Obituary: Adams County, Wisconsin: Mary A. BURNHAM

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Submitted by Joan Benner, <jmbenner@tznet.com> May 2005

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From the Adams County Press, Volume XXVII Number 40, Saturday March 17,
1888, Page 4

DIED--BURNHAM--At the residence of her son, T. G. BURNHAM, in the town of
Jackson, Adams county Wisconsin, March 12th, 1888, Mary A., wife of David
BURNHAM, and aged 85 years.

Mrs. BURNHAM, whose maiden name was Mary A. GRAVES, was born in Sunderland,
Massachusetts, March 10, 1803. On the 31st of December, 1822, she was
married to David BURNHAM (who survives her), and they removed to Oneida
county New York.

In 1831 she united with the Methodist Episcopal church and remained during
all her life a consistent member of that organization.

The family removed from New York to Walworth county, Wisconsin, in 1844,
and from the latter place to Adams county in November, 1855, settling in
the town of Jackson.

The deceased leaves a son who resides in Nebraska, and a daughter, Mrs. S.
T. EMERY, in Kansas, and a son and daughter here in Adams county.

Mrs. BURNHAM was an excellent example of the New England woman, possessing
great good sense, strong convictions of right and duty, perseverance and
energy, coupled with all those attributes that grace and bless the home of
the devoted wife and mother.