I'm looking for more information on the BURNS and FEAR families that were in
LaPorte Co. early. In the 1850 census I find John Peter FEAR with wife
Electra and family. Also in the same township (Wills) is James D. BURNS
(spelled BARNS in the index online) and wife Maria and family. By 1860 both
of these families are in Delaware Co., Iowa. But these two couples were
married in LaPorte Co. in 1839 and 1837. Both men came from Penn., but their
wives were born in Ohio. I know that there were other BURNS families in
LaPorte Co. also.
What I really would like to find is a family with which to connect Thomas FEAR
BURNS who was born in Pennsylvania in 1828. Somehow these families are
connected to him.
Enid
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