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John Robert BURLISON

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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
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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]
- "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.
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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.
- [S2137] Tamaroa Cemetery, Tamaroa, Perry County, Illinois, USA, Find A Grave, 27 Aug 2014.