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Isaiah Burkett (1825 CallowayCo, MO-1862 Springfield, IL) married 30 Nov 1854 Mary Caroline Humphreys and had 4 children. He was captured by Union Forces in 1862 at Ft. Donaldson, TN, imprisoned in Cairo, IL where he died of pneumonia after a march to Camp Butler Prison in Springfield. He never saw his youngest son Thomas Jefferson. Mary Humphreys Burkett taught school arriving on horseback everyday accompanied by children Martha, Nancy and Tom. Family sources say widow Mary later married Dr. C.M. Hall or C.M. Hale of Flatonia. The story goes Bartholomew Burkett was able to retain custody of both Isaiah's children and those of a second husband after Mary's death. Information used with permission from David Burket-Index | DeWitt Colony Expansion | Burket Land Grant
SONS OF DEWITT COLONY TEXAS
Wallace L. McKeehan, All Rights Reserved
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Isaiah Burkett (1825 CallowayCo, MO-1862 Springfield, IL) married 30 Nov 1854 Mary Caroline Humphreys and had 4 children. He was captured by Union Forces in 1862 at Ft. Donaldson, TN, imprisoned in Cairo, IL where he died of pneumonia after a march to Camp Butler Prison in Springfield. He never saw his youngest son Thomas Jefferson. Mary Humphreys Burkett taught school arriving on horseback everyday accompanied by children Martha, Nancy and Tom. Family sources say widow Mary later married Dr. C.M. Hall or C.M. Hale of Flatonia. The story goes Bartholomew Burkett was able to retain custody of both Isaiah's children and those of a second husband after Mary's death. Information used with permission from David Burket-Index | DeWitt Colony Expansion | Burket Land Grant
SONS OF DEWITT COLONY TEXAS
Wallace L. McKeehan, All Rights Reserved
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