Husband: John W. BURNS
Birthdate: abt 1820
Birthplace: Alabama
Death date: Before 1870
Place of death: Probably Montgomery Co., TX
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown

Marriage date: Before 1844
Marriage place: Shelby Co., TX

Wife: Narcissa YARBROUGH
Birthdate: abt 1829
Birthplace: Tennessee
Death date: May 5, 1920
Place of death: Houston, Harris Co., TX
Father: Richard Yarbrough
Mother: Hanna unknown

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Mary Elizabeth Burns
Sex: F
Birthdate: Abt. 1844
Birthplace: Shelby Co., Tx
Death date: May 14, 1927
Place of death: Harris Co., TX
Marriage date: May 17, 1872
Marriage place: Harris Co., Tx
Spouse's name: Cornelius Frank Thomas

Child No. 2: Hanna Burns
Sex: F
Birthdate: Abt 1848
Birthplace: Shelby Co., TX
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: December 16, 1869
Marriage place: Harris Co., TX
Spouse's name: Stephen Aphons Wickson

Child No. 3: Martha Ann Burns
Sex: F
Birthdate: August 1850
Birthplace: Shelby Co., TX
Death date: 1933
Place of death: Ellis Co., TX
Marriage date: December 16, 1869
Marriage place: Harris Co., TX
Spouse's name: Joseph Solomon Walker

Child No. 4: Penelope Jane Burns
Sex: F
Birthdate: Abt 1853
Birthplace: Shelby Co., TX
Death date: February 22, 1921
Place of death: Houston, Harris Co., TX
Marriage date: September 16, 1872
Marriage place: Montgomery Co., TX
Spouse's name: George Washington Walker

Child No. 5: R. Burns
Sex:
Birthdate: Abt 1855
Birthplace: Shelby or Montgomery Co.,TX
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: unknown

Child No. 6: E. Burns
Sex: F
Birthdate: Abe 1857
Birthplace: Shelby or Montgomery Co., TX
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: unknown
 
 
Documentation:
* Census of Shelby Co., TX 1850, Page 69, lines 18-22.
* Census of Harris Co., TX 1870.
* Census of Washington Co., TX 1880.
* Tax Rolls of Shelby Co., TX 1839 - 1860.
* Census of Galveston Co., Tx 1900.
* Census of Ellis Co., TX 1910.
* Census of Harris Co. and Ellis Co. 1920.
* Death certificate of Narcissa Burns, June 5, 1920 Harris Co. also Obituary in the Houston Chronicle.
* Death Certificate for Mary Burns Thomas #16547, Harris Co.
* Marriage certificate for Hanna Burns & Stephen Wickson #151-1268, Harris Co.
* Marriage cert. Mary Burns & Corneilus Thomas, #443-4053, Harris Co.
* Marriage Certificate for Martha Burns & Joseph Walker #151-1269 Harris Co., Tx.