Elbert J. BURDEN
Public Member Trees - Ancestry.com
Michigan Death and Burial Index, 1867-1995 (Ancestry.com)
U.S. Civil War Draft Registration Records, 1863-1865
1870 Census Geneva, Van Buren, Michigan, page 359A
1880 Census Cheshire, Allegan, Michigan, page 369A, E.D. 22
NAME: Samantha aka Martha, listed as Martha in 1850 census (with younger sister Martha) and in Marriage records. Listed as Jane in Census records with husband. Listed as Samantha in death record of child and in her own death record.
NOTE: not found 1880 or 1900 censuses
He married Samantha Jane Smith 10 Apr 1853 at Grant, Indiana . Samantha Jane Smith was born at Harlan, Kentucky 1834 daughter of David Smith and Martha Treadway .
They were the parents of 9
children:
LeRoy Burden
born Jan 1855.
Sarah E. Burden
born 1856.
Martha Burden
born 1857.
John David Burden
born 14 Aug 1859.
Alice Jane Burden
born Feb 1865.
Elbert James Burden
born Feb 1865.
Mahala Burden
born 3 Sep 1867.
Hattie J. Burden
born Feb 1870.
Charles Henry Burden
born 1872.
Samantha Jane Smith died 4 Apr 1892 at Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan .