Francis Meriam Burwell

Frances Meriam Burwell was born March 14, 1830 in Ohio, possibly in Hocking County, to John Burwell and Lucinda Norman. He married Elizabeth Brown in Pickaway, Ohio on Feb 16, 1851:

Ohio Marriages

Source Citation: "Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XDV3-N4T : accessed 13 June 2012), Francis W. Burwell, 1851.

They had three children:

1. Monroe Burwell, born Apr 14, 1852 in Hidalgo, Illinois, married Angeline Laws on Mar 21, 1871in Jasper County, died Apr 28, 1936 (Source: death certificate, which states that "Mandy Burwell" was his mother, but she was probably the only mother he really knew since his real mother died when he was four.)

2. Mary Burwell, born Dec 21, 1853, died Jul 27, 1854. Buried in East Union Cemetery, Ashville, Pickaway County, Ohio.

Elizabeth Brown died on February 22, 1856. Inscription on her (broken) headstone reads "Age 24y 2d w/o Francis Burwell." Buried in East Union Cemetery, Ashville, Pickaway County, Ohio.

There is a marriage for a Francis Burwell on September 27, 1857 in Fairfield, Ohio to Rebecca Horn, but I am not sure if this is the same Francis Burwell.

He married Amanda Catherine Markwell on September 9, 1862. They had seven children:

1. James F. Burwell, born Mar 10, 1863, died Sep 12, 1864 in Jasper County

2. Laura Ella Burwell, born Jun 15, 1865, married Henry Jefferson Boggs (her step-brother) on Feb 8, 1881, died Feb 27, 1944 of cerebral hemorrhage on Feb 27, 1944 (source: death certificate)

3. Thomas Landon Burwell, born Mar 29, 1868, married Sadie Ward (on 03 Mar 1889 in Jasper) and Elizabeth Brackney (on 28 Feb 1897 in Jasper), died Jan 11, 1953

4. Alonzo Jay Burwell, born Jun 22, 1870, died Mar 29, 1888 in Jasper County

5. Oscar Albert Burwell

6. Francis Walter Burwell, born Mar 15, 1875, married Edna Boyles Mar 18, 1889, died abt 1955 in Jasper County

7. William Theodore Burwell, born Aug 15, 1877, married Mary Brown (on Jan 27, 1897) and Effie Orr, committed suicide on Jun 20, 1924 near Hidalgo, Jasper Co., Illinois

Francis died September 15, 1879 in Jasper County, Illinois. He is buried in Hayes Cemetery, Hidalgo County, Illinois.

1850 Ohio Census

Source Citation

"United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXQB-41D : accessed 13 June 2012), Francis M Burwell in household of John Burwell, Walnut, Pickaway, Ohio, United States.

1860 Illinois Census

Source Citation

"United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXH8-KZY : accessed 13 June 2012), Francis M Burwell, , Moultrie, Illinois.

1865 Illinois State Census

Source Citation

"Illinois, State Census, 1865," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XCKQ-BX7 : accessed 13 June 2012), Francis Burwell, , Crooked Creek, Jasper, Illinois.