Court of Common Pleas Richard Burnett Date of Death--1938 December 9th Condition (Married, Single or Widowed) --[He was married] Age--Years 1861 Months 4 Days 25 Place of Death Guyan Township Place of Birth -- Occupation -- Father -- Mother-- Color white Cause of Death chronic dilation of heart Last Place of Residence Gallia County, Ohio Record of Deaths Vol. 4 Page 42
Note: Mec was one of the cleanest women that ever lived--similar to Aunt Welth only bigger. Her hair was pulled straight back with a knot in the back. She had grey-blue eyes and brownish hair. She was about 82 years old when she died.
She became senile and was looked after by Goldie and Aunt Mary's boys. A Mrs. Brown from Crown City stayed with her. She quilted--stayed a winter or so.
Mec was big-boned and fair.
They crates and crates of eggs to sell.
She had a dandy garden. She called raspberries "rahs burries."
Note: Grandma was one of the cleanest women that ever lived. She looked similar to Aunt Welth, but bigger. Her hair was pulled straight back with a knot in the back. She had blue-grey eyes and brownish hair. When she became senile Goldie and Aunt Mary's boys looked after her. A Mrs. Brown from Crown City stayed with her for a winter or so. Mrs. Brown quilted. Grandma had crates and crates of eggs to sell. She had a dandy garden. She said, "r'ahs'burries"!
Mamie: I remember going to one of those Associations. We all took our food and went there. They invite a crowd. Somebody would kill a cow or a calf. People would come from everyplace to the church. I loved to see Grandma up in front. Once she did washing of the feet.
Blaine: For Association meetings they had a 24 foot long table just full of grub. They would kill a fat lamb every morning. Just be oodles of people coming in there for dinner and to church. Grandpa had all kinds of eats. The biggest hogs--he'd smoke them in the smoke house. Ham & eggs & gravy & biscuits!
Mamie: They were immaculate housekeepers and good cooks. Everybody wore long dresses to the floor in those days. You could trust everybody in those days. We were raised on beans.
The staples they had to buy were sugar, Arbuckle coffee and salt & pepper.
Note: "When we visited Aunt Mec we had a good time. I always loved to go to her house. She would make biscuits that big [as a saucer]! That good old cow butter on those biscuits! The drippings we called "dirty gravy". Your biscuits soaked up that grease.
"What we had for Christmas. We would set the table on Christmas morning, and Mom & Dad would put candy on our plates, and that was Christmas."
Note: Grandma Burnett was an active woman. She stayed at home after Grandpa died. Across the road from her house was a little stream which she called the "branch". She would clean out the branch from anything that would hinder it, ie rocks, etc. She was a strong woman: she did churning, etc. When she rocked [in the rocking chair] she really rocked with her heels together. She never complained about anything.
She was super-clean. She would rub and rub her milk crocks. It always smelled sweet in her cellar. She had shelves of thing she had canned during the summer. She stuffed sausage into homemade muslin casings. As for the laundry, she boiled the clothes in copper boilers.
Note: Grandma was at Honey Holler when Uncle Gory was just a little baby. She would be gone all day so she'd say, "If that young'n gets hungry, you take him to a neighbor's for a nurse. So as soon as she left, they took Gory to the neighbors, but he refused to nurse. He pushed back because he wasn't hungry.
Note: Mec liked fun. Dick would tell something funny, then he'd say "Now, Mec, it's your turn." She would tell something funny. She would do anything for fun. When soap powder first came out, Dick thought it was cereal and fixed himself some for breakfast!
Memories
Note: Aunt Welth was called "Dite". Dick's drinking something, not whiskey. He's crazier than a loon. The next morning, he'd be out there whistling. "What you been drinking?" I've been drinking Nervine but don't you tell Mec.
Note: Mrs. Brown was the woman who looked after Mec Burnett in her old age. Eloise Niday Brown said that the quilting probably was what kept her sane.
BIRTHDAY BIOGRAPHIES by Harry R. Hurn Monday, Nov. 7, the oldest person in Crown City, Mrs. Louvenia Brown, widow of Andy Brown of Gallipolis, quietly celebrated her 77th birthday. She came to the village with her parents, the late David E. and Elizabeth Chase Spurlock Creek in Cabell County, W.Va., at the tender age of eight years. Her father was the village blacksmith in Crown City for 50 years. Of a family of 11 children she and a brother, Asa C. Spurlock of Huntington, are the only survivors. Her first husband was William J. Rankin, whom she married in 1891, and she has an only son, Chuncey E. Rankin of Huntington. Early in life Mrs. Brown became a seamstress, and almost continuously has since engaged in that avocation from morning until night. Within a period of seven years at her present home she has completed 68 quilts and comforts and hooked countless rugs and other woven articles in addition to myriads of pieces of wearing apparel.
Citation Details: Death Record, Gallipolis, Ohio 20 Nov. 1978.
Note: America F. Burnett died in 1943 December 27th, widowed. She was 80 years 3 months and 6 days old. She died in Gallipolis, Ohio; she was born in Guyan Township. Her occupation was that of housewife. Her father was Gory W. Sheets and her mother Elizabeth Ann Mart. She was white. Cause of death was "cerebrial hemorrhage." Last place of residence was Mercerville, Gallia Co., Ohio.
Gallipolis--Mrs. America F. Burdette, widow of R. W. Burdette, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Goldie Niday, Monday evening, where she had been brough[t] from her own home near Mercerville three weeks ago to be cared for by her daughter. She was born on Oct. 21, 1863, and had been a life-long resident of Guyan Township.
Surviving children, in addition to Mrs. Niday, are: Mrs. W.W. Fife and Mrs. Frank Stevers, of Columbus; Ralph Burnette, Middleport; Truman F. Burnmette, Kanauga; Guy M. Burnette, U.S. Navy; and Mrs. Stanley Thornton, Crown City. There are twenty-two grandchildren of whom five are in the armed forces, and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock in the Mercerville Church by Rev. Jennings Cremeens, with burial in Mound Hill Cemetery.
[There are so many mistakes in this article, most significantly America's name!]
Note: Mrs. Burnette, 80, Died Mon. P.M. At Niday Home
Rites Thursday Mercerville; Burial At Mound Hill
Mrs. America F. Burnette, widow of R.W. Burnette, died at 4:50 p.m. Monday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Goldie Niday, on Garfield Ave.
After suffering a stroke three weeks ago, Mrs. Burnette was brought from her own home west of Mercerville to the Niday home, and was tenderly cared for by her loved ones. Her death was the result of subsequent strokes. She was in her 81st year, having been born Oct. 21, 1863, and had been a life-long resident of Guyan Twp.
Mrs. Burnette was a daughter of Gory W. and Eliza Mart Sheets. She was one of 10 children, five of whom survive: Eura Sheets, Crown City; Herbert Sheets, Gallipolis; Mrs. Bertha McComas and James Sheets, Huntington, and Mrs. Joe Garlic, Platform.
Mrs. Burnette's children, in addition to Mrs. Niday, are Mrs. W. W. Fite and Mrs. Frank Stevers, Columbus; Ralph Burnette, Middleport; Truman F. Burnette, near Kanauga; Gory M. Burnette, U.S. Navy; Mrs. Stanley Thornton, Crown City. There are 22 grandchildren, of whom five are in the armed services, and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral will be held at 2 o'clock (slow time) Thursday at the Mercerville Church, with burial in Mound Hill Cemetery by C. R. Halley. Rev. Jennings Cremeens will officiate. The body will be brought by Mr. Halley to the Niday home at 6 o'clock this evening.
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