1858, boarder, single) b. Illinois, father born in Kentucky and mother born in Illinois.
Robert Cass 11 (1869, brother, single) b. Illinois, father born in Kentucky and mother born in Illinois.
Sources
- ↑ 1870 U.S. census, Sangamon County, Illinois, Buffalo Post Office, p. 3 (written), dwelling 15, family 15, John R Burns household, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6WN-2YM : accessed 16 June 2015) and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 16 June 2015); citing p. 3, family 16, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,780.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXKX-F2Y : accessed 30 April 2015), John R Burns, Buffalo Heart, Sangamon, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district 200, sheet 209D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0248; FHL microfilm 1,254,248.
- Find A Grave, "Find a Grave", database, Find a Grave (findagrave.com) accessed 10 April 2015, memorial page for John Taylor Burns (1854-1924), Find A Grave Memorial no. 57445598, citing Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA; the accompanying photographs by BiJ; created originally by Charles W Brown and maintained by BiJ and are materially informative, does provide a legible image of the inscribed data.
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