James Bascom Burrow

Brief Life History of James Bascom

When James Bascom Burrow was born on 13 July 1861, in Springtown, Parker, Texas, United States, his father, William Henderson Burrow, was 27 and his mother, Eliza Harmon Collins, was 15. He married Lucy Emma Workman on 11 September 1891, in Manti Utah Temple, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in United States in 1949 and Mapleton, Utah, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 1 November 1956, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Bascom Burrow
1861–1956
Mary Ann Hatch
1880–1961
Marriage: 14 June 1905
Lorenzo Workman Jr
1896–1961
Carl Bascom Burrows
1906–1947
Horace G Burrows
1907–2000
Herbert C Burrows
1909–2007
Zella Mary Burrows
1911–1982
Lorin E Burrows
1913–1974
Della D Burrows
1915–1989
Zetta Brown Burrows
1917–1997
Melva “E” Burrows
1919–2003
Harold E Burrows
1920–2017
Vida Burrows
1923–1967

Sources (71)

  • Janus B Burrows, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Mr. James B Burrows, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • James Bascom Burrows, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1871

Historical Boundaries: 1871: Iron, Utah Territory, United States 1882: Garfield, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Garfield, Utah, United States

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

English:

topographic name for someone who lived by a castle or manor house, or in a town, especially a chartered town or borough (Middle English burgh, Old English burg ‘fortified place, borough, manor’), or a habitational name for someone who came from a place so named because it was a fortified town or near an ancient fort, such as Burrow (Leicestershire, Lancashire), Burrough Green (Cambridgeshire), Brough (numerous counties), and Peterborough (Northamptonshire); see also Burgh .

topographic name for someone who lived on a hill or near a mound (Middle English bergh, Old English beorg), or a habitational name for someone who came from a place so named, such as Burrow (Devon, Somerset). Middle English bergh became throughly confused with burgh in 1 above. Compare Burrough .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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James Bascom Burrows (13 July 1861 – 1 November 1956)

William Henderson Burrows Eliza Harmon Collins William Smith Campbell was the only father James Bascom Burrows "ever knew," but his actual father was William Henderson Burrows who died when his son w …

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