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    1. Re: [MoRandolph] KY to MO
    2. donna
    3. Laura..did you geet my e-mail? Donna Burton ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 10:40 AM Subject: Re: [MoRandolph] KY to MO > Hi. I just signed on after a month off. I visited the burial site of > Elijah and Mary (Polly) Burris Burton last Memorial Day weekend. There > were four > stones there, but only two stones are visible at this time. I will have > to > check my photos to remember which two. Angelina is buried there with her > child. I believe someone told me that she died in childbirth and she was > indeed > buried with her baby boy. I don't remember for sure, but I don't think > we > were able to determine who the other burials were at that site. One > stone is > broken off at the ground and it, along with one other, is buried in the > dirt. > > This burial site was on the family farm. It is now in the middle of a > huge > field, protected only by some metal stakes and a small tree to mark it. > The > owners were kind enough to take us out there in a huge F-350. I can > guarantee you that even my old car wouldn't have made it over the dirt > clods in that > plowed field!! My mom got a terrible case of poison something without > even > leaving the truck! > > If you are interested in more, I took photos of what we could see. > Contact > me off the list and I'll dig them up. Also, I have some Kimbrough info > that > was included with another of my family lines, Turner. I don't have any > specific info on the Kimbrough family, but they intermarried with my > Turners and > of course, the Burton and Burris families. I'm rearranging my office > right > now, but remind me and I will get that to anyone who wants. Laura > [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > > > ==== MORANDOL Mailing List ==== > Questions for the List Administrator? > Send them to Leslie at [email protected] > >

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