John Burns is the oldest son of Christopher Burns and Rachel Magner Burns. His parents married in 1826 in Columbiana County, Ohio. The family was in Perry Township, Wayne County, Ohio, at the time of the 1830 U.S. Census. At the time of the 1840 U.S. Census, they were at Geneva, Muscatine County, Iowa. By 1845 they had moved to "Upper Missouri" (probably Atchison County).
He married Lydia Ann Porter in Rock Port, Atchison County, Missouri, in 1848. Their son James Christopher Burns was born September 16, 1849, in Linden, Atchison County, Missouri. John Burns and Lydia Ann Porter Burns died of cholera just before they reached South Pass. The story is told that John died at the next-to-the-last crossing of the Sweetwater River. Lydia Ann helped the men in the company dig a grave for him with simple marker that said "J. Burns." She was so exhausted from the effort that she died at the last crossing of the Sweetwater River. Most likely there was never a marker for her grave.
He married Lydia Ann Porter in Rock Port, Atchison County, Missouri, in 1848. Their son James Christopher Burns was born September 16, 1849, in Linden, Atchison County, Missouri. John Burns and Lydia Ann Porter Burns died of cholera just before they reached South Pass. The story is told that John died at the next-to-the-last crossing of the Sweetwater River. Lydia Ann helped the men in the company dig a grave for him with simple marker that said "J. Burns." She was so exhausted from the effort that she died at the last crossing of the Sweetwater River. Most likely there was never a marker for her grave.
John Burns is the oldest son of Christopher Burns and Rachel Magner Burns. His parents married in 1826 in Columbiana County, Ohio. The family was in Perry Township, Wayne County, Ohio, at the time of the 1830 U.S. Census. At the time of the 1840 U.S. Census, they were at Geneva, Muscatine County, Iowa. By 1845 they had moved to "Upper Missouri" (probably Atchison County).
He married Lydia Ann Porter in Rock Port, Atchison County, Missouri, in 1848. Their son James Christopher Burns was born September 16, 1849, in Linden, Atchison County, Missouri. John Burns and Lydia Ann Porter Burns died of cholera just before they reached South Pass. The story is told that John died at the next-to-the-last crossing of the Sweetwater River. Lydia Ann helped the men in the company dig a grave for him with simple marker that said "J. Burns." She was so exhausted from the effort that she died at the last crossing of the Sweetwater River. Most likely there was never a marker for her grave.
He married Lydia Ann Porter in Rock Port, Atchison County, Missouri, in 1848. Their son James Christopher Burns was born September 16, 1849, in Linden, Atchison County, Missouri. John Burns and Lydia Ann Porter Burns died of cholera just before they reached South Pass. The story is told that John died at the next-to-the-last crossing of the Sweetwater River. Lydia Ann helped the men in the company dig a grave for him with simple marker that said "J. Burns." She was so exhausted from the effort that she died at the last crossing of the Sweetwater River. Most likely there was never a marker for her grave.
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