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Peter Simon Burns

22 Nov 1836 – 12 Nov 1904

Birth	22 Nov 1836
Death	12 Nov 1904
Cemetery	Woodlawn Cemetery Grady County , Oklahoma , USA
Added by	Clara SoRelle Perry on 10 Jul 2009
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33688926

Bio

PETER was the son of FRANCIS MARION AND MILCAH ASHLEY BURNS. He had 4 brothers ,SANFORD, JAMES, JIM ,RICHARD and 3 sister's MARGARET, JANE AND MARY. PETER married MARY ELIZABETH CROFT on December 23, 1859. They had 7 sons WILLIAM FRANKLIN, JOHN PETER, CHARLES HENRY, JAMES WESLEY, LEO, ALBERT LEE AND DANIEL TWITTY. THE BURNS Community was named for Peter. PETER SIMON, enlisted 27 Jul 1862 in Company B of the 12th Alabama Cavalry in Blountsville by W. H. Hundley on muster roll dated 27 Jul 1862 at Falkville in Morgan County; muster roll from 30 Apr to 30 Jun 1864 reported he enlisted at Gadsden by P. M. Musgrove, absent without leave part of the time since he enlisted with his Company in East Tennessee; is now Wagoner; on muster roll from 30 Jun to 31 Dec 1864; no further record. Peter's brother SANFORD died at the Battle of Shiloh on April 6,1862.

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Family

Parents

• Francis Marion "Frank" Burns 1813–1896 FaG
• Milcah Ashley Burns 1814–1897 FaG

Spouse

• Mary Elizabeth Croft Burns 1837–1906

Siblings

• John Bennett Burns 1832–1912 FaG
• Sanford Nathaniel Burns 1840–1862 FaG
• Jane Lindsey Burns Croft 1847–1928 FaG
• Mary Louise/Louiza Burns Milner 1857–1937 FaG
• James Marion Burns 1862–1911 FaG

Children

• William Franklin Burns 1860–1945
• John Peter Burns 1863–1951
• Charles Henry Burns 1867–1937
• James Wesley Burns 1870–1952
• Leonidas P. "Lonnie" Burns 1872–1918
• Albert Lee Burns 1875–1944
• Daniel Twitty Burns 1877–1949

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