"Reflections of Grand River, Iowa 1881-1981" p. 164 The Francis Burchett Family My Great-Grandfather Ackeles Burchett was born in Clairborn County, Tennessee, in 1825 and remained there until a young man. He met and married Leah Jane Anderson, January 25, 1846. They migrated to Greene County, Ind., in 1849 and from there on to Decatur Co., Iowa, in 1852, where they settled as farmers. My grandfather, William Burchett, nicknamed "Wild Bill" was one of eight children. He married Sara Dietrick while in Ia., but later they moved to Oklahoma where my father Francis Ackeles Burchett, one of ten children, was born, May 8, 1890. Grandfather William Burchett lived in Okla. until my father was eight years of age, then they moved back to Iowa and settled a farm in Clarke County. My father, Francis, grew up on this farm and had many interesting stories to tell about his childhood. One story, I vividly remember him telling, was how he and his six brothers would slip eggs out of the henhouse each Easter to see who would have the most eggs on Easter morning. Somehow Grandfather William would always manage to watch where his sons hid their eggs, and he always managed to see that Grandma got her eggs. Furthermore, he never told his sons not to rob the hen's nests at Easter. Father met and married Addie Elizabeth Woods, the daughter of David Timothy Woods and Dorothea Ellen Boles (1853-1932). Very little is known about Grandfather Woods. Grandmother Wood's parents, my great grandparents, were Sarah Gilmore (137-1892) and William Boles (1810-1895). Our maternal great-great grandparents, Thomas (1810-1901) and Dorothea Young Gilmore, (1810-1864) came from Bristol, Eng., and settled in Ohio. My parents, Francis and Addie Burchett settled in Richland Twp., Decatur Co., Ia. ......... Copied by Stacey McDowell Dietiker August 10, 2005