Lucretia Burdick married James Frank Burns 25 SEP 1853 in Provo, UT, while in a wagon train heading from Kanesville (Council Bluffs), Iowa, to California. The Burdick famiy were Mormons and lingered in SLC due to a "sickness in the party." Though Kirtland Mormon Bishop, her father, Thomas, had doubts about the truth of his beliefs and may have objected to polygamy. The party then headed by the Spanish Trail and settled in San Gabriel where Frank Burns and the Burdicks ran a store near the Mission.
James Frank Burns had four children but only Thomas Edward Burns lived to adulthood.
Due to his philandering, Lucretia divorced Burns 16 DEC 1872 in Los Angeles County, CA. Burns left town for Nebraska, but then returned to LA, and did this several times eventually returning to stay.
James Frank Burns had four children but only Thomas Edward Burns lived to adulthood.
Due to his philandering, Lucretia divorced Burns 16 DEC 1872 in Los Angeles County, CA. Burns left town for Nebraska, but then returned to LA, and did this several times eventually returning to stay.
Lucretia Burdick married James Frank Burns 25 SEP 1853 in Provo, UT, while in a wagon train heading from Kanesville (Council Bluffs), Iowa, to California. The Burdick famiy were Mormons and lingered in SLC due to a "sickness in the party." Though Kirtland Mormon Bishop, her father, Thomas, had doubts about the truth of his beliefs and may have objected to polygamy. The party then headed by the Spanish Trail and settled in San Gabriel where Frank Burns and the Burdicks ran a store near the Mission.
James Frank Burns had four children but only Thomas Edward Burns lived to adulthood.
Due to his philandering, Lucretia divorced Burns 16 DEC 1872 in Los Angeles County, CA. Burns left town for Nebraska, but then returned to LA, and did this several times eventually returning to stay.
James Frank Burns had four children but only Thomas Edward Burns lived to adulthood.
Due to his philandering, Lucretia divorced Burns 16 DEC 1872 in Los Angeles County, CA. Burns left town for Nebraska, but then returned to LA, and did this several times eventually returning to stay.
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