There's a long story to this one. As far as we all know he was married only twice. His first wife who was a Garrett evidently had a will. To try and shorten everything Stephen Martin would lose the inheritance for the children if he remarried or something like that. Anyway, he and Sarah lived together for many years before marrying. That would be why she was on the census as his wife. They did marry in 1854, I guess after the legal thing cleared.
There's a long story to this one. As far as we all know he was married only twice. His first wife who was a Garrett evidently had a will. To try and shorten everything Stephen Martin would lose the inheritance for the children if he remarried or something like that. Anyway, he and Sarah lived together for many years before marrying. That would be why she was on the census as his wife. They did marry in 1854, I guess after the legal thing cleared.
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Family Members
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Benjamin Franklin Burdett
1861–1935
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Mary Vangie Burdett Trimble
1866–1939
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Thomas Sexton Burdett
1868–1936
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Amos Adele Burdette
1869–1944
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Lula Amelia Burdett Williams
1871–1912
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Lydia Jane Burdett
1873–1945
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Sonora Burdett Henderson
1875–1917
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Homer Elmer Burdett
1881–1940
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James Ollen Burdett
1883–1934
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Chessie A Burdett Holbrook
1883–1944
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