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The children of W. E. and Nancy Burkett were:
Nancy Burkett Nash, Ellis, married Claudia Shields,
J. E. (Jim), married Katie McGee, (2) Nobie Shields;
Dave Burkett, married Lillie Stinson.
A Burkett General Merchandise Store was in
operation in Pine Mills for a long period of time. In the
early 1900's, or after the village of Peach became a
thriving sawmill and fruit-growing community, Dave
Burkett opened a store at that site.
W. E. and Nancy Burkett and many of their
descendants were buried in the Mount Pisgah
Cemetery.
Source: Imogene Burkett Martin and
Wood County Democrat Centen-
nial Edition
ISHAM BURNETT and his wife settled in east
Wood County in 1850. He was born circa 1796 in
Virginia, lived in Kentucky and Tennessee before com-
ing to Texas in 1840. His wife was Elizabeth Pruett
Burnett. They settled on the site later to be known as
the Stinson place, near Hainesville.
In 1853, Burnett erected a sawmill, and built a
pond later called Stinson's Pond. He ran the sawmill
and farmed at this site for several years.
Isham and Elizabeth Burnett were the parents of
15 children. He died in 1882 and was buried in Little
Hope Cemetery.RICHARD CALVIN BURNETT, son of Isham
and Elizabeth Burnett, born circa 1831 in Tennessee,
came to Wood County with his parents in 1850. He was
a farmer and was married to Martha Robbins in the
Little Hope Community. Burnett died of an illness
during the Civil War while in the Confederate service.
His daughter, Mary Elizabeth, born 11 February 1862,
married Z. Christopher Cox in the Little Hope Com-
munity 15 January 1880. Cox attended the wedding of
James Stephen Hogg and Sallie Stinson in the Stinson
home. Mary Elizabeth, unable to attend, was sent a
piece of the wedding cake.
The children of Z. C. and Mary E. Cox were:
Willie, married Rose Jemison
Susie, married Milo Cain
Arthur, married Johnnie Douglas
Cliffie, married Carl SutherlandMinnie, married Clifford Cain
Ida, married John Horton
Nellie, married (1) Moody Russell, (2) Frank
Derr
Harmon Z., died in infancy
WILLIAM ANDREW BURNS, a native of Wood
County, married Mary Ann (Becky) Carroll, born in
Tennessee, on 6 July 1879. A. Morrison, J. P., per-
formed the marriage ceremony. According to his
daughter, William A. Burns was born near the present
Hawkins area and worked at a sawmill owned by the
father of Becky Carroll Burns.
W. A. and Becky Burns continued to live in the
eastern section of Wood County, and she served as
mid-wife and nurse throughout the area. She is also
said to have saved the lives of numerous people and
animals by her ability to stop bleeding. She credited
Ezekiel 16:6 for this gift.
The children of William Andrew and Becky Burns
were:
William (Willie), married Nona Hardy
Hetty, married John Slayton
Lela Elizabeth, married John Willingham
Annie Lenora, married James Henry Richey
Beecher, married Myrtie Riddle
Carrie, married Sam Brown
William Andrew and Becky Burns were buried in
the Redland Cemetery.
Source: Annie Burns Richey, only sur-
viving child in 1975.PHIL BUTLER, born 6 May 1846 in Georgia,
came to Wood County in 1858 and settled near Adam
Butler who had come to the western part of the county
in 1853. Robert Butler also came in 1858 and settled at
Butler's Lake four miles of present Mineola.
Phillip Butler married Sallie Hendricks and they
were the parents of 9 children:
Robert L., married (1) Ella Holley; (2) Mrs.
Ollie Perrin
Ida, married -- Howard
Pate, did not marry
Dixie, married John Benton
Laura Alice, married Jack Lloyd
Effie, married Walter Lloyd
Ben F., married Pearl McCrary71
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