Brief Life History of Charles Carroll
When Charles Carroll Burnham Sr was born on 7 November 1838, in Bear Creek Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Andrew Burnham, was 30 and his mother, Harriet Ruhamah Kimball, was 20. He married Hannah Vawdrey on 28 December 1874, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He registered for military service in 1862. He died on 8 May 1926, in Lovell, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Draper City Cemetery, Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- 1860 "United States Census" Charles C Burnham in household of Andrew Burnham,,
- Charles Carroll Burnham, "Find A Grave Index"
- Charles in entry for Jos Benj Burnham, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1842
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER Ann Weaver Brown BIRTH 5 Aug 1806 Saratoga, Saratoga County, New York, USA DEATH 24 Jun 1842 (aged 35) Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, USA BURIAL Draper City Cemetery Draper, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Show Map PLOT A-23-6 MEMORIAL ID 9037266 · View Source
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places called Burnham. Those in Buckinghamshire (Burnham Beeches), Norfolk (various villages), and Essex (Burnham-on-Crouch) are named with Old English burna ‘stream’ + hām ‘homestead’. In the case of Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset, however, the second element is Old English hamm ‘water meadow’, while Burnham in Lincolnshire is named from brunnum, dative plural of Old Norse brunnr ‘spring’, originally used after a preposition, i.e. ‘(at) the springs’.
History: In 1635 Robert Burnham and his two brothers came from England to Ipswich, MA, after their ship was wrecked on the coast of Maine. In the mid 18th century John Burnham and his son, also called John, were among the early settlers in what became the state of VT. In 1785, the younger John Burnham established himself at Middletown, CT.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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History of Charles Carroll Burnham Pioneer of Utah and Wyoming Written by Theressa Burnham Evert
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