Individual Details
John Burns
(7 May 1818 - 4 Jun 1849)
Our brother John was a man of strong energy and fixed purposes. Was popular in his community. So that as a dealer in other men's stock and produce, he was chosen and sent to the markets of the country, and everyone was satisfied with the sales made and the supplies brought back. He and his hired men cleared a good three-horse farm, and husbanded a good farm business, besides his several wagon engagements each winter and spring to the City of Tuscaloosa, one hundred miles distant. His Betsey was truly a helpmate in all their undertakings. He bought two hundred acres of valuable land in addition to what our father gave him-a liberal portion of it on creek bottom, and was all paid for besides a comfortable living for his family and liberal hospitalities to his neighbors and the wayfaring man, preacher or no-preacher. His fellowship in the church was much disturbed by his absence from church and other obstacles. He was never charged before his church for any short comings, or immoralities but he several times asked the church to allow him to make his apologies and confessions for his many wrongs in conduct and conversation, always showing deep penitence for his wrongs and an ardent wish to live according to the requirements of the duties incumbent on a Christian and member of the church. He was ever ready to give to the church or to his Christian friend a reason of his hopes for blessed immortality in the Great Paradise above.
Our brother John was stricken down with an inflammatory fever about the last of May 1849, which ailment soon determined to the brain and two or three days brought the suffering man to an unconscious state and was lost to us. Yet he had to suffer, some 30 to 40 hours, in a state of mental aberrations. He died with his flesh and much of his physical strength remained near to the end of his suffering. He died in the forenoon of the 4th day of June, 1849. Our brother proclaimed peace and good will, to all the world and expressed his confidence that all would be well with him in the Great future. He left his dear Betsey and four living children to do battle with life's duties and trials. The eldest daughter, Martha, is a widow for the past 15 years, has raised three daughters and four sons, and they all know well the advantages of farm work, as does the mother. The next daughter, Malinda, lives with her husband, Edward Lindsey, and they have 5 daughters and 2 sons born to them, and all living, and the youngest nearly grown; and all the family are stout healthy. And they enjoy a comfortable home on a portion of the farm formerly owned by our brother.
Our brother John was stricken down with an inflammatory fever about the last of May 1849, which ailment soon determined to the brain and two or three days brought the suffering man to an unconscious state and was lost to us. Yet he had to suffer, some 30 to 40 hours, in a state of mental aberrations. He died with his flesh and much of his physical strength remained near to the end of his suffering. He died in the forenoon of the 4th day of June, 1849. Our brother proclaimed peace and good will, to all the world and expressed his confidence that all would be well with him in the Great future. He left his dear Betsey and four living children to do battle with life's duties and trials. The eldest daughter, Martha, is a widow for the past 15 years, has raised three daughters and four sons, and they all know well the advantages of farm work, as does the mother. The next daughter, Malinda, lives with her husband, Edward Lindsey, and they have 5 daughters and 2 sons born to them, and all living, and the youngest nearly grown; and all the family are stout healthy. And they enjoy a comfortable home on a portion of the farm formerly owned by our brother.
Events
| Birth | 7 May 1818 | Tennessee, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 6 Oct 1836 | Alabama, United States - Elizabeth "Betsy" Bradford | | ||
| Death | 4 Jun 1849 | Alabama, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth "Betsy" Bradford (1821 - ) |
| Child | Martha Burns (1840 - ) |
| Child | Malinda Elizabeth Burns (1841 - ) |
| Child | Alfred Burns (1847 - ) |
| Child | John Burns (1849 - ) |
| Father | Jonathan Burns (1790 - 1857) |
| Mother | Martha "Polly" Richards (1795 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Stephen Burns (1816 - 1836) |
| Sibling | Susan Burns (1820 - ) |
| Sibling | Alfred Eli Burns (1822 - 1896) |
| Sibling | Mary Ann "Polly" Burns (1829 - ) |
| Sibling | Jonathan Burns (1831 - ) |
| Sibling | Samuel Burns (1834 - ) |
| Sibling | Martha Jane Burns (1836 - 1838) |
Endnotes
1. Dawn Lindsey Gibson, "Merry Webb's daughter, Mary Burns," e-mail message from
2. Dawn Lindsey Gibson, "Merry Webb's daughter, Mary Burns," e-mail message from
3. Dawn Lindsey Gibson, "Merry Webb's daughter, Mary Burns," e-mail message from