Individual Details
Mary Elizabeth Kirkpatrick
(31 Jul 1835 - 22 May 1905)
Mary Kirkpatrick was born on 31 July 1835 probably in Lee County, Iowa, although one source says Morgan County, Illinois. She married Reason A. Burge, 6 April 1854 at New London, Henry County, Iowa. Burge was born 26 August 1834 in Sangamon County, Illinois.
Reason Burge served in the Civil War in the Union Army. He enlisted 11 August 1862 in Company K, 25th Iowa Volunteer Infantry for a term of three years. He served as a private until he was discharged 27 May 1863 at Vicksburg, Mississippi, for medical reasons. He took sick, according to the record, on picket duty at Millikens Bend, Louisiana (part of the great Vicksburg, Mississippi campaign). He was discharged with heart disease and vertigo, and apparently, some sort of eye difficulty. At the time of his enlistment, he was described as a farmer, 5 feet 10 inches tall, with blue eyes and dark hair. He received a pension certificate #22632 for the disabilities that plagued him all his life (National Archives).
After the war, the Burges lived in Iowa until 1871, then moved to Nebraska and lived there for three years. They then moved to Arkansas for two years, after which they moved to Lincoln County, Washington for sixteen years, near a place called Sprague. Reason Burge removed to California to a Federal Soldiers Home in the Los Angeles area (Sawtele) about 1907. Mary Elizabeth (Kirkpatrick) Burge apparently died somewhere along those travels. We have no place or date. * Reason remarried at the age of 76 to Sally I. Gibson, a Kentucky native, aged 66, in Los Angeles, 14 November 1910. He died at the Soldiers home 30 January 1915.
There were seven children born of the marriage.
*Place, date and burial has been found since this was published.
Obituary not found at chroniclingamerica.loc.gov, genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, April 22, 2018.
Reason Burge served in the Civil War in the Union Army. He enlisted 11 August 1862 in Company K, 25th Iowa Volunteer Infantry for a term of three years. He served as a private until he was discharged 27 May 1863 at Vicksburg, Mississippi, for medical reasons. He took sick, according to the record, on picket duty at Millikens Bend, Louisiana (part of the great Vicksburg, Mississippi campaign). He was discharged with heart disease and vertigo, and apparently, some sort of eye difficulty. At the time of his enlistment, he was described as a farmer, 5 feet 10 inches tall, with blue eyes and dark hair. He received a pension certificate #22632 for the disabilities that plagued him all his life (National Archives).
After the war, the Burges lived in Iowa until 1871, then moved to Nebraska and lived there for three years. They then moved to Arkansas for two years, after which they moved to Lincoln County, Washington for sixteen years, near a place called Sprague. Reason Burge removed to California to a Federal Soldiers Home in the Los Angeles area (Sawtele) about 1907. Mary Elizabeth (Kirkpatrick) Burge apparently died somewhere along those travels. We have no place or date. * Reason remarried at the age of 76 to Sally I. Gibson, a Kentucky native, aged 66, in Los Angeles, 14 November 1910. He died at the Soldiers home 30 January 1915.
There were seven children born of the marriage.
*Place, date and burial has been found since this was published.
Obituary not found at chroniclingamerica.loc.gov, genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, April 22, 2018.
Events
| Birth | 31 Jul 1835 | Winchester, Morgan Co., lllinois |  | ||
| Marriage | 9 Apr 1854 | New London, Henry Co., Iowa - Reason Anderson Burge | | ||
| Death | 22 May 1905 | Lincoln Co., Washington | | ||
| Burial | Mountain View Cemetery, Davenport, Lincoln Co., Washington | |
Families
| Spouse | Reason Anderson Burge (1834 - 1915) |
| Child | Celia Alice Burge (1855 - 1884) |
| Child | Eliza Burge (1857 - 1870) |
| Child | Nellie Burge (1857 - 1926) |
| Child | William "Bill" T. Burge (1859 - 1932) |
| Child | Lula Burge (1860 - 1861) |
| Child | Estella Emma Burge (1862 - 1947) |
| Child | James Harland Burge (1864 - 1927) |
| Child | Frederick "Fred" Stanton Burge (1866 - 1948) |
| Child | Jesse Hobart "Burt" Burge (1868 - 1917) |
| Father | Thomas Milligan Kirkpatrick (1813 - 1886) |
| Mother | Celia Ison New (1816 - 1901) |
| Sibling | James Whitfield Kirkpatrick (1833 - 1883) |
| Sibling | Nancy Louisa Kirkpatrick (1837 - 1886) |
| Sibling | Chauncey Hobart Kirkpatrick (1839 - 1862) |
| Sibling | Harriet Emaline Kirkpatrick (1842 - 1927) |
| Sibling | Ann Mariah Kirkpatrick (1846 - 1846) |
| Sibling | John Henry Kirkpatrick (1846 - 1847) |
| Sibling | Thomas Asbury Morris Kirkpatrick (1848 - 1897) |
| Sibling | Celia Loucetta Kirkpatrick (1850 - 1932) |
| Sibling | Joseph Francis Kirkpatrick (1852 - 1917) |
| Sibling | Alena Pearl Kirkpatrick (1854 - 1886) |
| Sibling | William N. Kirkpatrick (1857 - 1862) |
Endnotes
1. Compiled by Lyllis W. Brown, Topeka, Kansas.
2. Obituary of Mary Elizabeth Burge.
3. Compiled by Lyllis W. Brown, Topeka, Kansas.
4. E-Mail from Valerie Adams.
5. E-Mail from Valerie Adams.