Person Page - 489

     Charles Burkholder married Minnie Weist.

     Dorothy May Burkholder was born on 28 August 1920 at Lanark, Carroll Co., IL.¹ She was the daughter of Earl Burkholder and Hazel G. Zuck.

     Earl Burkholder was Church of the Brethren.¹ He was born on 5 January 1897 at Lanark, Carroll Co., IL. He was the son of Charles Burkholder and Minnie Weist. Earl Burkholder married Hazel G. Zuck, daughter of Frank Zuck and Emma Kate Puterbaugh, on 19 November 1919.¹ Earl Burkholder lived in 1926 at Lanark, Carroll Co., IL.¹

     Ella Katherine Burkholder was born on 24 September 1848 at Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA.¹ She was the daughter of George Burkholder and Rebecca Weiser.¹ Ella Katherine Burkholder married David Spencer Stouffer, son of Jacob B. Stouffer and Elizabeth Strowbridge. Ella Katherine Burkholder died on 28 October 1919 at Mercersburg, Franklin Co., PA, at age 71. She was buried in 1919 at Fairview Cemetery, Mercersburg, Franklin Co., PA, Findagrave #20724488.

     George Burkholder was born on 18 October 1820 at Pennsylvania.¹ He married Rebecca Weiser in 1846. George Burkholder lived on 10 September 1850 at Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA, Blacksmith.¹ He died on 12 November 1891 at age 71. He was buried in November 1891 at Old Reformed & Lutheran Church Cemetery, Ft. Loudon, Franklin Co., PA, Findagrave #99240543.

     Phyllis Catharine Burkholder was born on 5 August 1922 at Lanark, Carroll Co., IL.¹ She was the daughter of Earl Burkholder and Hazel G. Zuck.

     Connie Grace Burks was born on 20 April 1899. She was the daughter of Richard Burks and Frances Ellen Sheeler. Connie Grace Burks married Hunter Woodis Wynne, son of Robert John Wynne and Susan Newman, on 2 October 1976 at Highland Springs, Henrico Co., VA, Connie was first married to Gilbert H. Pitts, and had a son, Jack Lewis Pitts (1920-1982.) Connie Grace Burks died on 26 September 1982 at Richmond, VA, at age 83.

     Esther Burks was born on 16 November 1916 at Texas. She married Robert Stanley Norwood. Esther Burks died on 3 December 2008 at Union Co., MS, at age 92. She was buried in December 2008 at Philadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery, Lafayette Co., MS, Findagrave #188207976.

     Richard Burks married Frances Ellen Sheeler on 21 March 1894 at Pulaski Co., KY.

     Bruce Eugene Burleson was born on 22 January 1928 at Avery Co., NC. He was the son of Jeter C. Burleson and Alta Rosa Rankin. Bruce Eugene Burleson died on 30 April 2000 at Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., NC, at age 72.

     George Burleson married Lillie Bailey.

     Note: BIOGRAPHY - North Carolina, Rebuilding An Ancient Commonwealth (New York: The American Historical Society, 1926), Vol. IV, pp. 566-567. (Reprinted in Toe Valley Heritage.)

An old and substantial family of Mitchell County, North Carolina, is worthily represented by Honorable Jeter C. Burleson, clerk of the Superior Court of Mitchell County, who enjoys the distinction of being the youngest man to hold this important office in the state of North Carolina. He comes of sturdy stock. The founder of the Burleson family in America came from England to New Jersey in Colonial days, but for generations the family home has been in North Carolina, and the name has been prominent both in state and national history.
Jeter C. Burleson was born on the old family estate at Glen Ayre, Mitchell County, North Carolina, July 17, 1899, youngest son of Anderson and Hester (Ledford) Burleson, and grandson of Reuben Burleson, whose home during his entire life was at Glen Ayre, North Carolina. There he was born, reared and educated and succeeded to his father's slaves and large estates at one time being independent in fortune and prominent in public affairs in Mithcell County. He served as a soldier in the Confederate Army all though the war between the states, after the conflict returning to Glen Ayre, where he spent the rest of his life as a farmer. He married Miss Doris Blalock, who was born in 1837 and still survives, residing at Glen Ayre. She comes of a long-lived family, her brother, the late Capt. John C. Blalock, a Confederate veteran and also a minister of the Missionary Baptist Church, living to the unusual age of 101 years, his death taking place in 1926 at Ledger in Mitchell County. Both as a man of war and man of peace, he was distinguished.
Anderson Burleson, for many years prominent in the business and public affairs of Mitchell County, was born at Glen Ayre in 1861 and resided there all his life, his unnatural death occurring June 27, 1907. He operated several sawmills and was an extensive farmer. In political life he was a republican and for a number of years served with great efficiency and public spirit on the Board of County Commissioners of Mitchell County. In Masonry he was a member of Bakersville Lodge No. 357, A. F. and A. M., of which he was a past master, and he was also a past grand of Bakersville Lodge No. 158, I. O. O. F. He was himself a faithful member and reared his children in the faith of the Missionary Baptist Church. He married at Glen Ayre Miss Hester Ledford, who was born there in 1870 and still resides at Glen Ayre. Four sons and two daughters were born to them: Robert Chester, who is a commercial traveler, resides near Bakersville; Bertie, who is the wife of Stephen C. Miller, a farmer near Bakersville; Ed, wo was a veteran of the World War, died on the homefarm when but twenty-four years old, from illness contracted while in the service of his country; Aught, who is a farmer near Bakersville; Jeter C., who is the fifth of the family in order of birth; and Nora, who resides with her mother.
During early boyhood Jeter C. Burleson attended the public schools near his home and later completed his high school course at Bakersville, where he was graduated with the class of 1917, after which for two years he attended the Appalachian Training College at Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina, where the instruction was sound and practical. In 1919 he was elected principal of the high school at Glen Ayre, in which position he continued until he entered upon the duties of Superior Court clerk in December, 1922, to which important office he had been elected in the preceding November. In June of the present year he was again elected for a term of four years, having the largest majority of any man seeking public office in the county, carrying all but one township. He maintains his offices in the courthouse at Bakersville. Although unusually young to be entrusted with the responsibilities of such an office, he has proved thoroughly capable, mastering every detail and meeting every official problem with understanding and accuracy, and at the same time personally creating a most desirable atmosphere of official courtesy and accomodation.
Mr. Burleson devotes all his time to his official duties and seldom is absent from Bakersville, in which city he owns a comfortable and attractive residence situated on Main Street. He owns also a large and productive farm at Glen Ayre. In political life he is a republican. In Masonry he belongs to Bakersville Lodge No. 357, A. F. and A. M., in which he fills the office of junior warden, and is a member also of Bakersville Lodge No. 158, I. O. O. F., in which he is noble grand, and of Bakersville Council No. 354, Jr. O. U. A. M. Almost from boyhood he has been a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. Burleson is not married.

Jeter C. Burleson was born on 17 July 1899 at Glen Ayre, Mitchell Co., NC. He was the son of William Burleson and Hester Ledford. Jeter C. Burleson married Alta Rosa Rankin, daughter of David Bruce Rankin and Mary Matilda Lyon, circa 1925. Jeter C. Burleson died on 18 May 1960 at Mitchell Co., NC, at age 60.

     Rhea Hunter Burleson was born on 8 December 1917. She was the daughter of George Burleson and Lillie Bailey. Rhea Hunter Burleson married Ralph Nathan Galloway, son of Robert Lee Galloway and Virginia Maude DeVault, in 1939. Rhea Hunter Burleson died on 20 May 2009 at Johnson City, Washington Co., TN, at age 91 dates per SSDI.

     William Burleson married Hester Ledford.

     Dorothy Lois Burley was born on 25 August 1917 at Wallace, Shoshone Co., ID. She married Oscar Henry Semler, son of Clarence William Semler and Amanda C. Herreid, in December 1947 at Whatcom Co., WA, Dorothy was first married to Vernon Leroy McIvor (1913 - 1946), and had children Leroy, George, and David by April 1940. Dorothy Lois Burley died on 22 March 2010 at Pierce Co., WA, at age 92.

     Edith Belle Burley was born in 1909 at Cascade Co. (probably), MT.¹ She married Ruben John Rose on 25 August 1928 at Great Falls, Cascade Co., MT. Edith Belle Burley died on 24 October 1967. She was buried in October 1967 at Odd Fellows Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Tumwater, Thurston Co., WA, Findagrave #38459529.

     Evelyn Edith Burlingame was born on 28 November 1918 at Hinsdale, Cattaraugus Co., NY. She was the daughter of Robert F. Burlingame and Edith Lillian Hedden. Evelyn Edith Burlingame married Walter Johnstone Gifford, son of Cecil McCandless and Ladema V. Gifford. Evelyn Edith Burlingame died on 29 April 1993 at Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., NY, at age 74.

     Joanna F. Burlingame was born in April 1849 at Guernsey Co. (probably), OH.¹ She married Thomas M. Finley, son of Daniel Finley and Nancy Roe, on 8 April 1868 at Guernsey Co., OH. Joanna F. Burlingame died after June 1930.

     Robert F. Burlingame married Edith Lillian Hedden.

     Lynette Burnell was born on 16 August 1891 at Illinois. She married Newcomb Augustus Hill. Lynette Burnell died on 23 June 1968 at San Bernardino Co., CA, at age 76. She was buried in June 1968 at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, Los Angeles Co., CA, Findagrave #85424826.

     Abraham C. Burner was born on 8 October 1799 at Powell's Fort, Shenandoah Co., VA. He was the son of Henry Burner and Mary Magdalene Cullers. Abraham C. Burner married Barbara Stover, daughter of Samuel Stover and Susanna Brumbach, on 21 May 1819 at Licking Co., OH. Abraham C. Burner married Rebecca Stafford on 28 June 1855 at Crawford Co., IL. Abraham C. Burner married Elizabeth Blind, daughter of Peter Blind and Hannah Swartz, on 10 April 1859 at Crawford Co., IL. Abraham C. Burner died on 13 March 1878 at Eaton, Crawford Co., IL, at age 78. He was buried in March 1878 at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Porterville, Crawford Co., IL, Findagrave #35434378.

     Alva Cullers Burner was born on 1 June 1827 at Licking Co., OH. He was the son of Abraham C. Burner and Barbara Stover. Alva Cullers Burner married Araminta Holmes on 4 March 1852 at Crawford Co., IL. Alva Cullers Burner died on 25 April 1906 at Crawford Co., IL, at age 78.

     Ann Burner married Benjamin Ruffner at Shenandoah Co., VA. Ann Burner was born circa 1762. She was the daughter of Jacob Burner and (?) Bumgarner. Ann Burner died before 1785.

     Carol Burner was born on 3 March 1865 at Alma, Page Co., VA. She was the daughter of Jacob Franklin Burner and Priscilla Dovel. Carol Burner died on 24 November 1868 at Leaksville, Page Co., VA, at age 3.

     Carrie Elizabeth Burner was born on 6 April 1892 at Page Co., VA. She was the daughter of Joseph Lee Burner and Margaret Lula Aleshire. Carrie Elizabeth Burner married Samuel Edwin Brumback, son of Samuel Andrew Jackson Brumback and Henrietta Catherine Newell, on 15 February 1915 at Page Co., VA. Carrie Elizabeth Burner died on 12 September 1953 at age 61.

     Charles Burner was born on 2 February 1875 at Elko, Elko Co., NV. He was the son of Jacob Franklin Burner and Priscilla Dovel. Charles Burner died on 13 August 1875 at Elko, Elko Co., NV.

     Eliza Isabelle Burner was born in May 1869 at Virginia.² She was the daughter of John Grafton Burner and Anna Margaret Kiplinger.¹ Eliza Isabelle Burner married Hugh Macher Sonner, son of James A. Sonner and Elizabeth Macher, on 9 January 1895 at Shenandoah Co., VA. Eliza Isabelle Burner died in 1938 at Shenandoah Co., VA.

     Elizabeth Burner was born. She was the daughter of Jacob Franklin Burner and Priscilla Dovel.

     Elizabeth Burner was born on 2 May 1828 at Shenandoah Co., VA. She was the daughter of John Rhodes Burner and Elizabeth Strickler. Elizabeth Burner married Isaac Franklin Gander on 15 February 1855 at Page Co., VA. Elizabeth Burner died on 26 July 1907 at Cooper Co., MO, at age 79.

     Elizabeth Ellen Burner was born on 30 August 1866 at Page Co., VA. She was the daughter of John Ambrose Burner and Mary Ann Hite. Elizabeth Ellen Burner married John William Brumback, son of William Henry Brumback and Mary Susan Huffman, on 3 April 1902 at Page Co., VA. Elizabeth Ellen Burner died on 26 September 1930 at Frederick Co., VA, at age 64.