James Rainier Burden

Notes:

1852 BIRTH: OR,Yamhill Co-Sheridan: James Rainier Burden born 11 Aug 1852

1860 CENSUS: OR,Polk Co-Douglas Precinct Dw #535: James Burden 7/OR son of Levi & Sarah Burden

1870 CENSUS: OR,Yamhill Co-Sheridan 9-10 Aug, Dw 513: James Burden 18/OR, son of Levi & Sarah Burden

c1877 MARRIAGE: James Rainier Burden md Sarah (Ella) Boone, no date or place shown, estimated marriage year based on James' birth year + 25 yrs.
Feb 1956 letter from Thelma Burden, gdaughter of Levi Burden, to Mary Gray Marks, Eads doc #14: "I remember Uncle Jim well too...I know his sons wife... Jesse had two boys... I think there was a girl too, a sister of Jesse's"

1920 CENSUS: WA,Spokane Co-Spokane: Roll T625_1940 pg1A [131],Img 0851,1/20-Anc.com,Jan 2, Dw 2:
BURDEN, James-father 67/OR (ILL,MO) none, living with
BINGHAM, Frank-head 49/MO (MO,TN) md, lead miner; Mary-wife 39/ID (OR,MO);
Eva-day 17/ID (MO,ID) single monitor-laundry; Guy-son 8/ID (MO,ID)
[age & place of birth fits, could Mary be sister of Jesse,
Thelma speaking of above? father of Frank Bingham? meant father/lw?, also
birth of parents not fit. CK OUT]

1926 DEATH,BURIAL: WA-Garfield: James Rainier Burden died 1926; buried Freeze Cemetery, Potlatch Idaho

James married Sarah Boone Abt 1877. Sarah was born Abt 1852; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

c1878 BIRTH: Jesse Burden born about 1878, no place shown. Estimated birth year based on estimated marriage year.

MARRIAGE: Feb 1956 letter from Thelma Burden to Mary Marks, Eads doc #14: "Jesse had two boys.

c1937 DEATH: Jesse Burden was killed in an accident at the Potlatch Mill about 15-20 years ago.

1956 HIST: Jesse's two boys - one lives here in Palouse and the other on the coast, Seattle I think.