According to the death notice in the Alton Evening Telegraph on March 31, 1900. He died on March 31 1900 and was stated to be 40 years and 6 months old. His burial took place in Milton Cemetery.
*Age given at time of time of death would make birth year around 1860.
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Note from Burris/Burroughs family tree done by Marty Porter, second cousin to Allen Austin.
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1878-he married Susan Alice Dorsen in
Edwardsville on Jun 5. George lists his
parents on his marriage application as
Louis Burroughs and Deborah Carhorn.
This may have been how the county clerk heard his last name therefore the name is Burroughs versus Burris. The application for marriage indicates Geo would be 26 on his next birthday.. indicating he may have been born 1851.
His 1886 marriage certificate also indicates he was born in 1853 (age 33, he said his age next birthday would be
The marriage index for 1886 has a record error of 84 for his age.
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1860 census list age as 6 years, suggesting 1854 as year of birth.
1870 census list age as 18 years, suggesting 1852 as birth year.
1878 marriage application list age as 26 at next birthday, suggesting a birth year of 1853.
1880 census list age as 26 years, suggesting 1854 as birth year.
So gain in age over two year period between 1878 and 1880.
1890 census records for city, county, state he lived in were lost in a fire.
1900 census taken on or about June 1st of that year. He died two months before it
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George and Susan had three children.
Charles Burroughs July 1879/79-Nov 1932
Oscar Burroughs born 1881 and died in the early morning hours of April 4 1900. He was probably buried in Milton Cemetery.
Cora (Burroughs) Osborne Jan 1883-Feb 1932
Married Emma Ellen Taylor on August 6, 1886.
Their children were:
John (1890 - 1910)
Mary Martha (1891 - 1934)
Thomas Edward (1894 - 1947)
Annie Louise (1896 - 1980)
Fred Henry (1898 - 1972)
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*Age given at time of time of death would make birth year around 1860.
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Note from Burris/Burroughs family tree done by Marty Porter, second cousin to Allen Austin.
_____________
1878-he married Susan Alice Dorsen in
Edwardsville on Jun 5. George lists his
parents on his marriage application as
Louis Burroughs and Deborah Carhorn.
This may have been how the county clerk heard his last name therefore the name is Burroughs versus Burris. The application for marriage indicates Geo would be 26 on his next birthday.. indicating he may have been born 1851.
His 1886 marriage certificate also indicates he was born in 1853 (age 33, he said his age next birthday would be
The marriage index for 1886 has a record error of 84 for his age.
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1860 census list age as 6 years, suggesting 1854 as year of birth.
1870 census list age as 18 years, suggesting 1852 as birth year.
1878 marriage application list age as 26 at next birthday, suggesting a birth year of 1853.
1880 census list age as 26 years, suggesting 1854 as birth year.
So gain in age over two year period between 1878 and 1880.
1890 census records for city, county, state he lived in were lost in a fire.
1900 census taken on or about June 1st of that year. He died two months before it
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George and Susan had three children.
Charles Burroughs July 1879/79-Nov 1932
Oscar Burroughs born 1881 and died in the early morning hours of April 4 1900. He was probably buried in Milton Cemetery.
Cora (Burroughs) Osborne Jan 1883-Feb 1932
Married Emma Ellen Taylor on August 6, 1886.
Their children were:
John (1890 - 1910)
Mary Martha (1891 - 1934)
Thomas Edward (1894 - 1947)
Annie Louise (1896 - 1980)
Fred Henry (1898 - 1972)
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According to the death notice in the Alton Evening Telegraph on March 31, 1900. He died on March 31 1900 and was stated to be 40 years and 6 months old. His burial took place in Milton Cemetery.
*Age given at time of time of death would make birth year around 1860.
_________________________________
Note from Burris/Burroughs family tree done by Marty Porter, second cousin to Allen Austin.
_____________
1878-he married Susan Alice Dorsen in
Edwardsville on Jun 5. George lists his
parents on his marriage application as
Louis Burroughs and Deborah Carhorn.
This may have been how the county clerk heard his last name therefore the name is Burroughs versus Burris. The application for marriage indicates Geo would be 26 on his next birthday.. indicating he may have been born 1851.
His 1886 marriage certificate also indicates he was born in 1853 (age 33, he said his age next birthday would be
The marriage index for 1886 has a record error of 84 for his age.
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1860 census list age as 6 years, suggesting 1854 as year of birth.
1870 census list age as 18 years, suggesting 1852 as birth year.
1878 marriage application list age as 26 at next birthday, suggesting a birth year of 1853.
1880 census list age as 26 years, suggesting 1854 as birth year.
So gain in age over two year period between 1878 and 1880.
1890 census records for city, county, state he lived in were lost in a fire.
1900 census taken on or about June 1st of that year. He died two months before it
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George and Susan had three children.
Charles Burroughs July 1879/79-Nov 1932
Oscar Burroughs born 1881 and died in the early morning hours of April 4 1900. He was probably buried in Milton Cemetery.
Cora (Burroughs) Osborne Jan 1883-Feb 1932
Married Emma Ellen Taylor on August 6, 1886.
Their children were:
John (1890 - 1910)
Mary Martha (1891 - 1934)
Thomas Edward (1894 - 1947)
Annie Louise (1896 - 1980)
Fred Henry (1898 - 1972)
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*Age given at time of time of death would make birth year around 1860.
_________________________________
Note from Burris/Burroughs family tree done by Marty Porter, second cousin to Allen Austin.
_____________
1878-he married Susan Alice Dorsen in
Edwardsville on Jun 5. George lists his
parents on his marriage application as
Louis Burroughs and Deborah Carhorn.
This may have been how the county clerk heard his last name therefore the name is Burroughs versus Burris. The application for marriage indicates Geo would be 26 on his next birthday.. indicating he may have been born 1851.
His 1886 marriage certificate also indicates he was born in 1853 (age 33, he said his age next birthday would be
The marriage index for 1886 has a record error of 84 for his age.
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1860 census list age as 6 years, suggesting 1854 as year of birth.
1870 census list age as 18 years, suggesting 1852 as birth year.
1878 marriage application list age as 26 at next birthday, suggesting a birth year of 1853.
1880 census list age as 26 years, suggesting 1854 as birth year.
So gain in age over two year period between 1878 and 1880.
1890 census records for city, county, state he lived in were lost in a fire.
1900 census taken on or about June 1st of that year. He died two months before it
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George and Susan had three children.
Charles Burroughs July 1879/79-Nov 1932
Oscar Burroughs born 1881 and died in the early morning hours of April 4 1900. He was probably buried in Milton Cemetery.
Cora (Burroughs) Osborne Jan 1883-Feb 1932
Married Emma Ellen Taylor on August 6, 1886.
Their children were:
John (1890 - 1910)
Mary Martha (1891 - 1934)
Thomas Edward (1894 - 1947)
Annie Louise (1896 - 1980)
Fred Henry (1898 - 1972)
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Gravesite Details
No Headstone. Information from obituary. See above regarding year of birth.
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