Heman Burr, born about 1781 in Connecticut, married Hannah Parker, born about 1804 in Vermont. The Burrs settled in Connecticut and began a family. Sarah Ann Burr was born in 1822, David Solomon Burr in 1823. But the family had the westward itch, and they moved west to northwestern Pennsylvania settling in Jamestown, Mercer County, a small town just a few miles from the Ohio border on the Pymatuning River.
Eventually the Burr children grew up and married. Sarah Ann married Thomas Jefferson Headley on July 21, 1836 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania but settled in Johnston, Ohio and began a family. "Daughter Burr" married Henry Whitsell around 1837 and moved a bit farther west (to Indiana) where they too began a family. Finally, David Solomon Burr married Nancy North in 1840, settled down on a farm next door to his parents in Johnston, Ohio and began his family.
Wisconsin had been pretty much closed to settlement until 1832 due to hostilities with the local Indian tribes. With the conclusion of the Blackhawk Indian war in that year, the territory opened to settlers. Lead in huge quantities was discovered in the southwestern corner of the territory, primarily in Grant County. By 1840 a boom was in effect. Mines were popping up everywhere and labor was needed. Grant County was supplying half the lead needs of the United States. By 1848 there were enough people in Wisconsin, the majority of whom were living in the southwest corner, to enable Wisconsin to apply for statehood.
In the summer of 1845 Sarah Ann Burr and her husband Thomas Headley made the move from Ohio to southwestern Wisconsin, joining the Whitsells in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
David Solomon and Nancy Burr were the last of the family to move. Working with genealogical records, we can conclude that Nancy and David Solomon Burr made their move from Ohio to Wisconsin somewhere between 1852 and 1854.
All three families, the Headleys, the Whitsells, and the Burrs would find their way to Council Bluffs, Iowa in the spring of 1854 to start the overland journey to Oregon. Not all of them would survive it.
David Solomon Burr died of cholera near Fort Laramie, Wyoming and was buried alongside the Oregon Trail.
Children
Lewis Burr b. abt 1844 OH
Emily Burr b. abt 1845 OH
Mariah Angelina Burr b. 27 Aug 1847 OH
Lynus Burr b.Dec 1850 OH
Samuel Burr b. Jan 1852 OH
Sarah Burr b. 1854 on the Oregon Trail
Eventually the Burr children grew up and married. Sarah Ann married Thomas Jefferson Headley on July 21, 1836 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania but settled in Johnston, Ohio and began a family. "Daughter Burr" married Henry Whitsell around 1837 and moved a bit farther west (to Indiana) where they too began a family. Finally, David Solomon Burr married Nancy North in 1840, settled down on a farm next door to his parents in Johnston, Ohio and began his family.
Wisconsin had been pretty much closed to settlement until 1832 due to hostilities with the local Indian tribes. With the conclusion of the Blackhawk Indian war in that year, the territory opened to settlers. Lead in huge quantities was discovered in the southwestern corner of the territory, primarily in Grant County. By 1840 a boom was in effect. Mines were popping up everywhere and labor was needed. Grant County was supplying half the lead needs of the United States. By 1848 there were enough people in Wisconsin, the majority of whom were living in the southwest corner, to enable Wisconsin to apply for statehood.
In the summer of 1845 Sarah Ann Burr and her husband Thomas Headley made the move from Ohio to southwestern Wisconsin, joining the Whitsells in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
David Solomon and Nancy Burr were the last of the family to move. Working with genealogical records, we can conclude that Nancy and David Solomon Burr made their move from Ohio to Wisconsin somewhere between 1852 and 1854.
All three families, the Headleys, the Whitsells, and the Burrs would find their way to Council Bluffs, Iowa in the spring of 1854 to start the overland journey to Oregon. Not all of them would survive it.
David Solomon Burr died of cholera near Fort Laramie, Wyoming and was buried alongside the Oregon Trail.
Children
Lewis Burr b. abt 1844 OH
Emily Burr b. abt 1845 OH
Mariah Angelina Burr b. 27 Aug 1847 OH
Lynus Burr b.Dec 1850 OH
Samuel Burr b. Jan 1852 OH
Sarah Burr b. 1854 on the Oregon Trail
Heman Burr, born about 1781 in Connecticut, married Hannah Parker, born about 1804 in Vermont. The Burrs settled in Connecticut and began a family. Sarah Ann Burr was born in 1822, David Solomon Burr in 1823. But the family had the westward itch, and they moved west to northwestern Pennsylvania settling in Jamestown, Mercer County, a small town just a few miles from the Ohio border on the Pymatuning River.
Eventually the Burr children grew up and married. Sarah Ann married Thomas Jefferson Headley on July 21, 1836 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania but settled in Johnston, Ohio and began a family. "Daughter Burr" married Henry Whitsell around 1837 and moved a bit farther west (to Indiana) where they too began a family. Finally, David Solomon Burr married Nancy North in 1840, settled down on a farm next door to his parents in Johnston, Ohio and began his family.
Wisconsin had been pretty much closed to settlement until 1832 due to hostilities with the local Indian tribes. With the conclusion of the Blackhawk Indian war in that year, the territory opened to settlers. Lead in huge quantities was discovered in the southwestern corner of the territory, primarily in Grant County. By 1840 a boom was in effect. Mines were popping up everywhere and labor was needed. Grant County was supplying half the lead needs of the United States. By 1848 there were enough people in Wisconsin, the majority of whom were living in the southwest corner, to enable Wisconsin to apply for statehood.
In the summer of 1845 Sarah Ann Burr and her husband Thomas Headley made the move from Ohio to southwestern Wisconsin, joining the Whitsells in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
David Solomon and Nancy Burr were the last of the family to move. Working with genealogical records, we can conclude that Nancy and David Solomon Burr made their move from Ohio to Wisconsin somewhere between 1852 and 1854.
All three families, the Headleys, the Whitsells, and the Burrs would find their way to Council Bluffs, Iowa in the spring of 1854 to start the overland journey to Oregon. Not all of them would survive it.
David Solomon Burr died of cholera near Fort Laramie, Wyoming and was buried alongside the Oregon Trail.
Children
Lewis Burr b. abt 1844 OH
Emily Burr b. abt 1845 OH
Mariah Angelina Burr b. 27 Aug 1847 OH
Lynus Burr b.Dec 1850 OH
Samuel Burr b. Jan 1852 OH
Sarah Burr b. 1854 on the Oregon Trail
Eventually the Burr children grew up and married. Sarah Ann married Thomas Jefferson Headley on July 21, 1836 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania but settled in Johnston, Ohio and began a family. "Daughter Burr" married Henry Whitsell around 1837 and moved a bit farther west (to Indiana) where they too began a family. Finally, David Solomon Burr married Nancy North in 1840, settled down on a farm next door to his parents in Johnston, Ohio and began his family.
Wisconsin had been pretty much closed to settlement until 1832 due to hostilities with the local Indian tribes. With the conclusion of the Blackhawk Indian war in that year, the territory opened to settlers. Lead in huge quantities was discovered in the southwestern corner of the territory, primarily in Grant County. By 1840 a boom was in effect. Mines were popping up everywhere and labor was needed. Grant County was supplying half the lead needs of the United States. By 1848 there were enough people in Wisconsin, the majority of whom were living in the southwest corner, to enable Wisconsin to apply for statehood.
In the summer of 1845 Sarah Ann Burr and her husband Thomas Headley made the move from Ohio to southwestern Wisconsin, joining the Whitsells in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
David Solomon and Nancy Burr were the last of the family to move. Working with genealogical records, we can conclude that Nancy and David Solomon Burr made their move from Ohio to Wisconsin somewhere between 1852 and 1854.
All three families, the Headleys, the Whitsells, and the Burrs would find their way to Council Bluffs, Iowa in the spring of 1854 to start the overland journey to Oregon. Not all of them would survive it.
David Solomon Burr died of cholera near Fort Laramie, Wyoming and was buried alongside the Oregon Trail.
Children
Lewis Burr b. abt 1844 OH
Emily Burr b. abt 1845 OH
Mariah Angelina Burr b. 27 Aug 1847 OH
Lynus Burr b.Dec 1850 OH
Samuel Burr b. Jan 1852 OH
Sarah Burr b. 1854 on the Oregon Trail
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