"Jennie" was the daughter of Charles and Jane (née Scott) Cleveland. She was married at Williamsburg, Long Island, New York (now Brooklyn) to Wellington Burnett on December 6, 1855. They were the parents of six: Isaac, Charles, Lester, Olive, Gertrude, and Marius.
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The San Francisco Bay Region, Vol. 3 by Bailey Millard; Published by The American Historical Society, Inc. 1924: The widow Jane C.C. Burnett, passed on at her residence, 1922 (now 1950) Broadway, San Francisco, June 13, 1923, at the age of eighty-nine years and four days. She was buried in the National Cemetery at The Presidio on Saturday, June 16, 1923, where her husband was also buried.
Jane Burnett had been a great social worker and organizer in her prime. She was remarkable for her conversational powers. She organized the Young Women's Christian Association here in San Francisco, Mrs. P. D. Brown brought the idea from the East, and, as she was a stranger here and did not know the people, she asked for an organizer and was told that Mrs. Wellington Burnett was the best woman organizer in the state. So Mrs. Burnett organized the Young Women's Christian Association.
Jane Burnett was for many years a member of the Forum Club of San Francisco, was a charter member of the Association of Pioneer Women of California and for twenty-five years a member of Sequoia Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. She organized and was president of the Associated Wives and Daughters of Veterans of the Mexican War and, as a member and as president of Saint Luke's Mite Society, she assisted in the founding of Saint Luke's Hospital, now situated at Twenty-ninth and Valencia streets, San Francisco. Saint Luke's Mite Society was organized in 1871 to assist in every way the establishment and the work of carrying on Saint Luke's Hospital. Through its solicitation $25,000 was received from D.O. Mills with which to purchase the property upon which the old wooden buildings stood for so many years and upon which the new brick buildings now stand and the wooden buildings which are left — only two remain. Mrs. Burnett as a committee of one raised among the merchants of San Francisco $2,000 to build the old windmill which supplied the water for the hospital for many years. At her home, 600 Sutter Street, a sheet and pillow case party was given by the Mite Society and enough linen was brought in that afternoon and evening to supply the hospital. Then the society furnished the reading room, and years later a small chapel, the work for which was done by Mrs. Burnett acting for the Mite Society.
From its incipiency Mrs. Burnett was a member of the San Francisco Fruit and Flower Mission. She was secretarv of the Little Sisters Infant Shelter, which had its headquarters at 512 Minna Street in 1879. This society was started by six little girls. Mrs. Joseph Spear was the president. Mrs. Burnett was a great worker in Trinity Episcopal Church.
In the Author's Carnival of 1879 — the first Author's Carnival in San Francisco — Mrs. Burnett was the head of the refreshment booth, which occupied the entire Larkin Street end upstairs of the mechanics' pavilion. In this booth she raised $6,000 in one week — the food being mostly donated. She also took the part of Lady Macbeth and of Madame de Pompadour. Her husband was Falstaff.
During the Civil war she was prominent in the work of the sanitary commission. She also took a very active part in the work for the relief of the sufferers from the Chicago fire, and, though aged, she did her stint of knitting for the soldiers in the World war — making beautiful stitches which she learned as a girl.
Mrs. Burnett was a woman who knew not the meaning of the word fear. Learning that her father-in-law was very ill at Long Bar, she took a team and drove the fourteen miles over a country where Jim Webster, the notorious stage robber, was on the warpath, although she was warned not to do so and no man would take the risk, though asked. In the team with her were the baby and her nurse.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Burnett were in San Francisco in 1857 during those stirring times when the Vigilantes were trying to restore order out of chaos. During that time Wellington Burnett took his orders from Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman. - Contributed by Stacinator, via email May 1, 2023.
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The San Francisco Bay Region, Vol. 3 by Bailey Millard; Published by The American Historical Society, Inc. 1924: The widow Jane C.C. Burnett, passed on at her residence, 1922 (now 1950) Broadway, San Francisco, June 13, 1923, at the age of eighty-nine years and four days. She was buried in the National Cemetery at The Presidio on Saturday, June 16, 1923, where her husband was also buried.
Jane Burnett had been a great social worker and organizer in her prime. She was remarkable for her conversational powers. She organized the Young Women's Christian Association here in San Francisco, Mrs. P. D. Brown brought the idea from the East, and, as she was a stranger here and did not know the people, she asked for an organizer and was told that Mrs. Wellington Burnett was the best woman organizer in the state. So Mrs. Burnett organized the Young Women's Christian Association.
Jane Burnett was for many years a member of the Forum Club of San Francisco, was a charter member of the Association of Pioneer Women of California and for twenty-five years a member of Sequoia Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. She organized and was president of the Associated Wives and Daughters of Veterans of the Mexican War and, as a member and as president of Saint Luke's Mite Society, she assisted in the founding of Saint Luke's Hospital, now situated at Twenty-ninth and Valencia streets, San Francisco. Saint Luke's Mite Society was organized in 1871 to assist in every way the establishment and the work of carrying on Saint Luke's Hospital. Through its solicitation $25,000 was received from D.O. Mills with which to purchase the property upon which the old wooden buildings stood for so many years and upon which the new brick buildings now stand and the wooden buildings which are left — only two remain. Mrs. Burnett as a committee of one raised among the merchants of San Francisco $2,000 to build the old windmill which supplied the water for the hospital for many years. At her home, 600 Sutter Street, a sheet and pillow case party was given by the Mite Society and enough linen was brought in that afternoon and evening to supply the hospital. Then the society furnished the reading room, and years later a small chapel, the work for which was done by Mrs. Burnett acting for the Mite Society.
From its incipiency Mrs. Burnett was a member of the San Francisco Fruit and Flower Mission. She was secretarv of the Little Sisters Infant Shelter, which had its headquarters at 512 Minna Street in 1879. This society was started by six little girls. Mrs. Joseph Spear was the president. Mrs. Burnett was a great worker in Trinity Episcopal Church.
In the Author's Carnival of 1879 — the first Author's Carnival in San Francisco — Mrs. Burnett was the head of the refreshment booth, which occupied the entire Larkin Street end upstairs of the mechanics' pavilion. In this booth she raised $6,000 in one week — the food being mostly donated. She also took the part of Lady Macbeth and of Madame de Pompadour. Her husband was Falstaff.
During the Civil war she was prominent in the work of the sanitary commission. She also took a very active part in the work for the relief of the sufferers from the Chicago fire, and, though aged, she did her stint of knitting for the soldiers in the World war — making beautiful stitches which she learned as a girl.
Mrs. Burnett was a woman who knew not the meaning of the word fear. Learning that her father-in-law was very ill at Long Bar, she took a team and drove the fourteen miles over a country where Jim Webster, the notorious stage robber, was on the warpath, although she was warned not to do so and no man would take the risk, though asked. In the team with her were the baby and her nurse.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Burnett were in San Francisco in 1857 during those stirring times when the Vigilantes were trying to restore order out of chaos. During that time Wellington Burnett took his orders from Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman. - Contributed by Stacinator, via email May 1, 2023.
"Jennie" was the daughter of Charles and Jane (née Scott) Cleveland. She was married at Williamsburg, Long Island, New York (now Brooklyn) to Wellington Burnett on December 6, 1855. They were the parents of six: Isaac, Charles, Lester, Olive, Gertrude, and Marius.
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The San Francisco Bay Region, Vol. 3 by Bailey Millard; Published by The American Historical Society, Inc. 1924: The widow Jane C.C. Burnett, passed on at her residence, 1922 (now 1950) Broadway, San Francisco, June 13, 1923, at the age of eighty-nine years and four days. She was buried in the National Cemetery at The Presidio on Saturday, June 16, 1923, where her husband was also buried.
Jane Burnett had been a great social worker and organizer in her prime. She was remarkable for her conversational powers. She organized the Young Women's Christian Association here in San Francisco, Mrs. P. D. Brown brought the idea from the East, and, as she was a stranger here and did not know the people, she asked for an organizer and was told that Mrs. Wellington Burnett was the best woman organizer in the state. So Mrs. Burnett organized the Young Women's Christian Association.
Jane Burnett was for many years a member of the Forum Club of San Francisco, was a charter member of the Association of Pioneer Women of California and for twenty-five years a member of Sequoia Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. She organized and was president of the Associated Wives and Daughters of Veterans of the Mexican War and, as a member and as president of Saint Luke's Mite Society, she assisted in the founding of Saint Luke's Hospital, now situated at Twenty-ninth and Valencia streets, San Francisco. Saint Luke's Mite Society was organized in 1871 to assist in every way the establishment and the work of carrying on Saint Luke's Hospital. Through its solicitation $25,000 was received from D.O. Mills with which to purchase the property upon which the old wooden buildings stood for so many years and upon which the new brick buildings now stand and the wooden buildings which are left — only two remain. Mrs. Burnett as a committee of one raised among the merchants of San Francisco $2,000 to build the old windmill which supplied the water for the hospital for many years. At her home, 600 Sutter Street, a sheet and pillow case party was given by the Mite Society and enough linen was brought in that afternoon and evening to supply the hospital. Then the society furnished the reading room, and years later a small chapel, the work for which was done by Mrs. Burnett acting for the Mite Society.
From its incipiency Mrs. Burnett was a member of the San Francisco Fruit and Flower Mission. She was secretarv of the Little Sisters Infant Shelter, which had its headquarters at 512 Minna Street in 1879. This society was started by six little girls. Mrs. Joseph Spear was the president. Mrs. Burnett was a great worker in Trinity Episcopal Church.
In the Author's Carnival of 1879 — the first Author's Carnival in San Francisco — Mrs. Burnett was the head of the refreshment booth, which occupied the entire Larkin Street end upstairs of the mechanics' pavilion. In this booth she raised $6,000 in one week — the food being mostly donated. She also took the part of Lady Macbeth and of Madame de Pompadour. Her husband was Falstaff.
During the Civil war she was prominent in the work of the sanitary commission. She also took a very active part in the work for the relief of the sufferers from the Chicago fire, and, though aged, she did her stint of knitting for the soldiers in the World war — making beautiful stitches which she learned as a girl.
Mrs. Burnett was a woman who knew not the meaning of the word fear. Learning that her father-in-law was very ill at Long Bar, she took a team and drove the fourteen miles over a country where Jim Webster, the notorious stage robber, was on the warpath, although she was warned not to do so and no man would take the risk, though asked. In the team with her were the baby and her nurse.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Burnett were in San Francisco in 1857 during those stirring times when the Vigilantes were trying to restore order out of chaos. During that time Wellington Burnett took his orders from Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman. - Contributed by Stacinator, via email May 1, 2023.
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The San Francisco Bay Region, Vol. 3 by Bailey Millard; Published by The American Historical Society, Inc. 1924: The widow Jane C.C. Burnett, passed on at her residence, 1922 (now 1950) Broadway, San Francisco, June 13, 1923, at the age of eighty-nine years and four days. She was buried in the National Cemetery at The Presidio on Saturday, June 16, 1923, where her husband was also buried.
Jane Burnett had been a great social worker and organizer in her prime. She was remarkable for her conversational powers. She organized the Young Women's Christian Association here in San Francisco, Mrs. P. D. Brown brought the idea from the East, and, as she was a stranger here and did not know the people, she asked for an organizer and was told that Mrs. Wellington Burnett was the best woman organizer in the state. So Mrs. Burnett organized the Young Women's Christian Association.
Jane Burnett was for many years a member of the Forum Club of San Francisco, was a charter member of the Association of Pioneer Women of California and for twenty-five years a member of Sequoia Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. She organized and was president of the Associated Wives and Daughters of Veterans of the Mexican War and, as a member and as president of Saint Luke's Mite Society, she assisted in the founding of Saint Luke's Hospital, now situated at Twenty-ninth and Valencia streets, San Francisco. Saint Luke's Mite Society was organized in 1871 to assist in every way the establishment and the work of carrying on Saint Luke's Hospital. Through its solicitation $25,000 was received from D.O. Mills with which to purchase the property upon which the old wooden buildings stood for so many years and upon which the new brick buildings now stand and the wooden buildings which are left — only two remain. Mrs. Burnett as a committee of one raised among the merchants of San Francisco $2,000 to build the old windmill which supplied the water for the hospital for many years. At her home, 600 Sutter Street, a sheet and pillow case party was given by the Mite Society and enough linen was brought in that afternoon and evening to supply the hospital. Then the society furnished the reading room, and years later a small chapel, the work for which was done by Mrs. Burnett acting for the Mite Society.
From its incipiency Mrs. Burnett was a member of the San Francisco Fruit and Flower Mission. She was secretarv of the Little Sisters Infant Shelter, which had its headquarters at 512 Minna Street in 1879. This society was started by six little girls. Mrs. Joseph Spear was the president. Mrs. Burnett was a great worker in Trinity Episcopal Church.
In the Author's Carnival of 1879 — the first Author's Carnival in San Francisco — Mrs. Burnett was the head of the refreshment booth, which occupied the entire Larkin Street end upstairs of the mechanics' pavilion. In this booth she raised $6,000 in one week — the food being mostly donated. She also took the part of Lady Macbeth and of Madame de Pompadour. Her husband was Falstaff.
During the Civil war she was prominent in the work of the sanitary commission. She also took a very active part in the work for the relief of the sufferers from the Chicago fire, and, though aged, she did her stint of knitting for the soldiers in the World war — making beautiful stitches which she learned as a girl.
Mrs. Burnett was a woman who knew not the meaning of the word fear. Learning that her father-in-law was very ill at Long Bar, she took a team and drove the fourteen miles over a country where Jim Webster, the notorious stage robber, was on the warpath, although she was warned not to do so and no man would take the risk, though asked. In the team with her were the baby and her nurse.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Burnett were in San Francisco in 1857 during those stirring times when the Vigilantes were trying to restore order out of chaos. During that time Wellington Burnett took his orders from Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman. - Contributed by Stacinator, via email May 1, 2023.
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