She was the wife of Benjamin Burley, and mother of Joseph and Nannie.
Benj. and E.A. Burley raised the youngest orphaned children of Eliz. Ann Cilley's brother, Hon. Jonathan Cilley (killed in a duel in 1838) after his widow, Deborah Prince Cilley, died in 1844. The children were raised in Epping: General Jonathan Prince Cilley (b. 29 Dec 1835, d. 6 Apr 1920), and Julia Draper Cilley Lazell (b. 20 Dec 1837, d. 1 Jan 1909).
Benj. and E.A. Burley raised the youngest orphaned children of Eliz. Ann Cilley's brother, Hon. Jonathan Cilley (killed in a duel in 1838) after his widow, Deborah Prince Cilley, died in 1844. The children were raised in Epping: General Jonathan Prince Cilley (b. 29 Dec 1835, d. 6 Apr 1920), and Julia Draper Cilley Lazell (b. 20 Dec 1837, d. 1 Jan 1909).
She was the wife of Benjamin Burley, and mother of Joseph and Nannie.
Benj. and E.A. Burley raised the youngest orphaned children of Eliz. Ann Cilley's brother, Hon. Jonathan Cilley (killed in a duel in 1838) after his widow, Deborah Prince Cilley, died in 1844. The children were raised in Epping: General Jonathan Prince Cilley (b. 29 Dec 1835, d. 6 Apr 1920), and Julia Draper Cilley Lazell (b. 20 Dec 1837, d. 1 Jan 1909).
Benj. and E.A. Burley raised the youngest orphaned children of Eliz. Ann Cilley's brother, Hon. Jonathan Cilley (killed in a duel in 1838) after his widow, Deborah Prince Cilley, died in 1844. The children were raised in Epping: General Jonathan Prince Cilley (b. 29 Dec 1835, d. 6 Apr 1920), and Julia Draper Cilley Lazell (b. 20 Dec 1837, d. 1 Jan 1909).
Inscription
[On west facing side of obelisk]
BENJAMIN BURLEY
DIED
June 26 1861
Aged 58 yrs.
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ELISABETH [SIC] A.
wife of Benj Burley
DIED
Oct 3, 1876,
Aged 72 yrs.
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BURLEY.
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