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Smith Hiram Obiff [Male] b. 15 SEP 1871 PICAYUNE, HANCOCK County, Ms. - d. 2 JUN 1968 Picayune, Ms.

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Thigpen Mary Lourinda [Female] b. 28 MAY 1880

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Title: ==Ruth Stockstill Walker

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Burks Eliza Jane [Female] b. 7 AUG 1843 Marion County, Ms. - d. 5 MAY 1923 Picayune, Pearl River, Ms.

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Burks Daniel [Male] b. 22 FEB 1805 South Carolina - d. 6 APR 1886 Marion County, Miss.

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Title: Sharon Smith- Polito Genforum

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Title: Sharon Smith- Polito Genforum

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SPRINGHILL CEMETERY Poplarville, Pearl River County, Ms
BURKS,Daniel [TOMBSTONE BROKEN - UNREADABLE]

Daniel Burks was one of eight sons born to John Randolph Burks and Margaret
McNeill and they formerly lived in Virginia. The other sons were John, Joseph,
Berryman, Roland, Randolph, Samuel and Buford all born in South Carolina. In
Bowling Green Kentucky in late 1811, they constructed a flatboat, loaded their
possessions and floated doun the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. While coming down
the Mississippi, the big earthquake of December 16, 1811 occurred and they lost
most of their belongings. The big depression north of Memphis in Tennessee
filled with water and caused the Mississippi River to run backwards four days
and filled what is now Reelfoot Lake. The family floated on down the Mississippi
to Natchez. In 1812, John, Roland, and Daniel enlisted on September 16th. in the
United States Army at Washington Mississippi, just north of Natchez. Daniel was
eight years old and a drummer boy in the 2nd. Infantry. The other brothers
Samuel, Randolph and Joseph also served in the army. Military Archives show some
of the Burks marched with Jackson from Mobile to the Battle of New Orleans. Two
of the brothers were captured by the British, put aboard a ship, and died of
Yellow Fever in Mobile Bay.
Daniel was also captured and put aboard a schooner in Mobile Bay to be shipped
as a prisoner of war to England. There was an old woman who was aboard ship
visiting. When the visitors were ask to take their under aged children off the
ship, she said, "Come on son," took Daniel's hand and walked him down ships
gangplank.. He couldn't have been over ten years old. Later, Bill Burks
observed, "We came a gnats behind of becoming Limey (a british seaman)."
The three Burks boys John, Roland and Daniel came to the Henleyfield - Bogalusa
area and applied for land bounties in 1817 for their brothers who died in the
War of 1812.
In 1824, Daniel married Virginia Jane Smith and raised ten children.
Source Daniel Burks of Picayune / "Juckers" Smith Family History compiled by
Velma Smith

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Smith Virginia Jane [Female] b. 11 FEB 1809 Marion County, Miss. - d. 20 JAN 1893 Marion County, Ms.

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SPRINGHILL CEMETERY Poplarville, Pearl River County, Ms
BURKS,Jane [11 FEB 1809] [20 JAN 1898] W/O Daniel

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Strahan Barbara Jean [Female] b. 27 JUN 1949 Pearl River County, Ms.

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Author: John H. "Buster" Strahan
Title: A Strahan Story

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Strahan Johnnie Sue [Female] b. 20 MAY 1947 Pearl River County, Ms.

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Author: John H. "Buster" Strahan
Title: A Strahan Story

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Warden Nancy [Female] b. MAY 1845 Louisiana

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Spiers Ellis Vanderbilt [Male] b. 23 MAY 1888 Picayune, Hancock County, Mississippi - d. 7 AUG 1966 Pearl River County, Mississippi

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In the 1920 Pearl River County, Ms. Census Ellis was listed as a 30 yr old housepainter living in beat 5 with his wife age 25. He lived near his uncle Andrew Jackson Spiers.

Ellis was raised by his grandparents Alex and Artimisia Spiers since his father died when he was a small child.

ellis had no children of their own but adopted a brother and sister from the Children's Home in Jackson.