Sunday, January 2, 2022

George Burkett 1788- 1871and Sarah Jane Smith 1787-1846

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4th great grandparents

George Burkett
Parents George Burkett and Catherine Swovelin
Born 18 October 1788 Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania
Military: War of 1812

Immigration to Utah: David Wood Company leaving 1 October 1852

David Wood Company

Married 1) Sarah Jane Smith 16 January 1810 Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio

George Burkett and Sarah Smith marriage record
Translation: On the 10 Jan 1810 Robert Walker to Rosanna Brown
Same day George Burket to Sarah Smith

2) Elizabeth Powell 1 March Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory

Note: widow of Thomas Evans

Died 15 March 1871 Eden, Weber, Utah Territory

Buried
Sources
George Burkett Letter: https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/628cc2e6-2200-4330-bbd5-4f24075345ee/0/0

Note: Burket writes to his children about family matters and affirms his faith in the gospel. States that he heard Joseph Smith prophesy about the return to Jackson County while he was in Burket's house in Clay County, Missouri.

George Burkett History: https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/a782fb69-3eff-46db-a2ad-0187a53ace7a/0/0

U.S. Returns from Military Posts

Marriage: Ohio Marriages

1830 US Census White River, Randolph, Indiana

1840 US Census Hancock, Illinois

Note: Surname spelled Burkitt

1850 US Census Pottawattamie, Iowa (age 62)

1870 US Census Utah Territory (age 83)

Joseph Smith Papers: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/george-burket

Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Utah Mormon Pioneer Database

Family Bible quoted by Suzanne Jackman

Missionary Diary (9 pages are available on Family Search)

Life Sketch - which he dictated

Joseph Smith Papers

Death announcement Deseret News Issue: 5 April 1871: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157784508/george-burkett

Family Search

ancestry.com

Life Sketch dictated by George Burkett

Biography of George Burket in Joseph Smith Papers

18 Oct. 1788–15 Mar. 1871. Store owner/keeper, carpenter. Born in Bedford, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania. Son of George Burket Sr. and Catharine Swovelin. Married first Sarah Smith, 1810. Purchased home in Winchester, Randolph Co., Indiana, 1821; extended house to include store, which he operated for several years. Resided at White River, Randolph Co., 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1831, in Randolph Co. Attended church conferences held 29 Nov.–1 Dec. and 6–7 Dec. 1831, in Randolph Co. Ordained an elder, by 1832. Elder’s license revoked, 1832 and 1833. Moved to Jackson Co., Missouri, 1832. Moved to Clay Co., Missouri, Nov. 1833. Members of Camp of Israel camped in his field outside Liberty, Clay Co., 25 June 1834. Reordained an elder, 5 Nov. 1834, in Clay Co. Received into high priests quorum in Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, 14 Apr. 1836. Served mission to Illinois, 1836. Moved to Illinois, 1839. Resided in Hancock Co., Illinois, by 1840; likely resided in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., by 1841. Wife died, ca. 1846. Left Nauvoo, 1846. Married second Elizabeth Evans, 1846. Moved to Kanesville (later Council Bluffs), Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, by spring 1848. Moved to West Jordan, Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory, 1852; to Bingham’s Fort in Weber Co., Utah Territory, fall 1855; and to Ogden Valley, Weber Co., 1862. Died at Eden, Weber Co.

Sarah Jane Smith
Parents John Smith and Catherine Best
Born 1787 Taneytown, Carroll, Maryland

Christened 5 January 1787 Taneytown, Carroll, Maryland
Died 1846 Augusta, Des Moines, Iowa
Buried Augusta Cemetery, Augusta, Des Moines, Iowa
Sources
Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Family Search
ancestry.com

Memorial (no stone) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42587712/sarah-jane-burkett

CHILDREN

Catherine Burkett

Born 4 Dec 1810 Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio
Married 1) Noah Johnson 18 June 1829 Randolph, Indiana

Children: George, Elizabeth, Noah

Catherine and Noah's marriage record.
Note: the first half is the marriage license. The second half is the record of when the certificate was received and the date on which the ceremony took place.
Noah would later die of cholera in Zion's Camp.

2) Lewis Levi Skinner about 1839 Illinois

Children: Joseph, Sarah, Hannah, Eleanor

Died about 1848 Pottawattamie, Iowa
Buried Iowa
Sources
Birth: Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Marriage: Indiana Marriages

1840 Hancock, Illinois (with Levi and children)

Family Search
ancestry.com

Mary Burkett

Born 18 Oct 1812 Somerset, Perry, Ohio
Not Married

No Children
Died March 1852 Pottawattamie, Iowa

Buried
Sources
1850 Pottawattamie, Iowa (age 38, living with brother John's family)

Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Family Search
ancestry.com

Eleanor Burkett Taylor
Eleanor Burkett (a.k.a. Nelly)

Born 2 Jul 1815 Fort Hamilton, Ross Township, Butte, Ohio

Occupation: Practical Nurse

Immigration Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel 1854

Unknown Pioneer Company

Married John Taylor 3 April 1834 Liberty, Clay, Missouri

Children: Alma, Eleanor, Teancum, Joseph, Sarah, Mary, John, Hiram, Eliza, Lucinda, William, James, Amanda

Died 11 Jun 1905 Plain City, Davis, Utah (old age, Paralysis)

Note: surname has only one t on death cert.

Buried 14 Jun 1905 Ogden, Weber, Utah Location of grave: E-5-40-2W1

OBITUARY:

From "Ogden Standard", dated 12 June 1905: "MRS.
TAYLOR DEAD-- Was Ninety Years Old and Came to Utah in 1854-- Eleanor Burket Taylor, wife of John Taylor, died at the family residence near Plain City at 7 o'clock last evening of old age, being in her 90th year. The deceased was one of the pioneers of Utah, having come to this state in 1854, from the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. She joined the Latter-day Saints church in Nauvoo and crossed the plains in ox-teams, during which she suffered all the hardships incidents thereto. She was a faithful member and worker of the cause which she espoused at an early age and was one of the best-known women in the county. Mrs. Taylor is survived by eleven children as

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3rd Great Grandmother

follows: Alma Taylor and Teancum Taylor of Vernal, Utah; Joseph M. Taylor, of Oakley, Idaho; Sarah Knight, of Slaterville; Mary E. Hiatt, of Union, Oregon; John A.Taylor, of Plain City; Hiram Taylor of Alberta, Canada; Eliza J. Luckey, of Freedom, Wyoming; William Taylor, of Ruby, Montana; J. Henry Taylor, of Baker City, Oregon, and Amanda R. Chase, of this city. The funeral cortege will leave the late residence of the deceased at 12 o'clock on Wednesday and will arrive at Harrisville meeting house at 1 o'clock, where the funeral services will be held."

Sources

Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

1850 US Census Milam, Texas (age 35)
1860 US Census Weber County, Utah (age 45)
Note: name spelled Elleaner
1870 US Census Madison County, Montana (age 55)
1880 US Census for Plain City, Weber, Utah (age 64)
Note: name spelled Ellenor
1900 US Census for Plain City, Weber, Utah page 5B (age 85, Widowed, living alone)
Note: name spelled Elinor, she claimed she had 12 children and 12 were still living - when she had 14 and 12 were living. I think she was a bit confused by the question.
Obituary: http://home.comcast.net/~susanjackman/burketweb/ancestornarrative/b12.htm

Utah Death Certificate (informant was William, child #11)

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25146428/eleanor-taylor
Family Search
ancestry.com

Sarah Jane Burkett

Born 17 May 1817 Winchester, Randolph, Indiana

Married Harrison Solomon Sears 3 Dec 1843 New Castle, Henry, Indiana

Note: the place of marriage was derived by looking at the digital copies of the records which were filmed in New Castle.

Children (7): Elizabeth, Solomon, Sarah, Henry, Harrison, Melinda, Thomas

Sarah and Harrison Marriage license and record

Died before 27 Feb 1866 when Solomon marries Hannah Ziegler
Buried
Sources
Birth: Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Marriage Record

1850 US Census Spiceland, Henry, Indiana (age 24, married)

1860 US Census Hardinsville, Crawford County, Ilinois (age 32, married)

Family Search
ancestry.com

John's headstone
John Samuel Burkett

Note: Polygamist - 2 wives

Born 21 March 1822 Winchester, Randolph, Indiana
Immigrated to Utah 1 October 1852

David Wood Company

Occupation: Farmer

Married 1) Jane Oldham Duke 1841 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois

Children: Sally, John, James, Sarah, Jonathan, Eleanor

2) Mary Ann Thompson 3 Dec 1855 Randolph, Indiana

Children: Martha, George, Elizabeth, Noah, Emma, Mary, Ida, Samuel, Rosa

Died 12 Dec 1882 Paoli, Garvin, Oklahoma
Buried Florence Cemetery, Garvin, Oklahoma
Sources
Birth: Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Marriages: Iowa US Pottawattamie, Annotated Record of 1850 US Census

1842 Nauvoo, Illinois Tax Index

1850 US Census Pottawattamie, Iowa (age 23, married. His sister Mary and his first wife, Jane and two children, John and James, are there)

1860 US Census Provo, Utah, Utah (age 38)

1870 US Census Jackson, Missouri (age 50)

Immigration: Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database 1847-1868

Book: Descendants of Isreal Burkett

Seventy Quorum Membership

Family Search
ancestry.com

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69444487/john-samuel-burket

Repaired and enhanced photo
Elizabeth Ann Burkett Allen

Elizabeth Ann (Bessyanna) Burkett

Born 1 November 1825 Winchester, Randolph, Indiana
Married 1) William Washington Williams Sep 1843 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois

Children: George
2) Mathew Johnson 24 December 1847 Lee, Iowa

Children: John

Elizabeth and Mathew's marriage record
Note: her surname spelled Burget in record

3) Orville Morgan Allen 4 August 1850 Browns Camp, Pottawattamie, Iowa

Note: the marriage record says his name and the county, then AT Brown's Camp - for her it says OF Brown's Camp. So, I added Browns Camp as the place.

Special Note: Orvel Allen's wife Jane left him and their eight children. Friends helped him with his family and he later married Elizabeth Ann Burkett, a widow with two little boys from two previous marriages.

David Wood Company

The Allen's and Burkett's traveled together in Captain Wood's Company from Missouri to Utah arriving in Salt Lake City, Utah arriving in Utah December1852. They lived in various communities before leaving for Arizona. They had six children of their own and reared Mr. Allen's four youngest children and his wife's two sons, by prior marriages of each.

Orville Morgan Allen

Elizabeth and Orville's marriage record
Note: her surname spelled Burgett in the record

Children: Amanda, Rosina, Orville, Eleanor, Elizabeth, Samuel, William

Died 23 Jan 1908 Pima, Graham, Arizona
Buried 26 Jan 1908 Pima Cemetery, Pima, Graham, Arizona

Plot: Section A Block 12 Lot 2 Site 3

Elizabeth and third husband's headstone

Sources
1850 US Census Pottawattamie, Iowa (age 23, married)

1860 US Census Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Territory (age 33, married)

1870 US Census Toquerville, Kane, Utah Territory (age 45, married)

1880 US Census Toquerville, Kane, Utah Territory (age 54, married)

Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Pima Valley Magazine article by Helen W Crandall

Marriage Record

Family Search
ancestry.com

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16396807/elizabeth-ann-allen

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From a Funeral Program

When I come to the end of the road

And the sun has set for me

I want no rites in a gloom-filled room

Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little - but not for too long

And not with your head bowed low

Remember the love that we once shared

Miss me, but let me go.

For this is a journey that we all must take

And each must go alone

It's all part of the Master's plan

A step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick at heart

Go to the hills we know

And bury your sorrow among the trees

Miss me, but let me go.

The Line

Every minute someone leaves this world behind.
We are all in “the line” without knowing it.
We never know how many people are before us.
We can not move to the back of the line.
We can not step out of the line.
We can not avoid the line.

So while we wait in line -

Make moments count.
Make priorities.
Make the time.
Make your gifts known.
Make a nobody feel like a somebody.
Make your voice heard.
Make the small things big.
Make someone smile.
Make the change.
Make love.
Make up.
Make peace.
Make sure to tell your people they are loved.
Make sure to have no regrets.
Make sure you are ready.

I'm My Own Grandpa

Many, many years ago when I was 23,
I got married to a widow
who was as pretty as could be.
She had a grown up daughter
who had a hair of red.
My father fell in love with her
and soon the two were wed.
This made my dad my son-in-law
And changed my very life.
My daughter was my mother,
for she was my father's wife.
To complicate the matters worse,
although it brought me joy,
I soon became the father
of a bouncing baby boy.
My little baby then became a brother -in-law to dad
and so became my uncle though it made me very sad.
For if he was my uncle,
then that also made him brother to the widow's grown-up- daughter,
who of course, was my stepmother.
Father's wife then had a son,
who kept them on the run.
And he became my grandson, for he was my daughter's son.
My wife is now my mother's mother
and it makes me blue.
Because, although she is my wife,
she's my grandma too.
If my wife is my grandmother,
then I am her grandchild.
and every time I think of it,
it simply makes me wild.
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw.
As the husband of my grandmother,
I am my own grandpa!

Quotes from the Prophets

President Gordon B Hinckley: "It is good to look to the past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the future. It is good to look upon the virtues of those who have gone before, to gain strength for whatever lies ahead. It is good to reflect upon the work of those who labored so hard and gained so little in this world, but out of whose dreams and early plans so well nurtured, has come a great harvest of which we are the beneficiaries. Their tremendous example can become a compelling motivation for us all, for each of us is a pioneer in his own life."

President Spencer W Kimball: "I hope to see us dissolve the artificial boundary line we so often place between missionary work and temple and genealogical work, because it is the same great redemptive work!"

President Joseph Fielding Smith: " The responsibility on behalf of our kindred dead rests with equal force on all, according to our individual ability and opportunities...the greatest and grandest duty of all is to labor for the dead."

The Passing of the Pot (Chamber Pot)

As far back in childhood
As memory may go
One household vessel greets me
That wasn't made for show
Beneath the bed twas anchored
Where only few could see
But served the entire family
With equal privacy
Some called the critter Peggy
And some the thundermug
And others called it badger
A few called it jug
To bring it in at evening
Was bad enough no doubt
But heaven help the person
Who had to take it out
Our big one was enormous
And would accomodate
A watermelon party
Composed of six or eight
When nights were dark and rainy
It was a useful urn
On icy winter mornings
The cold rim seemed to burn
At times when things were rushing
And business extra good
Each took his turn a waiting
Or did the best he could
Sometimes when in a hurry
To our disgust and shame
We fumbled in the darkness
And slightly missed our aim
The special one for company
Was decorated well
But just the same it rendered
That old familiar smell
Today this modernism
Relieves me a lot
And only in my vision
I see that homely pot.
(author unknown)

Poem about ancestors

Though steep is the path I follow today,
The footprints of time will show me the way.
For many have traveled a smiliar road,
And carried an equal of heavier load.

No troubles I face are new to this earth,
That man has not faced from time of his birth.
The route has been charted and roads have been paved
By legions before me who were stalwart and brave.

Their steps never faltered nor courage grew dim,
For they trusted the Lord and let Him led them.
If my faith and my trust remain steadfast and true,
God will guide and protect me in all that I do.
- Dolores Karides

The Elusive Ancestor

I went searching for an ancestor.
I cannot find him still.
He moved around from place to place
and did not leave a will.
He married where a courthouse burned.
He mended all his fences.
He avoided any man who came to
take the US census

He always kept his luggage packed,
This man who had no fame,
and every 20 years or so,
This rascal changed his name.
No one else inthis world is
searching for this elusive man,
so I play "Gene-solitaire"
To find him, if I can!

I'm told he's buried in a plot,
with tombstone he was blessed;
but the weather took engravings,
and some vandals took the rest.
He died before the county clerks
were appointed to keep records
No family Bible has emerged -
In spite of all my efforts.

To top it off, this elusive ancestor
who has caused me many groans -
left me even one more challenge:
He brothed a lady,
by the name of "Jones"!
(Got this from a publication
put out by the DUP organization
that names the author: Merrell Kenworthy)

Poem: Heaven's Door

If I should go before you,

If life on earth were through;

I'll stop just inside Heaven's door,

and there I'll wait for you.

You've but to look 'cross star filled skies,

Past the moon and then beyond;

To know my leaving could never break,

This heart's undying bond.

And if you should go before me,

If your journey on earth were through;

You know I will be close behind,

I'll never be far from you.

Across the span of time and space,

This love will reach this far;

For you'll always carry a bit of my heart,

No matter where you are.

Allison Chambers Coxsey©1995 ~ All Rights Reserved

Which Shall It Be? by Adelaide Proctor

Which shall it be?

"Which shall it be? Which shall it be?
I looked at John and John looked at me,
And when I found that I must speak,
My voice seemed strangely low and weak:
˜Tell me again what Robert said,"
And then I, listening, bent my head.
This is his letter:˜I will give
A house and land while you shall live,
If, in return, from out your seven,
One child to me for aye is given."

I looked at John's old garments worn;
I thought of all that he had borne
Of poverty, and work, and care,
Which I, though willing, could not share;
I thought of seven young mouths to feed,
Of seven little children's need,
And then of this.

˜Come, John,said I,
We'll choose among them as they lie
Asleep. So, walking hand in hand,
Dear John and I surveyed our band:
First to the cradle lightly stepped,
Where Lilian, the baby, slept.
Softly the father stooped to lay
His rough hand down in a loving way,
When dream or whisper made her stir,
And huskily he said: ˜Not her!"

We stooped beside the trundle bed,
And one long ray of twilight shed
Athwart the boyish faces there,
In sleep so beautiful and fair;
I saw on James rough, red cheek
A tear undried. E'er John could speak,
He's but a baby, too," said I,
And kissed him as we hurried by.

Pale, patient, Robbie's angel face
Still in his sleep bore suffering's trace.
˜No, for a thousand crowns, not him!"
He whispered, while our eyes were dim.
Poor Dick! bad Dick! our wayward son”
Turbulent, restless, idle one”
Could he be spared?
Nay, He who gave
Bade us befriend him to the grave;
Only a mother's heart could be
Patient enough for such as he;
˜And so," said John, ˜I would not dare
To take him from her bedside prayer."

Then stole we softly up above,
And knelt by Mary, child of love;
˜Perhaps for her ˜twould better be,"
I said to John. Quite silently
He lifted up a curl that lay
Across her cheek in a wilful way,
And shook his head: ˜Nay, love, not thee,
The while my heart beat audibly.

Only one more, our eldest lad,
Trusty and truthful, good and glad,
So like his father. ˜No, John, no!
I cannot, will not, let him go."

And so we wrote, in courteous way,
We could not give one child away;
And afterward toil lighter seemed,
Thinking of that of which we dreamed,
Happy in truth that not one face
Was missed from its accustomed place;
Thankful to work for all the seven,
Trusting the rest to One in heaven."

Sunday, January 2, 2022

George Burkett 1788- 1871and Sarah Jane Smith 1787-1846

Biography of George Burket in Joseph Smith Papers

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