MRS. BURFORD DIES AT 94
Marks, Miss., Woman Vividly Recalled Mexican War.
MARKS, Miss., Feb. 8,---Mrs. B. J. Burford, 94, died at the home of her son-in-law, W. J. Self, in Marks, this morning. She was born in Columbus, Ga., in 1836, and at the age of four, with her parents and other relatives, went to Georgia Ridge, in Tate County, Miss., near Senatobia. In 1852 she married Daniel L. Burford, who died in 1871. Mrs. Burford was a lady of rare accomplishment and memory to the delight of her many relatives of the younger generation and other friends she liked to relate the many interesting events of the past. She had a vivid recollection of the second exodus to the Indian Territory of the Indians from this country and her brother's return from the Mexican War.
She sold to General Barksdale one of his famous mounts and recalled having received a letter from General Barksdale advising that the horse has been killed in battle, at which time he also lost a limb.
Mrs. Burford was the mother of several children, the last of whom died 30 years ago and was the last direct member of her family living.
She was a member of the Baptist Church for more than 80 years and for 75 years a member or the Mt. Zion Baptist Church near Independence, Tate County, Miss. She was one of the first contributors to the Baptist Orphanage at Jackson, one of the buildings having been named in her honor.
Funeral for Mrs. Burford will be held at Mt. Zion Baptist Church near Independence, in Tate County, Sunday at 1:30 p.m., with burial in the Burford Cemetery, the services conducted by the Rev. L. S. Cole, of Marks, Miss., pastor of the First Baptist Church.
She is survived by the following grandchildren: P. M. B. Self, W. E. Self, and Mrs. Lillian Horne, of Marks, Miss., and Mrs. Sam J. House, of Memphis, Tenn.
Published in The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee, Sunday, February 9, 1930.
ღCindyMarieღ Find a Grave ID #47419229
DeSoto Marriages 1851 - 1860
Ellis, Barsheba Jane & Burford, Daniel L.
Date of marriage - 9 Sep 1852
Official - Jno. W. Vance, Probate Judge
Marks, Miss., Woman Vividly Recalled Mexican War.
MARKS, Miss., Feb. 8,---Mrs. B. J. Burford, 94, died at the home of her son-in-law, W. J. Self, in Marks, this morning. She was born in Columbus, Ga., in 1836, and at the age of four, with her parents and other relatives, went to Georgia Ridge, in Tate County, Miss., near Senatobia. In 1852 she married Daniel L. Burford, who died in 1871. Mrs. Burford was a lady of rare accomplishment and memory to the delight of her many relatives of the younger generation and other friends she liked to relate the many interesting events of the past. She had a vivid recollection of the second exodus to the Indian Territory of the Indians from this country and her brother's return from the Mexican War.
She sold to General Barksdale one of his famous mounts and recalled having received a letter from General Barksdale advising that the horse has been killed in battle, at which time he also lost a limb.
Mrs. Burford was the mother of several children, the last of whom died 30 years ago and was the last direct member of her family living.
She was a member of the Baptist Church for more than 80 years and for 75 years a member or the Mt. Zion Baptist Church near Independence, Tate County, Miss. She was one of the first contributors to the Baptist Orphanage at Jackson, one of the buildings having been named in her honor.
Funeral for Mrs. Burford will be held at Mt. Zion Baptist Church near Independence, in Tate County, Sunday at 1:30 p.m., with burial in the Burford Cemetery, the services conducted by the Rev. L. S. Cole, of Marks, Miss., pastor of the First Baptist Church.
She is survived by the following grandchildren: P. M. B. Self, W. E. Self, and Mrs. Lillian Horne, of Marks, Miss., and Mrs. Sam J. House, of Memphis, Tenn.
Published in The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee, Sunday, February 9, 1930.
ღCindyMarieღ Find a Grave ID #47419229
DeSoto Marriages 1851 - 1860
Ellis, Barsheba Jane & Burford, Daniel L.
Date of marriage - 9 Sep 1852
Official - Jno. W. Vance, Probate Judge
MRS. BURFORD DIES AT 94
Marks, Miss., Woman Vividly Recalled Mexican War.
MARKS, Miss., Feb. 8,---Mrs. B. J. Burford, 94, died at the home of her son-in-law, W. J. Self, in Marks, this morning. She was born in Columbus, Ga., in 1836, and at the age of four, with her parents and other relatives, went to Georgia Ridge, in Tate County, Miss., near Senatobia. In 1852 she married Daniel L. Burford, who died in 1871. Mrs. Burford was a lady of rare accomplishment and memory to the delight of her many relatives of the younger generation and other friends she liked to relate the many interesting events of the past. She had a vivid recollection of the second exodus to the Indian Territory of the Indians from this country and her brother's return from the Mexican War.
She sold to General Barksdale one of his famous mounts and recalled having received a letter from General Barksdale advising that the horse has been killed in battle, at which time he also lost a limb.
Mrs. Burford was the mother of several children, the last of whom died 30 years ago and was the last direct member of her family living.
She was a member of the Baptist Church for more than 80 years and for 75 years a member or the Mt. Zion Baptist Church near Independence, Tate County, Miss. She was one of the first contributors to the Baptist Orphanage at Jackson, one of the buildings having been named in her honor.
Funeral for Mrs. Burford will be held at Mt. Zion Baptist Church near Independence, in Tate County, Sunday at 1:30 p.m., with burial in the Burford Cemetery, the services conducted by the Rev. L. S. Cole, of Marks, Miss., pastor of the First Baptist Church.
She is survived by the following grandchildren: P. M. B. Self, W. E. Self, and Mrs. Lillian Horne, of Marks, Miss., and Mrs. Sam J. House, of Memphis, Tenn.
Published in The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee, Sunday, February 9, 1930.
ღCindyMarieღ Find a Grave ID #47419229
DeSoto Marriages 1851 - 1860
Ellis, Barsheba Jane & Burford, Daniel L.
Date of marriage - 9 Sep 1852
Official - Jno. W. Vance, Probate Judge
Marks, Miss., Woman Vividly Recalled Mexican War.
MARKS, Miss., Feb. 8,---Mrs. B. J. Burford, 94, died at the home of her son-in-law, W. J. Self, in Marks, this morning. She was born in Columbus, Ga., in 1836, and at the age of four, with her parents and other relatives, went to Georgia Ridge, in Tate County, Miss., near Senatobia. In 1852 she married Daniel L. Burford, who died in 1871. Mrs. Burford was a lady of rare accomplishment and memory to the delight of her many relatives of the younger generation and other friends she liked to relate the many interesting events of the past. She had a vivid recollection of the second exodus to the Indian Territory of the Indians from this country and her brother's return from the Mexican War.
She sold to General Barksdale one of his famous mounts and recalled having received a letter from General Barksdale advising that the horse has been killed in battle, at which time he also lost a limb.
Mrs. Burford was the mother of several children, the last of whom died 30 years ago and was the last direct member of her family living.
She was a member of the Baptist Church for more than 80 years and for 75 years a member or the Mt. Zion Baptist Church near Independence, Tate County, Miss. She was one of the first contributors to the Baptist Orphanage at Jackson, one of the buildings having been named in her honor.
Funeral for Mrs. Burford will be held at Mt. Zion Baptist Church near Independence, in Tate County, Sunday at 1:30 p.m., with burial in the Burford Cemetery, the services conducted by the Rev. L. S. Cole, of Marks, Miss., pastor of the First Baptist Church.
She is survived by the following grandchildren: P. M. B. Self, W. E. Self, and Mrs. Lillian Horne, of Marks, Miss., and Mrs. Sam J. House, of Memphis, Tenn.
Published in The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee, Sunday, February 9, 1930.
ღCindyMarieღ Find a Grave ID #47419229
DeSoto Marriages 1851 - 1860
Ellis, Barsheba Jane & Burford, Daniel L.
Date of marriage - 9 Sep 1852
Official - Jno. W. Vance, Probate Judge
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Wife of D. L. Burford
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Cemetery records indicate a Barsheba Ann Ellis Burford with same death date in this cemetery.
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