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Levi M Burden
1827 - 1901 (74 years)-
Name Levi M Burden Born 17 Jan 1827 Sangamon, Illinois, United States 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Buried Dec 1901 Potlatch, Latah, Idaho, United States [4, 5] Died 13 Dec 1901 Garfield, Whitman, Washington, United States [6, 7] Person ID I2093 Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark Last Modified 11 Jan 2014
Family Sarah Eads, b. 26 Jun 1832, Cole, Missouri, United States , d. 24 Jun 1907, Garfield, Whitman, Washington, United States (Age 74 years) Married 22 Aug 1850 Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States [8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14] Children 1. Henry Burden, b. 3 Jun 1851, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States , d. Yes, date unknown+ 2. James Rainier Burden, b. 11 Aug 1852, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States , d. 1926, Garfield, Whitman, Washington, United States (Age 73 years)3. George Lawson Burden, b. 21 Nov 1854, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States , d. Yes, date unknown4. Eliza Henrietta Burden, b. 21 Feb 1856, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States , d. Abt 1954 (Age 97 years)5. Nancy Ellen Burden, b. 3 Jan 1858, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States , d. Yes, date unknown6. Abraham Lincoln Burden, b. 10 Feb 1860, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States , d. Clarkston, Asotin, Washington, United States 7. Lorinda Isabell Burden, b. 8 Feb 1862, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States , d. Yes, date unknown8. Thomas Burden, b. 11 May 1863, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States , d. 15 Sep 1936, Potlatch, Latah, Idaho, United States (Age 73 years)+ 9. William Sylvester Burden, b. 4 Feb 1865, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States , d. Palouse, Whitman, Washington, United States + 10. Jasper Stanley Burden, b. 20 Dec 1866, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States , d. 6 Oct 1932, Garfield, Whitman, Washington, United States (Age 65 years)+ 11. John Burden, b. 5 Dec 1868, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States , d. 1 Oct 1953, Potlatch, Latah, Idaho, United States (Age 84 years)+ 12. Minnie Rosetta Burden, b. 12 Mar 1870, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States , d. 1955, Potlatch, Latah, Idaho, United States (Age 84 years)13. Eddie Burden, b. 20 Apr 1872, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States , d. Yes, date unknown14. Effie Burden, b. 20 Apr 1872, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States , d. 1955 (Age 82 years)15. Lula Mittie Burden, b. 11 Feb 1875, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States , d. 1957, Garfield, Whitman, Washington, United States (Age 81 years)16. Ennes Burden, b. 8 Apr 1876, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States , d. 28 Jul 1901, Garfield, Whitman, Washington, United States (Age 25 years)Last Modified 22 Nov 2014 Family ID F727 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 17 Jan 1827 - Sangamon, Illinois, United States 
Married - 22 Aug 1850 - Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States 
Buried - Dec 1901 - Potlatch, Latah, Idaho, United States 
Died - 13 Dec 1901 - Garfield, Whitman, Washington, United States = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - 1827 BIRTH: ILL,Sangamon Co: Levi Burden born 17 Jan 1827
1844-1880 MIGRATION,HIST: Email Nov 2002,Connie Clapier pg 12, from Ann Kennedy: Sarah came
to Yamhill Co OR on a wagon train in 1844 with her parents, Solomon and Susannah Eads. Levi, her husband, came to Oregon in 1845 on a wagon train with his father's family:
1850 MG: OR,Yamhill Co-Sheridan: Levi Burden md Sarah Eads 20 Aug 1850 [also shows Polk Co]
1850 LAND,HIST: They filed Donation Land Claim #5112 for 643.61 acres in Polk Co.
1955 HIST: June 1955 letter from Guy Pearson to Mary Gray Marks #38: "All the Burdens, that is all the older ones my father's age, especially the men I believe are all gone now. Lulu & Minnie Burden may be alive yet I don't know. The Burdens all at one time lived about 20 miles from Moscow up near Potlatch & Princeton."
1860 CENSUS: OR,Polk Co-Douglas Precinct pg 55 Dw #535.
BURDEN, Levi M 26/IL; Sarah 27/MO; Henry 9/OR; James 7/OR; George 5/OR;
Eliza 3/OR, Abraham 3/12 OR. All there but Nancy Ellen-died?
1861: He bought 100 acres of land July 1861, Yamhill Co OR...from Sarah's mother, Susannah Eads.
1865: Levi sold 100 acres of this property in 1861 and an additional 32 acres in 1865.
1870 CENSUS: OR,Yamhill Co-Sheridan 9-10 Aug pg54 Dw 513:
BURDEN, Levi 43/Ill farmer; Sarah 37/MO; James 18/OR; George 15/OR; Eliza 14/OR;
Lincoln 10/OR; Isabelle 8/OR; Thomas 7/OR; Wm 5/OR; Jasper 3/OR;
John 2/OR; Minnie 3/12/OR-March
1876: They moved to Idaho approx 1876.
1880: In the 1880 census they were at Palouse Bridge Pct, Nez Perce Terr, Idaho.
HIST: Hist of Eads Fam, by Geo Eads: Spent some ys in Sheridan OR, then no. ID nr Palouse City,
WA. 17 children, sev dd infancy. Sarah dd Garfield WA.
Guy Pearson letter: once, all Burdens lived 20 mi frm Moscow, nr Potlatch & Princeton.
Ola Johnson letter 1955: Burdens had co. farm nr Moscow
1901 DEATH,BURIAL: ID,Latah Co-Cora (Potlatch): Levi M Burden died 13 Dec 1901 - CK OUT
ACTION - CK OUT - Levi M Burden:
1. OR Donation Land Claim for William Burden, born 1831 Sangamond Co, Mo. A bro to Levi?
2. Eads Family in America Newsletter Vol 3 #1, 1 Feb 1992, pg 7: Willard Burden, 874 Luguna St, Livermore CA 94550 did considerable research on Solomon/Susanne but his own Burden/Eads line was not included. Conjecture: he produced a separate paper covering ancestry of Levi Burden. Anyone know what happened to it?
- 1827 BIRTH: ILL,Sangamon Co: Levi Burden born 17 Jan 1827
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Sources - [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
"Levi Burden born 17 Jan 1827, Illinois..."
Feb 1956 letter from Thelma Burden, gdaughter of Levi Burden to Mary Gray Marks [from Aunt Minnie], Eads doc #14 - [S173] Family Rcds: CLAPIER, Connie.
"Levi Burden was born 17 Jan 1827 in Sangamon Co Ill"
Nov 2002 email from Connie Clapier to Pam Wagner, pg 12 - [S145] Oregon,Polk Co: Donation Land Claim, Certificate 5119, Claim #46.
"Levi Burden born Sangamon Co, Ill 1822 or 1826..." - [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
"Levi Burden Jan 17, 1823-died Dec 13, 1901. These were taken from stones at Freese Cem, Potlatch [ID]"
Small paper in Eads box, in Mary Mark's handwriting, doc #14a - [S173] Family Rcds: CLAPIER, Connie.
"Levi Burden died 12 Dec 1901, buried Freeze Cemetery, Potlatch ID"
Email Nov 2002 from Connie Clapier to Pam Wagner, pg 12 - [S173] Family Rcds: CLAPIER, Connie.
"Levi Burden died 12 Dec 1901 in Cora (Potlatch),Latah, Idaho"
Email Nov 2002 from Connie Clapier to Pam Wagner, pg 12 - [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
"Levi Burden died 1901 in Garfield, WA"
Small note in Mary Mark's handwriting, Eads doc #16 - [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
"Sarah Eads md to Levi Burden Aug 22, 1850," no place shown.
Fam rcds collected by Mary Gray Marks,gdau of Solomon & Susannah, papers in poss of Pam Hallmark Wagner in "Eads Box, doc #1-5 - [S168] History of the Eads Family, page 5.
"Sarah Eads md Levi Burden 1850, lived W OR some yrs, then to N Idaho near Palouse City WA. 17 children bn, sev died infancy." - [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
"Sarah Eads md Levi Burden Aug 22, 1850," no place shown.
Feb 1956 letter from Thelma Burden to Mary Gray Marks, Eads doc #14, note written on letter by Mary Marks - [S145] Oregon,Polk Co: Donation Land Claim, Certificat #5119, Claim #46.
"Levi Burden married Sarah Aug 1850 Yamhill Co OR Terr" - [S221] Oregon,Yamhill Co: Marriage Records, Fiche #6048273, page 4.
"Levi Burden md Sarah Eads 20 Aug 1850, Yamhill Co OR"
Mg Rcds 1844-1862
Date: August 1850 - [S193] IGI-International Genealogical Index, Film 1761057, 1903705,Fiche 6000617 pg 34.
"Levi Burden md Sarah Eads 20 Aug 1850 Yamhill OR" - [S173] Family Rcds: CLAPIER, Connie.
"Levi md Sarah Eads 22 Aug 1850 in Sheridan,Oregon"
Email Nov 2002 from Connie Clapier to Pam Wagner,pg 12
- [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.