Kim, Monroe county Oh is right next to Belmont, actually it was formed from parts of Belmont so if your Burris went to Belmont in the early 1800's, that area may have been in the part that became Mon co. I have buried at the Calais Cemetery, Calais, OH, Mon Co these tombstone entries: John 1810-1898 Thomas** 1896 Joseph. L 1842-1926 Willie A.his wife 1850-1916 Thomas M. 1872-1890 In the GRAVESTONE INSCRIPTIONS CALAIS CEMETERY book that I am looking at, there is a double space as above between Willie and Thomas M so don't know if that had something to do with the way the graves were arranged or not. I also have this about John: Perhaps John was Mary's grandfather. If he was born in 1810, and she was born in 1873 that would have made him 63. However this clipping from the MONROE COUNTY OHIO NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS book, p 43 does not mention her: 13 Oct 1898: Burris John, born Mifflin Co PA 4 Apr 1810, to Noble Co OH at age 19y, married Louhana Carpenter about 1831, she died in Tyler Co, WV at age 77y , 6 children: 2 sons & 4 daughters - Wm died when 8y, Mrs. Rosanna Powell died in Davis twp in Noble Co OH, Mrs Louvina McKee died in MO in 1878, Mrs. Sarah Bishop lives in MO, Joseph M lives near Calais where John died 16 October, buried Calais Cemetery. I had thought that the "Thomas 1896" tombstone in the Calais Cemetery next to "John 1810-1898" could have been his grandson Thomas who was born and died in 1896, the son of Mary Adelia Burris and Thomas Leroy Latta. Mary and Tom had married 4 Oct 1894. Yet Mary is not listed in the article above. Mary and her husband Thomas are also buried in this cemetery in the Latta plot, but there is no baby there. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Shutway" <rootbound@1st.net> To: <OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [OHBELMON-L] "Belmont County Brick Wall" > I have been following a Burris line in Belmont Co. too. I can first > locate them in Harrison Co., VA (then WV). They moved from Harrison Co. > to Tyler Co., WV early in the 1800s. The line I've followed came to > Belmont Co. and lived in the Bellaire area. > The name was originally Burrows. > If you think this might be your line, contact me for more info and we'll > see if we can connect the two. > Kim > > maryfmyers wrote: > > >Hi, > > I also have a Belmont County, brick wall. I am searching for information on William Burris > >and Catherine Trout. > >William Burris was born 1805 supposedly in Virginia and married Catherine Trout 1826 in > >Bellaire, Belmont county, Ohio. > > The father of William was James Burris and the Father of Catherine was John Trout. . I do > >not know who the siblings of William were and I don't know anything about James except the > >listing on the marriage record of William & Catherine. Sarah Burris (my Great Grandmother), > >daughter of William & Catherine was born 1828. My Grandfather Sylvester was born September, > >1852 in Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio. I do not know who his father was. Sarah was unmarried > >at the time of his birth and also had a daughter named Tressa (Tryessa) older than > >Sylvester. . > > Sarah had 8 brothers and sisters, Margaret (m John Morton); Sylvester (m. Margaret A. > >Scales); Jacob (Martha Roswell); James (Elizabeth Dunfee); Elizabeth; Cynthia (Jacob Dunfee); > >Catherine (Robert Glasgow); and Mary (don't have information as to whether she married). > >I have census information for 1850 and 1860. Would like any other information on this > >family. I have searched and have been unable to find any information. > >Sincerely, > >Mary Myers. > > > > > > > > > >