BURKS FAMILY:
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I am not researching the Burks Family. I just did a look-up for the LIST. The Burks are a large and important family in the growth of Miller County. I think there might have been at least two strains of Burks, the largest from Tennessee. There is another line from Georgia that could possibly be related. The name Willis seems to tie the "Richwood Twp" Burks together. I have separated the ones in different townships to help the Burks researcher. ===============Richwoods Twp=============== 1850 census:---------------------------------------------- Willis Burks age 66 (Ky) Nancy age 62 (S.C.) Julia age 22 (Ky) Willis age 19 (Tenn) 1860 census: (Richwood Twp)------------------------ Willis Burks age 76 (Ky) Nancy age 71 (S.C.) Willis G. Burks married Julia ann McCubbin, 8/22/1850. Willis G. age 28 (Tn) Julia A. (McCubbin) age 32 (Ky) William L. age 8 (Mo) Miles H. age 7 (Mo) married Frances Thompson, 10/2/1892. Allen B. age 4 (Mo) married Mary Swafford, 12/3/1893. James D. age 3 (Mo) Mary J. age 1 (Mo) 1870 census: (Richwood Twp)-------------------------- Mary Burks married William O. Short, 4/27/1848. Mary Short age 52 (Ky) Lucretia age 19 (Mo) Willis Burks age 86 (Ky) Isabell Biggerstaff age 30 (Mo) William R. Biggerstaff age 8 (Mo) 1850 census:-------------------------------- William Warren Burks married Louisa Short, 7/22/1841. William Burks age 29 (Tenn) Louisa age 28 (Ind) Jane age 7 (Mo) Catherine age 6 (Mo) Adaline age 3 (Mo) Samuel age 1 (Mo) 1860 census: (Richwood Twp)-------------------------------- William W. Burks age 40 Louisa age 38 Levina Jane age 17 Nancy C. age 16 Samuel O. (preacher) age 11 (married Louisa Jane McComb, 3/20/1870) Evan L. age 9 (married Rosa Hagerty, 10/4/1914) Lucinda age 7 Minnie D. age 4 Louisa D. age 2 William W. age 3 months 1870 census: (Richwood Twp) Samuel O. Burks age 21 (Mo) Eliza/Louisa J. (Mc Comb) age 15 (Mo) 1850 census:----------------------------------------------------- Jesse Burks age 32 (Ky) Elizabeth age 27 (Ky) William age 9 (ILL) Willis age 7 (Mo) Robert age 6 (Mo) Allen age 5 (Mo) James age 3 (Mo) Thomas age 1 (Mo) 1860 census: (Richwood Twp)----------------------------- Jesse Burks age 42 Elizabeth age 37 Willis age 18 Robert A. age 16 Allen M. age 15 James W. age 14 Thomas W. age 11 George W. age 10 John H. age 8 Pheonix D.age 6 Samuel P. age 2 1860 census: (Richwood Twp)--------------------------------- (living next door to Jesse & Elizabeth, with the Samuel & Mary Tucker family) William F. Burks married Sarah Tucker, 4/30/1860. William F. Burks age 18 (ILL) Sarah E. Burks age 15 (Mo) Nancy A. Lawson age 22 (Mo) 1870 census: (Richwood Twp)--------------------------------- William F. Burks age 29 (ILL) Sarah F. age 25 (Mo) C. Penny age 4 (Mo) Laura D. age 1 (Mo) Sally Patrick age 22 (Mo) 1850 census:---------------------------------------------------- Willis Burks age 41 (Tenn) Temperance age 40 (S.C.) Willis age 17 (Tenn) John age 15 (Tn) William age 12 (Tn) Edmund age 9 (Missouri) Nancy age 7 (Mo) Mary age 3 (Mo) Jesse age 3 months 1860 census: (Richwood Twp)----------------------------- Temperance "Tempy" Burks age 51 (something has happened to Willis) John R. age 24 (married Catherine Casey, 2/13/1868) William B. age 22 Edmund W. age 19 (married Eliza R. Denton, 5/2/1869) Mary age 16 Polly age 13 Jesse W. age 10 1870 census: (Richwood Twp) Tempy Burks age 63? (61) William age 30? (32) Jesse age 20 (married Alcena Landsdown, 10/10/1871. 1880 census: (Richwood Twp) Jesse W. Burks age 29 (Mo) Alscena A. age 27 (Mo) Walter M. age 7 (Mo) married Ida Bass, 2/20/1898. Emily J. age 7 months (Mo) 1900 census: (Richwood Twp) Walter Burks age 27 (Mo) Ida M. age 21 (Mo) Opel/Opal? age 2 (Mo) 1870 census: (Richwood Twp)----------------------- Jonathan "John" R. Burks age 34 (Tn) Caroline/Catherine? (Casey) age 24 (Mo) Wiley E. age 1 1880 census: (Richwood Twp)----------------------- John R. Burks age 44 Caroline age 35 Wiley E. age 11 Mary A. age 9 Samuel age 7 William L. age 2 Washington Arnold age 22 (Ark) 1900 census: (Richwood Twp)-------------------------------- John R. Burks age 64 Caroline age 54 1900 census: (Richwood Twp) Samuel Burks to Ada Nixdorf, 11/11/1896. Samuel Burks age 27 Addie age 29 Perry V. age 2 1880 census: (Richwood Twp) Boyd Burks age 49 (Mo) parents (Va) Rachel J. age 44 (Mo) parents (Tn) Mary C. age 13 (Mo) Julie Ann Crawford/Swafford? age 13 (step-dau) (Mo) Clinton Roark age 12 (Mo) James Roark age 8 (Mo) Leana age 5 (Mo) 1880 census: (Richwood Twp)-------------------------------------------- William B. Burks age 43 (Tn) parents (Tn) Clarinda age 22 (Ky) father (Tn) mother (Ky) Charles T. age 6 (Mo) (married Pauline Nixdorf, 8/19/1897) Frank L. age 5 (Mo) Allen T. age 1 (Mo) 1900 census: (Richwood Twp)-------------------------------------------- William B. Burks age 62 Clara age 43 Evie/Eva? C. age 16 (married Clarence T. Madden, 1/23/1907) 1900 census: (Richwood Twp) Frank L. burks married Micca E. Cooper, 6/6/1901 Frank Burks age 25 1870 census: (Richwood Twp)--------------------------- Edmund Burks age 28 (Mo) Eliza (Denton) age 22 (Mo)? (Ind) 1880 census: (Richwood Twp)-------------------------- Edmund/Edmond Burks age 29? (39) Eliza age 33 Clara/Clarette age 6 Bentley H. age 3 1900 census: (Richwood Twp)------------------------- Edmund Burks age 59 Eliza R. age 52 Cora A. age 25 (married Chauncey Rhinehart, 12/25/1904) Bentley H. age 23 (married Nancy A. Shelton, 6/2/1901) Robert T. age 14 (married Rosa Barton, 1/26/1908) 1880 census: (Richwood Twp) Mary Burks age 17 (Mo) Mary Slone age 12 (Mo) ( These girls are being raised by John & Sarah Madden) 1860 census: (Richwood Twp)--------------------------- Willis V. Burks married Margaret McCubbin, 9/6/1854. Willis V. Burks married Mary Ann Beckerstaff/ Biggerstaff, 4/1/1858. Willis Burks age 27 (Tn) (Willis & Tempy's son) Martha J. age 35 (Ky) Mary Biggerstaff age 16 (Ark) Sarah Biggerstaff age 13 (Ark) Nancy age 11 (Ark) Rhoda age 8 (Ark) 1870 census: (Richwood Twp)------------------------- Willis Burks age 37 Martha J. age 46 David A. age 15 (married Cordelia C. Ulman, 11/7/1878) Lenora age 13 William age 10 Eliza E. age 5 Gorden Perry age 3 1880 census: (Richwood Twp)--------------------------- Martha J. Burks age 55 William W. age 20 Eliza E. age 15 Perry G. age 13 1860 census: (Richwood Twp) John A. Burk/Burks age 24 (Tenn) Rebecca age 24 (Tenn) James age 2 (Tn) John W. age 7 months (Missouri) 1900 census: (Richwood Twp) Martin F. Jones age 38 (ILL) Delilah age 28 (Mo) Ollie age 12 (Mo) Etta Burks age 12 (Mo) (step-dau) Oliver Jones age 9 (Mo) Maudie Jones age 1 (Mo) 1900 census: (Richwood Twp) Perry C. Burks age 20 (Mo) (living with William & Mary Wright) 1900 census: (Richwood Twp) Jesse Burks age 50 Jesse Burks to Alice Bear, 3/11/1900 Alice age 33 Josie age 20 (married William C. Nixdorf, 2/12/1902) Lefty/Lettie age 13 (married Charles B. Bass, 11/14/1906) 1900 census: (Richwood Twp) Allen T. Burks age 21 (Mo) (living with William & Emelia Mace) Allen T. Burks married Madge M. Loomis, 3/6/1904. ====================Saline Twp)================= 1860 census: (Saline Twp) Henry C. Burks age 38 (Tenn) Matilda E. age 34 (Tn) Sarah F. age 14 (Tn) married Andrew J. Smith, 12/31/1863. William G. Burks was here for the 1840 census in a family of 4. His two children were younger than 5. 1850 census:------------------------------ Green/George Burks age 39 (Tenn) (I believe this is William G.Burks) Ann age 33 (Tn) Bird/Byrd age 13 (Tn) (living with Dr.John Brockman in 1860 cen:(Franklin Twp) Eliza age 9 (Mo) Samuel age 4 (Mo) Agnes age 1 (Mo) 1860 census: (Saline Twp)------------------------------ William G. Burks married Louisa Grindstaff/Grandstaff, 5/22/1853. William G. Burks age 50 (Tn) Louisa (Grandstaff) age 31 (Tn) (2nd wife) Eliza J. age 20 (Mo) Samuel age 14 (Mo) John age 6 (Mo) George age 2 ====================Osage Twp=================== 1880 census: (Osage Twp) Melton D. Burks married Adeline Starks, 10/26/1879. Milton/Melton Burks age 24 (Mo) parents (Va) Azaline/Adeline age 25 (Mo) parents (Mo) 1880 census: (Osage Twp) Laurie Burks age 40 (Mo) parents (Mo) Posten age 19 (Mo) Elinora age 12 (Mo) Robert S. age 9 (Mo) married Livonia Albertson, 2/14/1897. Stonewall age 8 (Ky) parents (Ga) married Laura Pierce, 8/19/1894. Anna age 7 (Ky) parents (Ga) Madonna age 4 (Ky) parents (Ga) 1900 census: (Osage Twp) Stonewall Burks age 29 (Ky) Laura B. (Pierce) age 20 (Mo) Bertie G. age 4 (Mo) George C. age 2 (Mo) Larry C. age 1 (Mo) 1900 census: (Osage Twp) Charles Burks age 26 (Mo) Pauline (Nixdorf) age 24 (Mo) Herman age 11 months (Mo) 1900 census: (Osage Twp) William Burks age 39 (Miss) parents (Ga) Mary A. age 33 (Ohio) Anna L. age 14 (Mo) John W. age 11 (Mo) (married Maggie Fancher, 11/18/1908) Frank Monroe age 9 (married Abbie Davenport, 9/15/1909) Perry C. age 7 (married Elsie McDonald, 3/6/1913) Emma M. age 5 Robert I. age 3 (married Esther Pierce, 12/11/1916) Flora V. age 1 ===============Glaize/Auglaize Twp================ 1880 census: (Auglaize Twp) Lenora Burks age 23 (Mo) father (Tn) mother (Ky) (Willis & Martha's dau.) (living with William & Nancy J. Hill) 1880 census: (Auglaize Twp) David A. Burks age 24 (Mo) (Willis & Martha's son) Cordelia C. (Ulman) age 23 (Mo) Penny C. age 9 months (Mo) William W. Wilson age 26 (Mo) 1900 census: (Glaize Twp) John Burks married Matilda M. Blankenship,8/22/1886. John Burks age 37 (Mo) Matilda M. age 29 (Ind) Ira T. age 12 (Mo) Bessie D. age (Mo) Daisy age 6 (Mo) Roy C. age 1 (Mo) 1900 census: (Glaize Twp) Martha J. Burks age 76 (Wd) (living with James & Nancy Davidson (Burks)) 1900 census: (Glaize Twp) Charley Burks age 26 (Mo) Elizabeth age 24 (Mo) Ethel age 4 (Mo) Myrtle age 2 (Mo) 1910 census: (Glaize Twp) Stonewall Jacjson Burks to Lucy Jane Dixon, 2/23/1910. Stonewall Burks age 30 (Ok) parents (Mo) Lucy age 14 (Mo) Bertha age 13 (Mo) George E. age 12 (Mo) married Dora Worden, 2/17/1916) Lavica C. age 11 (Mo) William T. age 9 (Mo) Myrtle age 7 (Mo) DeVere |