The John Matt Burt Family
written and submitted by: Frederica Wyatt, daughter, burtwyat@ctesc.net, April 19, 2000The Junction Eagle, Thursday, June 10, 1976, Page 7, Sec. 4 (with permission of publisher)
In the early 1880's, two brothers, Dr. James Warren Burt and Dr. John Matt Burt, moved to Kimble County. They were natives of Sevier County, Arkansas, but had lived in Franklin County, Arkansas, several years before their move to Texas, where they first settled in Burnet County. Dr. James Warren Burt, accompanied by his wife, Charlaotte and two sons, John Fred and Ernest Matt, moved to Junction, where he was a prominet physician until his death in 1913. Dr. John Matt Burt (1853-1925) settled in London. A registered pharmacist, he operated a drug store and was a "traveling" dentist for many years. On January 30, 1886, he married a young widow, Maehulda Pearl Ake (1854-1942), daughter of John A. and Charlotte Pearl. Maehulda's children from her first marriage were Amos, Jack, and Zoe, who married Jack McCaleb. The John M. Burts were parents of two sons, John Matt, Jr. and James Warren, who died in 1891. John Matt Burt, Jr. (1887-1953) served in the Navy prior to World War I and sailed around the world with the Great White Fleet. He married Bessie Lee Allsup, daughter of Andrew and Margaret Allsup, and they had five children: Andrew Matt, Fane Lee, Margaret Maehulda (Gaver), Frederica Charlotte (Wyatt), and Britton A. The Burt brothers who came to Kimble were sons of Dr. John Smith Burt and Helen McElroy Burt. Their grandfather was Hewitt Burt, who served in the War of 1812 and was a member of the first Territorial Legislature of Arkansas. His father, John, was a member of the House of Burgesses in Virginia and served in the Revolutionary War.