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Author: FlJeeper
Surnames: BURNS PICKET
Classification: queries
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Thank you for your posting! I am one of several people trying to establish the
descendants of Thomas Burns (James H, Jacob C, etc) c1840s in Ripley. I, and I know
others, have written the Society for research.
We all believed that Thomas and his wife Catherine had died in Ripley Co. However, I have
discovered that he moved to Lee Co, Ia, in 1844. His daughter Almira married James Picket
and they subsequently all moved together. However, Thomas' wife at that time was
Phebe not Catherine. It may well be that Catherine did die in Ripley and Thomas married
Phebe but we cannot find that marriage.
Thomas' widow Phebe and James Picket's widow Almira both moved back to Ripley by
the 1860 census (Almira's children are living with Phebe but she is living in a
hotel). Almira remarried about a month after the 1860 census.
All that said, I would be interested in anything the Society might have on Phebe Burns.
She shows on the 1860 census as owning property but I cannot find a will or probate record
on her.
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