Burton Cemetery - Barry Co., MO
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HIGGS?, Baby |
No Date |
No Date |
Research Note: Family knowledge, much of it given to Mary by Anna Burton states that there is a baby buried there in a shoe box. Donna's Note: No parents or surname for the baby was mentioned. |
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HIGGS, George H. |
July 8, 1823 |
July 22, 1910 |
Research Note: Mary didn't find a stone for this one but his death certificate reads that he is buried in Burton Cemetery. Mary's Note: George H. Higgs - husband of Samira J., son of John K. and Martha Harrison Higgs, born July 1823 - 1900 Federal Census, died after December 30, 1905 (I have a land deed he signed with this date.) Betty's Note: George H. Higgs married Samirah J. Burton July 21, 1856 in Barry County, W. B Taliferro officiated. George H. Higgs (b. NC) age 39 enrolled in Co. L 76th EMM (Enrolled Missouri Militia) Feb. 1, 1863 at Cassville, Barry County; Number of days served is not known.
Both John and Martha are buried in the Higgs Cemetery located on farm Rd 1060 now owned by the Aldridge Family. Amanda M. Burton married David L. (Lewellyn? Lee?) Montgomery on March 11, 1847 in Barry Co., I did not record the minister's name, but I suspect it is also Taliferro? As he was an early minister around New Hope Church. (David is the Great Grandfather to Ralph Lamberson through Stella Montgomery Lamberson.)
My Father, Chester O. Higgs, remembered going to Uncle George's funeral and riding a wagon down the Hill to the cemetery when he was a young child. Dad was born June 1904. Susan (Susannah) Burton married John Brattin b. 1790 in TN. John passed away in abt. 1833 and Susannah came to MO with some of her children, either with or to be with, her Burton relatives. Her son Monroe Henry Brattin married Sarah Emaline Bowman in Barry County 1846. He married second to Saphrony E. Ferguson who raised his children, among them my Great Grandfather Oliver Jesse Brattin. Susannah settled first East of Exeter on Washburn Prairie. Monroe and other Brattin brothers lived near old El Paso on Shoal Creek and were in the group of founders of Concord Church and Cemetery. However, Monroe is buried in Truelove Cemetery with one or both of his wives. Her stone is all but gone... and she is listed simply as S. E. Brattin. |
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HIGGS, Samaira J. (BURTON) |
Aug. 1834 |
Jan. 5, 1909 Liberty Twp., Barry Co., MO |
Research Note: Samira J. Burton Higgs - wife of George Higgs, daughter of John K. and Jane (Foster) Burton, born August 1834 - 1900 - Federal Census, died after December 30, 1905 (I have a land deed she signed with this date)
Phyllis' Note: Family records have a birth date of Aug. 19, 1833.
According to age in obit, probably born in 1835. Obit -
An Old Settler Dies: Again it is an unpleasant task to record the visit of the death angel to the home of George Higgs, an old and highly respected citizen of Liberty township, and there beckoned his beloved wife, Mrs. Semira Jane Higgs, to that better land, Jan 5, 1909, after a sickness of about ten days in pneumonia, aged 73 years, 7 months and 14 days. She left a husband and five children to mourn her death. The children are Mrs. Dallas Box; Mrs. Walker England; Mrs. Tom Keeling and Horace and Geo. Higgs, all residents of that vicinity. She had been a member of the Baptist Church all her life, was a true wife, an affectionate mother and an excellent citizen. She was a daughter of the late John Burton and a sister of Jesse Burton, and has some half sisters. The remains were laid to rest in the Burton Family burying ground on the 6th. Funeral services were held at the residence. Mr. Higgs and children will have the sympathy of all their relatives and acquaintances. Cassville Democrat Jan. 16, 1909 |
Note Online Obit, Cassville Democrat Jan. 16, 1909 |
