Kelly E. Burhans and Minerva Becker of Albany Co., NY, and Tazewell Co., IL
Kelly E. Burhans and Minerva Becker Family
Name: Kelly E. Burhans
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Birth: 13 Feb 1811 Renssleaerville, Albany Co., NY [1]
Death: 28 Sep 1843 Tazewell Co., IL [2], [1]
Bur:Roberts Cemetery, Morton twp., Tazewell Co., IL
Occupation: Businessman, Farmer, Phrenologist (Theory Stating That The Personality Traits Of A Person Can Be Derived From The Shape Of The Skull) [3]
Father: Cornelius Burhans Jr. (1787-1828)
Mother: Mary Wood (1784-1820)
Marriage: 11 Jan 1835 Reformed Church, Bethlehem Twp., Albany Co., NY [4]
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Spouse: Minerva Becker
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Birth: 29 Dec 1816 New York [5], [6], [7], [8], [1]
Death: aft 1880 Bloomington, McLean Co., IL [8]
Father: Adam H. Becker
Mother: Sarah Briggs
Other spouses: Dr. Thomas P. Rogers
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Children
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1 F: Laura M. Burhans
Birth: 20 Apr 1836 New York [5], [6], [1]
Death: 1910 Probably Riverside, Riverside Co., CA [9], [10]
Occupation: Homemaker
Spouse: John F. Humphreys
Marriage: 8 May 1854 McLean Co., IL [11]
Children: Clara B. (1855-1856)
Edward R. (1857-1895)
Howard D. (1859-1932)
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2 M: Edward Burhans
Birth: 1837-1843
Death: 28 Sep 1843 Tazewell Co., IL
Bur: Roberts Cemetery, Morton twp., Tazewell Co., IL
Notes for Kelly E. Burhans
1843:
"September 28th.Brother Kelly Burhans died at 2 o'clock and his son Edward at 10 in the evening of scarlet fever." [2]
Diaries of John Montgomery Roberts, 1837-1843, Tazewell Co., IL.
Notes for Minerva Becker
Marriage Book A, p. 130, Tazewell Co., IL. [11]
Sources
1. Burhans, Samuel, complier,, Burhans Genealogy Descendants From the First Ancestor in America, Jacob Burhans, 1660, and His Son, Jan Burhans, 1663, to 1893,, New York, Printed for Private Distribution, 1894,, 174, 175, 179, 180, 181, 193, 194, 226. 227, 228, 229, 281, 282.
2. Roberts, John Montgomery,Personal Diary from 1837 to 1843, Found in Newberry Library, Chicago, IL.
3. Letters of Kelly E. Burhans to his sister Mary Wood Roberts in Illinois, January 29, 1830-July 1, 1838, New York State Library.
4. International Genealogical Index, www.familysearch.org.
5. 1850 US Census of Bloomington, McLean Co., IL, p. 17a.
6. 1860 US Census of Bloomington, McLean Co., IL,, p. 623.
7. 1870 US Census of Bloomington, McLean Co., IL, p. 114a.
8. 1880 US Census of Bloomington, McLean Co., IL, p. 125c.
9. 1900 US Census of First Ward of Bloomington, McLean Co., IL, p. 113.
10. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/ViewStory.aspx?tid=9082753&pid=-607322316&oid=1ec53291-f5c7-4152-bce4-356892d37358&pg=32768http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/ViewStory.aspx?tid=9082753&pid=-607322316&oid=1ec53291-f5c7-4152-bce4-356892d37358&pg=32768.
11. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/MarriageSearchServlethttp://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/MarriageSearchServlet.
By:Trica Willey Hazelton, wife of James