Co. H 70 Ind. Vol. Wiley is buried here according to Nova May Mertens. "Coon or Fleener Cemetery". Indiana Magazine of History, 48, 3 (1952): 327-330.
WILEY BURNS, farmer, was born October 16, 1832, in Morgan County, Ind., and is a son of Wiley and Mary (Baker) Burns, natives of Kentucky and of Scotch and Welsh descent respectively. Our subject received a fair education and taught school for four terms in this county. September 15, 1857, he married Nancy K. Hastings, of Morgan County, and to this union were born four children - Melissa V., Mattie, Elmer E. and Thaddeus S.; their mother died April 4, 1872, and Mr. Burns, April 18, 1876, wedded Emily A. Matthews, and this union produced two children - Wiley and Katie. December 21, 1863, he enlisted in Company H, Seventieth Indiana Infantry, and served in the following battles: Resaca, Cassville, New Hope Church, Lost Mountain, Kenesaw, Marietta, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Savannah, Bentonville and the march through Georgia. He was discharged June, 1865, came to this county in 1867, and settled on 155 acres of well-improved and planted land, where he makes a specialty of fruit-raising. Mr. Burns is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Knights of Honor. He is a leading Republican, and was elected Trustee of this township one term. He is an honest man, an upright citizen, and he and wife are members of the Christian Church.
"Counties of Morgan, Monroe & Brown, IN - Jackson Township" - published in 1884 by F.A. Battey & Co."
WILEY BURNS, farmer, was born October 16, 1832, in Morgan County, Ind., and is a son of Wiley and Mary (Baker) Burns, natives of Kentucky and of Scotch and Welsh descent respectively. Our subject received a fair education and taught school for four terms in this county. September 15, 1857, he married Nancy K. Hastings, of Morgan County, and to this union were born four children - Melissa V., Mattie, Elmer E. and Thaddeus S.; their mother died April 4, 1872, and Mr. Burns, April 18, 1876, wedded Emily A. Matthews, and this union produced two children - Wiley and Katie. December 21, 1863, he enlisted in Company H, Seventieth Indiana Infantry, and served in the following battles: Resaca, Cassville, New Hope Church, Lost Mountain, Kenesaw, Marietta, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Savannah, Bentonville and the march through Georgia. He was discharged June, 1865, came to this county in 1867, and settled on 155 acres of well-improved and planted land, where he makes a specialty of fruit-raising. Mr. Burns is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Knights of Honor. He is a leading Republican, and was elected Trustee of this township one term. He is an honest man, an upright citizen, and he and wife are members of the Christian Church.
"Counties of Morgan, Monroe & Brown, IN - Jackson Township" - published in 1884 by F.A. Battey & Co."
Co. H 70 Ind. Vol. Wiley is buried here according to Nova May Mertens. "Coon or Fleener Cemetery". Indiana Magazine of History, 48, 3 (1952): 327-330.
WILEY BURNS, farmer, was born October 16, 1832, in Morgan County, Ind., and is a son of Wiley and Mary (Baker) Burns, natives of Kentucky and of Scotch and Welsh descent respectively. Our subject received a fair education and taught school for four terms in this county. September 15, 1857, he married Nancy K. Hastings, of Morgan County, and to this union were born four children - Melissa V., Mattie, Elmer E. and Thaddeus S.; their mother died April 4, 1872, and Mr. Burns, April 18, 1876, wedded Emily A. Matthews, and this union produced two children - Wiley and Katie. December 21, 1863, he enlisted in Company H, Seventieth Indiana Infantry, and served in the following battles: Resaca, Cassville, New Hope Church, Lost Mountain, Kenesaw, Marietta, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Savannah, Bentonville and the march through Georgia. He was discharged June, 1865, came to this county in 1867, and settled on 155 acres of well-improved and planted land, where he makes a specialty of fruit-raising. Mr. Burns is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Knights of Honor. He is a leading Republican, and was elected Trustee of this township one term. He is an honest man, an upright citizen, and he and wife are members of the Christian Church.
"Counties of Morgan, Monroe & Brown, IN - Jackson Township" - published in 1884 by F.A. Battey & Co."
WILEY BURNS, farmer, was born October 16, 1832, in Morgan County, Ind., and is a son of Wiley and Mary (Baker) Burns, natives of Kentucky and of Scotch and Welsh descent respectively. Our subject received a fair education and taught school for four terms in this county. September 15, 1857, he married Nancy K. Hastings, of Morgan County, and to this union were born four children - Melissa V., Mattie, Elmer E. and Thaddeus S.; their mother died April 4, 1872, and Mr. Burns, April 18, 1876, wedded Emily A. Matthews, and this union produced two children - Wiley and Katie. December 21, 1863, he enlisted in Company H, Seventieth Indiana Infantry, and served in the following battles: Resaca, Cassville, New Hope Church, Lost Mountain, Kenesaw, Marietta, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Savannah, Bentonville and the march through Georgia. He was discharged June, 1865, came to this county in 1867, and settled on 155 acres of well-improved and planted land, where he makes a specialty of fruit-raising. Mr. Burns is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Knights of Honor. He is a leading Republican, and was elected Trustee of this township one term. He is an honest man, an upright citizen, and he and wife are members of the Christian Church.
"Counties of Morgan, Monroe & Brown, IN - Jackson Township" - published in 1884 by F.A. Battey & Co."
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