Levi M Burden

Male 1827 - 1901  (74 years)


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  • Name Levi M Burden 
    Born 17 Jan 1827  Sangamon, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Buried Dec 1901  Potlatch, Latah, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Died 13 Dec 1901  Garfield, Whitman, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Person ID I2093  Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark
    Last Modified 11 Jan 2014 

    Family Sarah Eads,   b. 26 Jun 1832, Cole, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jun 1907, Garfield, Whitman, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 22 Aug 1850  Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
    Children 
     1. Henry Burden,   b. 3 Jun 1851, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +2. James Rainier Burden,   b. 11 Aug 1852, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1926, Garfield, Whitman, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     3. George Lawson Burden,   b. 21 Nov 1854, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Eliza Henrietta Burden,   b. 21 Feb 1856, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1954  (Age 97 years)
     5. Nancy Ellen Burden,   b. 3 Jan 1858, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Abraham Lincoln Burden,   b. 10 Feb 1860, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Clarkston, Asotin, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Lorinda Isabell Burden,   b. 8 Feb 1862, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Thomas Burden,   b. 11 May 1863, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1936, Potlatch, Latah, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    +9. William Sylvester Burden,   b. 4 Feb 1865, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Palouse, Whitman, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    +10. Jasper Stanley Burden,   b. 20 Dec 1866, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1932, Garfield, Whitman, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
    +11. John Burden,   b. 5 Dec 1868, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Oct 1953, Potlatch, Latah, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    +12. Minnie Rosetta Burden,   b. 12 Mar 1870, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1955, Potlatch, Latah, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     13. Eddie Burden,   b. 20 Apr 1872, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     14. Effie Burden,   b. 20 Apr 1872, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1955  (Age 82 years)
     15. Lula Mittie Burden,   b. 11 Feb 1875, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1957, Garfield, Whitman, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     16. Ennes Burden,   b. 8 Apr 1876, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 1901, Garfield, Whitman, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years)
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2014 
    Family ID F727  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 17 Jan 1827 - Sangamon, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 22 Aug 1850 - Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Dec 1901 - Potlatch, Latah, Idaho, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 Dec 1901 - Garfield, Whitman, Washington, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • 1827 BIRTH: ILL,Sangamon Co: Levi Burden born 17 Jan 1827

      1844-1880 MIGRATION,HIST: Email Nov 2002,Connie Clapier pg 12, from Ann Kennedy: Sarah came
      to Yamhill Co OR on a wagon train in 1844 with her parents, Solomon and Susannah Eads. Levi, her husband, came to Oregon in 1845 on a wagon train with his father's family:

      1850 MG: OR,Yamhill Co-Sheridan: Levi Burden md Sarah Eads 20 Aug 1850 [also shows Polk Co]

      1850 LAND,HIST: They filed Donation Land Claim #5112 for 643.61 acres in Polk Co.

      1955 HIST: June 1955 letter from Guy Pearson to Mary Gray Marks #38: "All the Burdens, that is all the older ones my father's age, especially the men I believe are all gone now. Lulu & Minnie Burden may be alive yet I don't know. The Burdens all at one time lived about 20 miles from Moscow up near Potlatch & Princeton."

      1860 CENSUS: OR,Polk Co-Douglas Precinct pg 55 Dw #535.
      BURDEN, Levi M 26/IL; Sarah 27/MO; Henry 9/OR; James 7/OR; George 5/OR;
      Eliza 3/OR, Abraham 3/12 OR. All there but Nancy Ellen-died?

      1861: He bought 100 acres of land July 1861, Yamhill Co OR...from Sarah's mother, Susannah Eads.

      1865: Levi sold 100 acres of this property in 1861 and an additional 32 acres in 1865.

      1870 CENSUS: OR,Yamhill Co-Sheridan 9-10 Aug pg54 Dw 513:
      BURDEN, Levi 43/Ill farmer; Sarah 37/MO; James 18/OR; George 15/OR; Eliza 14/OR;
      Lincoln 10/OR; Isabelle 8/OR; Thomas 7/OR; Wm 5/OR; Jasper 3/OR;
      John 2/OR; Minnie 3/12/OR-March

      1876: They moved to Idaho approx 1876.

      1880: In the 1880 census they were at Palouse Bridge Pct, Nez Perce Terr, Idaho.

      HIST: Hist of Eads Fam, by Geo Eads: Spent some ys in Sheridan OR, then no. ID nr Palouse City,
      WA. 17 children, sev dd infancy. Sarah dd Garfield WA.
      Guy Pearson letter: once, all Burdens lived 20 mi frm Moscow, nr Potlatch & Princeton.
      Ola Johnson letter 1955: Burdens had co. farm nr Moscow

      1901 DEATH,BURIAL: ID,Latah Co-Cora (Potlatch): Levi M Burden died 13 Dec 1901 - CK OUT


      ACTION - CK OUT - Levi M Burden:
      1. OR Donation Land Claim for William Burden, born 1831 Sangamond Co, Mo. A bro to Levi?
      2. Eads Family in America Newsletter Vol 3 #1, 1 Feb 1992, pg 7: Willard Burden, 874 Luguna St, Livermore CA 94550 did considerable research on Solomon/Susanne but his own Burden/Eads line was not included. Conjecture: he produced a separate paper covering ancestry of Levi Burden. Anyone know what happened to it?

  • Sources 
    1. [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
      "Levi Burden born 17 Jan 1827, Illinois..."
      Feb 1956 letter from Thelma Burden, gdaughter of Levi Burden to Mary Gray Marks [from Aunt Minnie], Eads doc #14

    2. [S173] Family Rcds: CLAPIER, Connie.
      "Levi Burden was born 17 Jan 1827 in Sangamon Co Ill"
      Nov 2002 email from Connie Clapier to Pam Wagner, pg 12

    3. [S145] Oregon,Polk Co: Donation Land Claim, Certificate 5119, Claim #46.
      "Levi Burden born Sangamon Co, Ill 1822 or 1826..."

    4. [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
      "Levi Burden Jan 17, 1823-died Dec 13, 1901. These were taken from stones at Freese Cem, Potlatch [ID]"
      Small paper in Eads box, in Mary Mark's handwriting, doc #14a

    5. [S173] Family Rcds: CLAPIER, Connie.
      "Levi Burden died 12 Dec 1901, buried Freeze Cemetery, Potlatch ID"
      Email Nov 2002 from Connie Clapier to Pam Wagner, pg 12

    6. [S173] Family Rcds: CLAPIER, Connie.
      "Levi Burden died 12 Dec 1901 in Cora (Potlatch),Latah, Idaho"
      Email Nov 2002 from Connie Clapier to Pam Wagner, pg 12

    7. [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
      "Levi Burden died 1901 in Garfield, WA"
      Small note in Mary Mark's handwriting, Eads doc #16

    8. [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
      "Sarah Eads md to Levi Burden Aug 22, 1850," no place shown.
      Fam rcds collected by Mary Gray Marks,gdau of Solomon & Susannah, papers in poss of Pam Hallmark Wagner in "Eads Box, doc #1-5

    9. [S168] History of the Eads Family, page 5.
      "Sarah Eads md Levi Burden 1850, lived W OR some yrs, then to N Idaho near Palouse City WA. 17 children bn, sev died infancy."

    10. [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
      "Sarah Eads md Levi Burden Aug 22, 1850," no place shown.
      Feb 1956 letter from Thelma Burden to Mary Gray Marks, Eads doc #14, note written on letter by Mary Marks

    11. [S145] Oregon,Polk Co: Donation Land Claim, Certificat #5119, Claim #46.
      "Levi Burden married Sarah Aug 1850 Yamhill Co OR Terr"

    12. [S221] Oregon,Yamhill Co: Marriage Records, Fiche #6048273, page 4.
      "Levi Burden md Sarah Eads 20 Aug 1850, Yamhill Co OR"
      Mg Rcds 1844-1862

      Date: August 1850

    13. [S193] IGI-International Genealogical Index, Film 1761057, 1903705,Fiche 6000617 pg 34.
      "Levi Burden md Sarah Eads 20 Aug 1850 Yamhill OR"

    14. [S173] Family Rcds: CLAPIER, Connie.
      "Levi md Sarah Eads 22 Aug 1850 in Sheridan,Oregon"
      Email Nov 2002 from Connie Clapier to Pam Wagner,pg 12