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Lee Hammond Burrus
                   
Name Spouse Spouse's
Occupation
Date and
Place of m.
Date of Birth Date of Death Children Occupation of Child Age of Child at Death Picture
Lee Hammond Burrus* Rachel Whitaker*     b. 23 Aug 1815 d. 03 Jun 1899 13 children (see below) Leather Trade, Shoe and Harness Maker   Click for picture
                     
Children:                  
                   
Nancy Jane Burrus* m. Rev. W. B Woodruff     b.29 Jun. 1843 d. 19 May 1909 None Housewife    
George Martin Burrus* m. Mary Dobson*     b. 30 Jun. 1844 d. 09 Sep..1926 Dianne, died in infancy Tobacco Factory Owner    
John Garner Burrus* Elizabeth Reece*     b. 06 Aug 1845 d.20 Mar. 1926 Iris , Drs. Tilden and Mallory, & Ethel Hotel Owner    
William Thomas Burrus* m. 1st. Mehulda Cockerham*, 2nd. Fannie Richardson     b.03 Sep. 1846 d. 14 Dec. 1934 John, Molly Jane, Lee Woodson, George Edgar Farmer    
Louise Adeline Burrus* m. Tom Bragg Holyfield* --

 

 

  b. 22 May 1848 d. 15 Jan. 1898,  Daisy (m. William Yancy Davenport) Housewife    
Lee Hammond Burrus, Jr.* m. Cora Murray*     b. 13 Feb. 1850 d. 16  May 1923 Lee and James Farmer

 

   
Charles Miley Burrus m. Sally Bost     b. 1850 d. unk. Nancy, John, Frank, & Bruce unk.    
Martha Elizabeth Burrus* J. Frank Bland*     b. 21 Dec. 1853 d. 08 Jul. 1953 Lala, Dalla, Alma, Robert Richard (Bob Dick), & Frank Housewife    
James Monroe Burrus None     b.1852 d. unk. . none n/a (died young)    
Henry Columbus Burrus m.1st. Mollie McBrayer; m. 2nd. Blanche Young; 3rd. Mary Beam Bostic      b. 1854 d. unk. Elma, Sam Grady, & Flora (Tack) Ran Cotton Gin, Mooresboro, NC    
Francis Marion Burrus* None     b. 10 Apr. 1857 d. 25 May 1858 ( Infant )  n/a n/a    
Andrew Jackson Burrus Martha Jane Moseley     b. Jun. 25 1860 d. unk. Charles, James, John, Blanche, Maude, & Ruth Methodist Preacher    
Robert Newton Burrus* m. Mary Lucinda Spencer*     b. 05 Jan. 1862 d. 03 Sep. 1924 Lester (female), Creola, Alma, Romulus, and Robert Farmer   Click for picture
                   
* buried at Rockford Baptist Church Cemetery