Family History and Genealogy
This is part of an occasional series in which I process information from a book called Marriage and Death Notices from Extant Asheville, N. C. Newspapers 1840-1870 An Index. I consulted this book last year at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. I have lots of people from in and around Asheville, so […]
I‘ve been working through a book I found at the Family History Library called Marriage and Death Notices from Extant Asheville, N. C. Newspapers 1840-1870 An Index, going through page by page and analyzing the information found. Today, I reviewed several pages, which included Alexander, Brooksher, Burgin, Cunningham, Davidson, Deboard, Hemphill, and Lytle (there were more names, but these […]
Dulia Smith was born on 12 March 1847 in Kentucky. Her name appears a variety of different ways in the records: Dulcina, Dollie, Dullie, Dulia. Her grave marker reads “Dulia,” so I’m using that for this post. She married Joseph Lytle Burgin, son of Merritt Burgin and Susannah Adeline Lytle. I haven’t done extensive research […]
Recently, I received a sharing invitation from a 23andMe autosomal DNA match. I responded in the affirmative and asked the sender for a copy of her gedcom, so that I could try to figure out the genealogical connection. Instead, she figured it out for us! Cousin M. and I are predicted as 3rd to 4th […]
Joseph Lytle Burgin was born 30 Aug 1846, probably in McDowell County, North Carolina. He appeared on the 1850 and 1860 censuses in the household of his parents, Merritt Burgin and Susannah Adeline Lytle. He died 23 Mar 1927 in Old Fort, North Carolina. Sometime before 1880, he married Dulcina and had two children, Mollie […]
Last week’s Tombstone Tuesday post was about James A. and Dora Burgin. Tragically, they lost a son who was just shy of manhood and he is the focus of today’s post. Eula Herman Burgin was born 11 December 1910 in Old Fort, North Carolina. He died on 28 March 1928 at the age of 17 […]
James A. Burgin was born 29 Jun 1876, likely in McDowell County, North Carolina. He died 11 Jul 1942 and is buried at Bethel-Cherry Springs Cemetery. James was the son of Joseph Lytle Burgin and Dulcina (MNU) Burgin. He appeared in their household on the 1880 census, along with an older sister, Mollie G. James […]
Robert M. Burgin was born 21 Apr 1833 in North Carolina, the son of Josiah B. Burgin. He died 10 Apr 1913. Robert married Sallie E. Mann. I don’t know who Sallie’s parents were, but she had a sister named Elizabeth. Sallie was born 15 Oct 1843 in North Carolina and died 17 Jan 1915. […]
Rufus B. Burgin was born 9 Aug 1847, likely in McDowell County, North Carolina. He was the son of Jesse and Rosamond Burgin. Rufus fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War. He died 5 Jan 1898 and is buried at Bethel UMC-Cherry Springs Cemetery in McDowell County. Rufus’ grandparents were John Burgin and Elizabeth […]
John Lytle was born 26 Jan 1820, probably in Burke County, North Carolina, to George Lytle and Ann Clark. The purpose of this post is to document the research done to date and to note any future research that should be pursued. Research thus far has focused on compiled sources and census records from 1850 […]
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