> > I have a genealogy puzzle that I have been trying to solve for several years. Yesterday, I drove to Canton, Illinois and looked through their archive newspaper microfilm and came across an article >in the Canton Register of Canton, Illinois for Friday, November 15, 1872 : > > Died > At Kingston Mines, Peoria County, on the 29th ultimately of typhoid >fever, Laura A., wife of Frank T. Burgett, aged 25 years. Deceased was >a niece of Col. Moore, of Havana, and was a lady greatly beloved by >all her acquaintances. She left a husband and young babe, but three >weeks old, which is now with her husband's family in Lewistown. We >tender our friend Burgett our heartfelt sympathies in his bereavement. > >The lady who died was LAURA A. TRENT. She was married to FRANKLIN >THOMAS BURGETT on May 4, 1871 in Mason County, Illinois. > >FRANKLIN was born October 26, 1845 and died March 24, 1875. He was a >son of DANIEL AZRO and ADELINE ( MYRON ) BURGETT of Lewistown, Fulton >County, Illinois. > >DANIEL and ADELINE took in the three week old newborn of their son, >Franklin. FRANKLIN then died himself on March 24, 1875. The baby would >have been 2 1/2 years old at the time of the Franklin's death. The >newspaper article does not say the name or sex of the baby. > >I have been searching for the birth parents of my husband's >grandfather ( Albert Mitchell Miller ). He was born on October 12, >1872 in Canton, Fulton County, Illinois. He never knew who his birth >parents were as his mother died when he was 3 weeks old from typhoid >fever and his father died when he was young. ( The dates of Frank & >Laura Trent Burgett match perfectly with what Albert had been told ). >He was raised by Wells and Mary J. (King) Hickman but kept the name >Albert Mitchell Miller ( although I have no idea why this couple >raised him OR how Albert came by this name ). Fulton County, Illinois >does not have birth records prior to 1875 and I have been searching in >vain for Albert's birth parents. > >This may be a weak link to finding my grandfather - in law's heritage, >but I am hopeful that someone might have some information or possible >leads for me to check out. > >Thank - You for your time and assistance. > >Carolyn J. Miller millercw@winco.net > >