Mary Louisa (Gates) Burns (1817 - 1869)

Born 12 Sep 1817 in Lincoln County Tennessee, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Franklin Burns — married 1835 in Pickens, Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died 8 May 1869 at age 51 in Limestone County Texas, USA

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Biography

Birth: Sep. 12, 1817 Lincoln County Tennessee, USA Death: May 8, 1869 Limestone County Texas, USA

Mary Louisa (pronounced Louiza) Gates married Benjamin F. Burns in 1835 in Pickens County, Alabama. Their family of fourteen has been well documented.

Eliza Jane Briggs (1837-1892) md William Elkanah Briggs (1831-1908) Luellan Hampton Burns (1839-1839) Sarah Elizabeth Hammond (1840-1916) md Benjamin Franklin Hammond (1833-1922) Mary Ann Lowery Thompson (1842-1929) md 1st John Henry Lowery (1828-1864) md 2nd John Freeman Thompson (1849-1916) Frances Amelia Head (1843-1926) md James Richard Head (1843-1900) Benjamin Franklin Burns, Jr. (1845-1930) md 1st Lidda Margaret Oneal (1849-1885) md 2nd Clara Frances Matthews (1859-1928) Nancy Matilda Hobbs (1847-1900) md Hiram Hodge Hobbs (1849-1897) Icy Phenia Brown (1848-1916) md Ervin Flournay Brown (1847-1915) Martha Clementine Pittman (1850-1903) md Joseph Wesley Pittman (1840-1904) William Thomas Burns (1852-1916) md 1st Frances Elizabeth Price (1854-1878) md 2nd Annie Jane Johnson (1862-1939) Savilla Catherine [Caroline] Bratton Marett (1854-1940) md 1st Lafayette M. Bratton (1848-1892) md 2nd Samuel Reader Marett (1857-1933) John Pinkney Burns (1855-1884) md Emma L. Stephenson (1860-1895) Alice Isabelle Raney (1857-1942) md James Louis Raney (1851-1926) Julia Miranda Welch (1862-1907) md John Seright Welch (1858-1911)

Family links: Parents: Thomas Gates (1793 - 1866) Ann Hooper Gates (1791 - 1842)

Spouse: Benjamin Franklin Burns (1813 - 1878)

Children: Eliza Jane Burns Briggs (1837 - 1892)* Sarah Elizabeth Burns Hammond (1840 - 1916)* Mary Ann Burns Thompson (1842 - 1929)* Frances Amelia Burns Head (1843 - 1926)* Nancy Matilda Burns Hobbs (1847 - 1900)* Icy Phena Burns Brown (1848 - 1916)* Martha Clementine Burns Pittman (1850 - 1903)* William Thomas Burns (1853 - 1916)* Savilla C. Burns Marett (1854 - 1940)* John Pinckney Burns (1855 - 1884)* Alice Isabelle Burns Raney (1857 - 1940)* Julia Miranda Burns Welch (1862 - 1907)*

Siblings: John Pinkston Gates (1813 - 1876)* James Pinkney Gates (1813 - 1886)* Mary Louisa Gates Burns (1817 - 1869) Obadiah Hooper Gates (1825 - ____)* Charles Carter Gates (1828 - 1868)*

• Calculated relationship

Inscription: Wife of B.F. Burns

Burial: Eutaw Cemetery Kosse Limestone County Texas, USA

Sources

• Unsourced family tree handed down to Michele Misurelli.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LV-MFN : 22 December 2020), Louisa Burns in household of B F Burns, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14518227/mary-louisa-burns : accessed 13 November 2021), memorial page for Mary Louisa Gates Burns (12 Sep 1817–8 May 1869), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14518227, citing Eutaw Cemetery, Kosse, Limestone County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Wm. R. Crabb (contributor 48249624) .