I had the great fun of working with a young 16 year old girl who is greatly desirous of helping build her family tree. I was looking over her shoulder as she worked. A name caught my eye, Sarah Kessiah (Kizzie) Burleson who married John "Link" Hughes. I have several Kessiah's in my tree and I knew if they were Burleson in Texas the chances of tying into the same tree was better than 90 percent. I went to work. Sure enough, Moses Burleson was the father of Mary Ann Burleson who married my William B Self and the father of William Russell Burleson who was Sarah's grandfather. That makes my young 16 year old friend and I, 1st cousins 4th removed. I love it when a search comes together.This was the tombstone I wanted to work on, oops...haven't gotten it done yet. I am grateful to at least have her tombstone. Wish it was a picture.Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Tombstone Tuesday: New Cousins in the Burleson Line
I had the great fun of working with a young 16 year old girl who is greatly desirous of helping build her family tree. I was looking over her shoulder as she worked. A name caught my eye, Sarah Kessiah (Kizzie) Burleson who married John "Link" Hughes. I have several Kessiah's in my tree and I knew if they were Burleson in Texas the chances of tying into the same tree was better than 90 percent. I went to work. Sure enough, Moses Burleson was the father of Mary Ann Burleson who married my William B Self and the father of William Russell Burleson who was Sarah's grandfather. That makes my young 16 year old friend and I, 1st cousins 4th removed. I love it when a search comes together.This was the tombstone I wanted to work on, oops...haven't gotten it done yet. I am grateful to at least have her tombstone. Wish it was a picture.
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