Burwell T. "Burl" Christian was the son of James Holden Christian and Elizabeth Canterbury. Born in 1857 in Christian, Logan County, WV.
11-Dec-1879 Burl age 20 married Clarissa Ellis age 19 d/o Madison Ellis and Clarissa Trent in Logan County, WV. Divorced sometime before 1887. Their children were:
Everette b.1880
Stella b. 1894
Missouri "Zuri" b. 1885
14-March-1895 Burl was about 36 years old married Marzella Frances Vance age 36 d/o John P. Vance and Lucinda Burgess in Logan County, WV. Frances was the widow of Burl's 1st cousin Allen Christian s/o Byron Christian and Elizabeth "Betty" White. She passed away in 1916. Their children were:
Lucy b.1897
James Earl b.1898
Eunice b.1901
Bessie b. 1905
Nevil b. 1905
9-August-1919 Burl was about 60 years old married Lydia Hatfield she was 42 years old d/o Lewis Hatfield and Cordelia Grimmett and the widow of John Crockett Harrison in Varney, Mingo County, WV They had no children, but she had two children with John : Icey Harrison and Robert Harrison.
Burl's father James Holden Christian was captured during the civil war and imprisoned at Camp Chase, Chillicothe, OH where he died and was buried. His mother Elizabeth Canterbury married Henderson Browning after James Holden's death. Burl's first wife Clarissa Ellis married Floyd Musick in 1887 and died in Matewan, Mingo County, WV in 1895 burial location is unknown. Burl left Logan County, WV after 1916 and lived the remainer of his life at Meador/Newtown, Mingo County, WV with his wife Lydia. He died sometime after 1940. Originally he was buried at Little Thacker, Pie, Mingo County, WV but was later relocated to Lenore Memorial Gardens, Lenore, Mingo County, WV due to mining operations in the Pie, WV area.