Husband: John Emory Burns
Born: Mar-13-1877 at Hettie, Braxton Co, WV 1,2
Died: Jun-12-1954 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 3,2
Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 2
Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 1
Census: 1930 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV
Census: 1910, 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1880 in Braxton Co, WV
Occupation: Methodist minister 4,2
Father: Isaac R. Burns (1835 - 1887)
Mother: Judie Hicks (1845 - )
Wife: Rosa Florence Lowther 5,6,7
Married: Nov- 1-1899 8
Born: Feb-27-1880 9
Died: Jan- -1974 9
Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 8,6,9
Census: 1930 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV
Census: 1910, 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Father: Jesse Minter Lowther (1858 - 1937)
Mother: Sarah Ann Malcomb (1861 - 1920)
Notes
M Child 1: Retha Leona Burns 10 Born: May- 4-1901 in Braxton Co, WV 1,10,9,11 Died: Mar-10-1999 in Danville, Boyle Co, KY 12,9 Buried: in Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Resided: in Danville, Boyle Co, KY 1,9 Resided: 1954, 1959 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 13,8 Wife: Tracy Forest Law b. May-17-1900 d. Dec-30-1959 Married: Oct-10-1921 in Ritchie Co, WV 10,8
F Child 2: Cozbi Jenette Burns 10,9 14 Born: Jan- 1-1903 in Braxton Co, WV 10,9 Died: Mar- 3-1996 9 Resided: in Oviedo, Seminole Co, FL 9 (see note 1) Resided: 1954 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 13 Resided: 1921 in Ritchie Co, WV 10 Husband: John E. Lowther b. Apr- 2-1897 d. Nov- -1982 Married: Jun- 9-1921 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 15,16
M Child 3: Robert Hubert Burns Census name: Hubert Burns 17 Born: ca 1905 in Braxton Co, WV 18 Died: bef Mar 1999 14 Resided: 1954 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH 13 Resided: 1938 in Lewis Co, WV 18 Wife: Almonta Belle Crawford b. Jan-15-1913 d. Sep-28-1948 Married: Jan- 2-1938 at Ireland, Lewis Co, WV 19
F Child 4: Velma Greye Burns Born: Dec- 1-1907 in Braxton Co, WV 9,18 Died: Sep-16-2003 9 Resided: in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 14,9 Resided: 1954 in Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV 13 Resided: 1925 in Lewis Co, WV 18 Husband: Wade David Allman b. Jan-17-1902 d. Oct-23-1987 Married: Dec- 5-1925 in Gaston, Lewis Co, WV 20
M Child 5: Carlton Haden "Budge" Burns 14,1 14 Born: Dec- 1-1910 at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Died: Dec-12-2006 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 1 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 13,14,1 Resided: 1930 in Pleasants Co, WV 10 Occupation: school bus driver, superintendent of transportation 1 Military: U.S. Army Field Artillery, World War II (South Pacific) 1 Wife: Blondena W. Goff b. Feb-19-1912 d. Mar- 3-1997 Married: Nov- 8-1930 in Ritchie Co, WV 10
M Child 6: Hartzel L. "Hart" Burns Born: Aug-30-1913 in Ritchie Co, WV 9,21 Died: Aug- 4-1998 22 Resided: in Newark, Licking Co, OH 23 Resided: 1954 in Columbus, Franklin Co, OH 13 Resided: 1934 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 21 Census: 1930 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV Wife: Virginia E. Goff b. ca 1913 Married: Feb-14-1934 in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV 21
F Child 7: Freda Arlene Burns 14 Born: Oct- 7-1920 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 1,9 Died: Dec- 9-2004 in Sarasota, Sarasota Co, FL 12,9 Buried: in Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV 1 Resided: in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV 13,14,1,9 Census: 1930 in Hackers Creek District, Lewis Co, WV Occupation: Parsons-Souders Dept Store clerk (10 yrs) 1 Husband: Willard Kester Smith b. Nov- 1-1917 d. Feb- 6-2002 Married: ca 1939 24
Sources: (1) Obituary. (2) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (3) Obituary - At home. (4) Rev. I. A. Barnes, The Methodist Protestant Church in West Virginia, The Stockton Press, Baltimore, MD, 1926, p. 400. (5) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 17. (6) Death record of husband. (7) Obituary of daughter. (8) Obituary of husband. (9) Social Security Death Index. (10) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) (11) Headstone (year only) (12) Obituary - Hospital. (13) Obituary of father. (14) Obituary of sister. (15) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998), Identified as John E. Lowther, 24, b. Gilmer Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Cozbi Jenette Burns, 18, b. Braxton Co, res. Ritchie Co. Married Jun 9 1921. (16) Lorna Reese Overberg, The History of Ritchie County, West Virginia to 1980 (Ritchie County Historical Society, Taylor Publishing Co, 1980), p. 179. (17) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Auburn) (18) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV. (19) Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV, Identified as Robert Hubert Burns, 32, b. Braxton Co, res. Lewis Co, son of John E. Burns & Rosie Lowther; and Almonta Belle Crawford, 24, b. Lewis Co, res. Ireland W.Va, dau of A. E. Crawford & Julia O'Dell. Married Jan 2 1938 at Ireland W.Va. by W. Reese Burns, a Minister of M. P. Church. MR p. 104. (20) Obituary of wife's sister. (21) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 487 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11543902&Type=Marriage. (22) Social Security Death Index, Name appears in SSDI as Hartzell L. Burns. Spelling Harzel found in sister's obituary, but Hartzel in his marriage record and in brother's obituary. (23) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (24) Obituary of wife. Event Notes Note (1) Social Security card issued in West Virginia in 1962.