John Robert BURLISON

1822 - 1901  (79 years)

• Name	John Robert BURLISON
  Born	26 Jan 1822	Posey County, Indiana, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1840	Black Township, Posey, Indiana, USA   [3]
  	(presumed)
  Census	27 Jul 1860	Franklin County, Illinois, USA   [2]
  	Township 6S Range 4 E, P.O. Akin
  Census	17 Jul 1870	Perry County, Illinois, USA   [4]
  	Township 5S Range 2E, P.O. Tamaroa
  Religion	Baptist
  Occupation	Farmer
  Died	24 Jun 1901	Tamaroa, Perry, Illinois, USA   [1]
  	at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mary Curlee
  Buried	Tamaroa Cemetery, Tamaroa, Perry, Illinois, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I6552	Dyal and Speckels
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Aaron BURLISON,   b. 14 Jan 1786, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 21 Mar 1866  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth HAMPTON,   b. 1789, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 1875  (Age 86 years)
  Married	1805	Warren County, Kentucky, USA
  Family ID	F2967	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amanda Jane MARTIN,   b. 10 Jun 1825, Indiana, USA ,   d. 16 Sep 1892, Perry County, Illinois, USA  (Age 67 years)
  Married	10 Jun 1842	Pocahontas, Randolph, Arkansas, USA   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Aaron H. BURLISON,   b. 18 Sep 1843, Arkansas, USA ,   d. 28 Mar 1904, Pinckneyville, Perry, Illinois, USA  (Age 60 years)   2. Minerva J. BURLISON,   b. Abt 1848, Arkansas, USA   3. John BURLISON,   b. Abt 1850, Illinois, USA   4. Mary E. BURLISON,   b. Abt 1852, Illinois, USA + 5. Margaret Anise BURLISON,   b. 9 Nov 1855, Illinois, USA ,   d. 23 Feb 1917  (Age 61 years)   6. Joseph H. BURLISON,   b. Abt 1859, Illinois, USA   7. Alonzo L. BURLISON,   b. Abt 1863, Illinois, USA
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2014
  Family ID	F4596	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 26 Jan 1822 - Posey County, Indiana, USA Census - 1840 - Black Township, Posey, Indiana, USA Married - 10 Jun 1842 - Pocahontas, Randolph, Arkansas, USA Census - 27 Jul 1860 - Franklin County, Illinois, USA Census - 17 Jul 1870 - Perry County, Illinois, USA Died - 24 Jun 1901 - Tamaroa, Perry, Illinois, USA Buried - - Tamaroa Cemetery, Tamaroa, Perry, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  "Died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mary Curlee, in Tamaroa, Illinois on Monday June 24, 1901, Deacon John Robert Burlison in his 80th year. Uncle John was born in Posey County Indiana on January 26, 1822; went to Pocahontas, Randolph County, Arkansas when he attained his manhood, and was married there on June 10, 1842 to Amanda Jane Martin, and came to Illinois in 1845, locating on a farm near Campbell Hill, the farm being known as the widow Hart place, northwest of town about three miles. From there he moved to Franklin County for a short time, and about 40 years ago, he located near Tamaroa, where about nine years ago his wife died. Since then he had made his home with his children, principally with Mrs. Curlee. He left five children surviving him: Aaron Burlison of Cutler, Illinois; Mrs. Minerva Summers of Akin, Illinois; Alonzo Burlison, Mrs. Mary Curlee and Mrs. Margaret Riead, all of Tamaroa. "Uncle John joined the Baptist church at Georgetown (near Steelville, Illinois) sometime between 1845 and 1850, and in April 1850, he, with eight others, went into the organization of a church at Looney Springs (near Campbell Hill) which was the first free Baptist church organized in Southern Illinois by Rev. Henry S. Gordon, and was the bone of contention over which the split occurred on the communion question and laid the foundation for the free Baptist denomination in Southern Illinois. Of this church he was made the first deacon and continued to hold office here and at Tamaroa until his death. He was baptized by Rev. Henry S. Gordon and was true to his church and his God all these years, and we might be excused for saying that he lived one of the most straightforward, exemplary, upright, consistent, Christian lives we almost ever knew; kind hearted, sympathetic, hospitable and true. May all we who knew his virtues strive to emulate all they saw good in him, and may his mantle fall on some one of his boys. The funeral was preached by this writer, who was acquainted with him from almost his first recollection, at least for much more than 50 years, at the Free Baptist church in Tamaroa assisted by Rev. Morris and Smith, to quite a concourse of people especially elderly folks, and we laid him to rest in the cemetery just north of town, there to wait the Great Resurrection morn." (author unknown) [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2137] Tamaroa Cemetery, Tamaroa, Perry County, Illinois, USA, Find A Grave, 27 Aug 2014. [S9] Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Franklin County, Illinois, p. 569, line 35. [S7] Sixth Census of the United States, 1840, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Posey County, Indiana, p. 279, line 15. [S10] Ninth Census of the United States, 1870, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Perry County, Illinois, p. 196, line 19.