Notes for Frances (Frank) Wesley BURNS

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Captain Robert Brown
1809 – 1894

Notes for Frances (Frank) Wesley BURNS

Notes for Francis Wesley"Frank" Burns:
Obituary in Ft. Fairfield Review Feb. 18, 1925, No. 11, Vol. 66, Page 3.

"Burns - In Ft. Fairfield, Saturday morning February 14, Frank Wesley Burns Sr., aged 75 years eight months and two days."

New England Families Genealogical and Memorial Vol. I states Frank was born in Andover, and moved to Ft. Fairfield, Maine at the age of twenty. He learned the trade of harnessmaker and followed it for seven years. He then engaged in business and had a livery stable until July 1, 1913. At the time the source was written he spent thirty years farming about a mile outside Ft. Fairfield, some two hundred acres of land cultivated. He was a Republican. From 1878 - 1883 he was sheriff of Aroostook county and was a deputy collector and inspector of customs for 16(+) yearsAttendee of the Congregational church. He was a member of the Aroostook Valley Grange, No.485, Patrons of Husbandry, and of Eastern Frontier Lodge, No.112, Free and Accepted Masons. Married three times.

Source New England Families #2 cd 159

He married his first wife Eliza N. Slocumb Dec 21, 1873 at Caribou Maine. He married his second wife Mary Elizabeth ( Slocomb) Collins, widow of Henry Collins of Fort Fair Field, Maine. sister of his first wife. He married his third wife Annie Perry

Record of Death, Frank Wesley Burns, p.1, Record of DeathPlace of Death: Fort Fairfield, MEStreet:Name: Frank W. BurnsHow Long a Resident: 65 yearsPrevious Residence: Andover, NBSex: M Color: W Married, Single....: MDeceased was husband of: Annie Percy (Perry)Date of Birth: Year: 1849 Month: 6 Day: 2Age: Years 75 Months: 8 Days: 2Occupation: FarmerPlace of Birth: Andover, NBName of Father: William BurnsBirth place of Father: North q IrelandOccupation: FarmerMaiden Name of Mother: Adelaide ?(possibly: Mapley, Murphy, Lucapley)Birth place of Mother: Andover, NBName of Informant: Mrs. Fr. BurnsDate of Death: Year: 1925 Month 2 Day: 14Cause of Death: Insanity dementia senileDuration: Several MonthsContributing cause: Injury received several years agoNote: Was employed as a customs officer years ago. Was clbbed severely one night while performing his duties by a smuggler.

The following is from howlandburns genealogy from Alan Libby (The numbers are from his end notes) :

388. Compiled under supervision of William Richard Cutter, A.M., New England Families Genealogical and Memorial Vol. I, 61, (III) Frank W. BURNS, son William Henry burns, was born June 12, 1849, in Andover, New Brunswick, and came to Fort Fairfield to live when he was twenty years old. He learned the trade of harnessmaker and followed it for seven years. He then engaged in business and had a livery stable until July 1, 1913. For the past thirty years he has also followed farming.. His place is about a mile from the village of Fort Fairfield, and comprises of two hundred acres of land, most of which is under cultivation. In politics he is a Republican. From 1878 to 1883 he was sheriff of Aroostook county and he is now deputy collector and inspector of customs, an office he has held for the past sixteen years. He atttends the Congregational church. He is a member of Aroostook Valley Grange, No. 485, Patrons of Husbandry, and of Eastern Frontier Lodge, No. 112, Free and Accepted Masons. He married (first) December 21, 1873, at Caribou, Maine, Eliza N. Slocomb, born at St. Francis, St. John, New Brunswick, 1855, died at Fort Fairfield, August 9, 1903. He married (second) January, 1994, Mary Elizabeth (Slocomb) Collins, widow of Henry Collins of Fort Fairfield, a hotel proprietor, sister of his first wife. She was born at St. Francis, New Brunswick, October 10, 1849, died at Fort Fairfield, July 2, 1910. He married (third) Annie P. Perry, born at St, john, 1867. Children all born at Fort Fairfield, by first wife: I. William Edgar, born 1874, died aged two years and a half. 2. Harry P., born 1876; married Amanda Brown of Andover; he is a farmer at Fort Fairfield. 3. William B., born February 14, 1878; deputy collector and inspector of customs; married Cora Barnes; resides at Mars Hill. 4. Pearl, born December 21, 1880; married Rev. David L. Wilson, native of england, now in charge of the Congregational Church at Belfast, Maine. 5. Caleb Edgar, born 1882; resides in the Hawaiian Islands; employed by the Baldwin Sugar Cane Syndicate; married (first) Grace Valentine.....

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