Thomas BURNS was born on March 5, 1846, in Peoria County, Illinois. He was the third child of John Burns (then age 27) and Catherine McGregor who was 30. Thomas’s parents had moved to Illinois from Pennsylvania sometime between 1843 and 1846. Citable evidence for Thomas and his family first occurs in November 1850 during the US Census for the town of Nauvoo in Hancock County, Illinois. Nauvoo is a Mississippi river town 100 miles west of Peoria roughly where the states of Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa meet. Thomas was four during the census and listed as being in school.
Thomas’s younger sister Ann died in May 1851 in Nauvoo when she was 2 years old. His younger brother, John Morrison Burns, was born in Nauvoo in 1852. According to the 1855 Illinois State Census, John Burns and family were 70 miles further up the Mississippi River in Drury Township in Rock Island County, Illinois.
Sometime between 1855 and the 1860 the family relocated to Iowa. During the US Census in July of 1860 Thomas, now 14, was living with his family in Buffalo Township in Scott County, Iowa. Buffalo is about 20 miles up the Mississippi River from Drury and 10 miles from Davenport, Iowa. Also living with the family was Ebeneezer Ruby who was Thomas’s nephew – the son of Thomas’s oldest sister Elizabeth.
By 1863, when Thomas’s father registered for the Civil War draft, the family was living in Davenport, Iowa. Thomas himself joined the conflict when, at the age of 18, he enlisted in Company K of the 44th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The 44th Regiment was one of Iowa’s five ‘One Hundred Day Organizations’.
According to the 1870 US Census, at age 24, Thomas was still single, and a laborer living with his father John, mother Catharina, and his brother John Morrison in Davenport Township in Scott County, Iowa.
Thomas married first Sophia S Allhausen on November 28, 1874 in Muscatine City, Muscatine County, Iowa. Thomas was 28 and Sophia was 18. Sophia was the daughter of German immigrants John Allhausen and Sophia Tiecke. Sophia was born and raised in Muscatine. According to Trailways to Albany 2000 by Helen M Hanson, Sophia died about a year after their marriage. Thomas married second Sophia’s sister Rosa C Allhausen on November 5, 1876 in Muscatine City. Rosa was 15 years old. Thomas & Rosa had five children in 12 years:
1) Sophia Burns b.1877 – d.1956
2) Amos Burns b.1879 – d.1962
3) Clyde O Burns b.1881 – d.1957
4) Florence May Burns b.1885 – d. 1933
5) Orren Burns b.1890 – d. 1976
In 1880, Thomas and Rosa were living on 14th Avenue in Clinton, Iowa along with their two children Sophia and Amos. According to the census, at the time Thomas was working on a steamboat. Thomas’s father John Burns and his two brothers William and John M were all steamboat engineers at this time.
William and John M Burns were the two engineers who brought the ferryboat ‘Augusta’ from Davenport, Iowa northward to operate between the Chancy Lamb and Son Lumber Company yards on the Clinton, Iowa side of the Mississippi river and the Garden Plain Township landing, called Whiteside Point, at the mouth of Cedar Creek. When the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Company built a track across Whiteside County from the southeast to northwest, the company also ran a spur track to the Cedar Creek landing.
During the 1880's, the side-wheeler Augusta made regular trips from there to Clinton, Iowa. It was probably the largest ferry at the time. The ferry accommodated farmers and lumber customers on the Illinois side of the river during the eight months of the year when there wasn't enough ice on the river to support a wagon team. The Augusta carried up to six loads of loose hay – wagons and teams and all – besides having a large passenger cabin. Thomas Burns worked as its pilot and captain the last 14 years of the Garden Plain – Clinton run from 1878 until its last run in 1892 when the Clinton High Bridge was built between Clinton and East Clinton in Whiteside County. The Augusta was sold to William Cutler, of Camanche, and moved down to Rock Island where it was eventually renamed the TJ. Robinson.
Sometime after the 1885 Iowa State Census and before 1893 the family relocated across the Mississippi river to East Clinton in Garden Plain Township, Whiteside County, Illinois. An 1893 plat of East Clinton shows that Thomas owned lot 7 (2 acres) near the cedar creek rail spur and a river slough in the southeast quarter of Section 17 of Garden Plain Township. This same property was also owned by Thomas when another plat was drawn in 1912. It is assumed that the family resided in East Clinton.
During the 1900 US Census, Thomas (age 54), Rosa (age 39), and all five of their children were living in Garden Plain Township – likely in East Clinton. The census indicates that Thomas and Rosa had been married for 23 years. Thomas is listed as a ‘master of steam vessels’. The 1910 US Census indicates that Thomas was a river pilot and the 1920 US Census shows that he, Rosa, and their son Orren were still living in Garden Plain Township. Thomas was 73 in 1920 and. according to the census, he was no longer employed.
Thomas died of apoplexy due to an enlarged heart on February 23, 1922, in Garden Plain, Whiteside County, Illinois, at the age of 75 and was buried in the Oakridge Cemetery in Albany, Whiteside, Illinois.
Further information is greatly appreciated.
Thomas’s younger sister Ann died in May 1851 in Nauvoo when she was 2 years old. His younger brother, John Morrison Burns, was born in Nauvoo in 1852. According to the 1855 Illinois State Census, John Burns and family were 70 miles further up the Mississippi River in Drury Township in Rock Island County, Illinois.
Sometime between 1855 and the 1860 the family relocated to Iowa. During the US Census in July of 1860 Thomas, now 14, was living with his family in Buffalo Township in Scott County, Iowa. Buffalo is about 20 miles up the Mississippi River from Drury and 10 miles from Davenport, Iowa. Also living with the family was Ebeneezer Ruby who was Thomas’s nephew – the son of Thomas’s oldest sister Elizabeth.
By 1863, when Thomas’s father registered for the Civil War draft, the family was living in Davenport, Iowa. Thomas himself joined the conflict when, at the age of 18, he enlisted in Company K of the 44th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The 44th Regiment was one of Iowa’s five ‘One Hundred Day Organizations’.
According to the 1870 US Census, at age 24, Thomas was still single, and a laborer living with his father John, mother Catharina, and his brother John Morrison in Davenport Township in Scott County, Iowa.
Thomas married first Sophia S Allhausen on November 28, 1874 in Muscatine City, Muscatine County, Iowa. Thomas was 28 and Sophia was 18. Sophia was the daughter of German immigrants John Allhausen and Sophia Tiecke. Sophia was born and raised in Muscatine. According to Trailways to Albany 2000 by Helen M Hanson, Sophia died about a year after their marriage. Thomas married second Sophia’s sister Rosa C Allhausen on November 5, 1876 in Muscatine City. Rosa was 15 years old. Thomas & Rosa had five children in 12 years:
1) Sophia Burns b.1877 – d.1956
2) Amos Burns b.1879 – d.1962
3) Clyde O Burns b.1881 – d.1957
4) Florence May Burns b.1885 – d. 1933
5) Orren Burns b.1890 – d. 1976
In 1880, Thomas and Rosa were living on 14th Avenue in Clinton, Iowa along with their two children Sophia and Amos. According to the census, at the time Thomas was working on a steamboat. Thomas’s father John Burns and his two brothers William and John M were all steamboat engineers at this time.
William and John M Burns were the two engineers who brought the ferryboat ‘Augusta’ from Davenport, Iowa northward to operate between the Chancy Lamb and Son Lumber Company yards on the Clinton, Iowa side of the Mississippi river and the Garden Plain Township landing, called Whiteside Point, at the mouth of Cedar Creek. When the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Company built a track across Whiteside County from the southeast to northwest, the company also ran a spur track to the Cedar Creek landing.
During the 1880's, the side-wheeler Augusta made regular trips from there to Clinton, Iowa. It was probably the largest ferry at the time. The ferry accommodated farmers and lumber customers on the Illinois side of the river during the eight months of the year when there wasn't enough ice on the river to support a wagon team. The Augusta carried up to six loads of loose hay – wagons and teams and all – besides having a large passenger cabin. Thomas Burns worked as its pilot and captain the last 14 years of the Garden Plain – Clinton run from 1878 until its last run in 1892 when the Clinton High Bridge was built between Clinton and East Clinton in Whiteside County. The Augusta was sold to William Cutler, of Camanche, and moved down to Rock Island where it was eventually renamed the TJ. Robinson.
Sometime after the 1885 Iowa State Census and before 1893 the family relocated across the Mississippi river to East Clinton in Garden Plain Township, Whiteside County, Illinois. An 1893 plat of East Clinton shows that Thomas owned lot 7 (2 acres) near the cedar creek rail spur and a river slough in the southeast quarter of Section 17 of Garden Plain Township. This same property was also owned by Thomas when another plat was drawn in 1912. It is assumed that the family resided in East Clinton.
During the 1900 US Census, Thomas (age 54), Rosa (age 39), and all five of their children were living in Garden Plain Township – likely in East Clinton. The census indicates that Thomas and Rosa had been married for 23 years. Thomas is listed as a ‘master of steam vessels’. The 1910 US Census indicates that Thomas was a river pilot and the 1920 US Census shows that he, Rosa, and their son Orren were still living in Garden Plain Township. Thomas was 73 in 1920 and. according to the census, he was no longer employed.
Thomas died of apoplexy due to an enlarged heart on February 23, 1922, in Garden Plain, Whiteside County, Illinois, at the age of 75 and was buried in the Oakridge Cemetery in Albany, Whiteside, Illinois.
Further information is greatly appreciated.
Thomas BURNS was born on March 5, 1846, in Peoria County, Illinois. He was the third child of John Burns (then age 27) and Catherine McGregor who was 30. Thomas’s parents had moved to Illinois from Pennsylvania sometime between 1843 and 1846. Citable evidence for Thomas and his family first occurs in November 1850 during the US Census for the town of Nauvoo in Hancock County, Illinois. Nauvoo is a Mississippi river town 100 miles west of Peoria roughly where the states of Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa meet. Thomas was four during the census and listed as being in school.
Thomas’s younger sister Ann died in May 1851 in Nauvoo when she was 2 years old. His younger brother, John Morrison Burns, was born in Nauvoo in 1852. According to the 1855 Illinois State Census, John Burns and family were 70 miles further up the Mississippi River in Drury Township in Rock Island County, Illinois.
Sometime between 1855 and the 1860 the family relocated to Iowa. During the US Census in July of 1860 Thomas, now 14, was living with his family in Buffalo Township in Scott County, Iowa. Buffalo is about 20 miles up the Mississippi River from Drury and 10 miles from Davenport, Iowa. Also living with the family was Ebeneezer Ruby who was Thomas’s nephew – the son of Thomas’s oldest sister Elizabeth.
By 1863, when Thomas’s father registered for the Civil War draft, the family was living in Davenport, Iowa. Thomas himself joined the conflict when, at the age of 18, he enlisted in Company K of the 44th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The 44th Regiment was one of Iowa’s five ‘One Hundred Day Organizations’.
According to the 1870 US Census, at age 24, Thomas was still single, and a laborer living with his father John, mother Catharina, and his brother John Morrison in Davenport Township in Scott County, Iowa.
Thomas married first Sophia S Allhausen on November 28, 1874 in Muscatine City, Muscatine County, Iowa. Thomas was 28 and Sophia was 18. Sophia was the daughter of German immigrants John Allhausen and Sophia Tiecke. Sophia was born and raised in Muscatine. According to Trailways to Albany 2000 by Helen M Hanson, Sophia died about a year after their marriage. Thomas married second Sophia’s sister Rosa C Allhausen on November 5, 1876 in Muscatine City. Rosa was 15 years old. Thomas & Rosa had five children in 12 years:
1) Sophia Burns b.1877 – d.1956
2) Amos Burns b.1879 – d.1962
3) Clyde O Burns b.1881 – d.1957
4) Florence May Burns b.1885 – d. 1933
5) Orren Burns b.1890 – d. 1976
In 1880, Thomas and Rosa were living on 14th Avenue in Clinton, Iowa along with their two children Sophia and Amos. According to the census, at the time Thomas was working on a steamboat. Thomas’s father John Burns and his two brothers William and John M were all steamboat engineers at this time.
William and John M Burns were the two engineers who brought the ferryboat ‘Augusta’ from Davenport, Iowa northward to operate between the Chancy Lamb and Son Lumber Company yards on the Clinton, Iowa side of the Mississippi river and the Garden Plain Township landing, called Whiteside Point, at the mouth of Cedar Creek. When the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Company built a track across Whiteside County from the southeast to northwest, the company also ran a spur track to the Cedar Creek landing.
During the 1880's, the side-wheeler Augusta made regular trips from there to Clinton, Iowa. It was probably the largest ferry at the time. The ferry accommodated farmers and lumber customers on the Illinois side of the river during the eight months of the year when there wasn't enough ice on the river to support a wagon team. The Augusta carried up to six loads of loose hay – wagons and teams and all – besides having a large passenger cabin. Thomas Burns worked as its pilot and captain the last 14 years of the Garden Plain – Clinton run from 1878 until its last run in 1892 when the Clinton High Bridge was built between Clinton and East Clinton in Whiteside County. The Augusta was sold to William Cutler, of Camanche, and moved down to Rock Island where it was eventually renamed the TJ. Robinson.
Sometime after the 1885 Iowa State Census and before 1893 the family relocated across the Mississippi river to East Clinton in Garden Plain Township, Whiteside County, Illinois. An 1893 plat of East Clinton shows that Thomas owned lot 7 (2 acres) near the cedar creek rail spur and a river slough in the southeast quarter of Section 17 of Garden Plain Township. This same property was also owned by Thomas when another plat was drawn in 1912. It is assumed that the family resided in East Clinton.
During the 1900 US Census, Thomas (age 54), Rosa (age 39), and all five of their children were living in Garden Plain Township – likely in East Clinton. The census indicates that Thomas and Rosa had been married for 23 years. Thomas is listed as a ‘master of steam vessels’. The 1910 US Census indicates that Thomas was a river pilot and the 1920 US Census shows that he, Rosa, and their son Orren were still living in Garden Plain Township. Thomas was 73 in 1920 and. according to the census, he was no longer employed.
Thomas died of apoplexy due to an enlarged heart on February 23, 1922, in Garden Plain, Whiteside County, Illinois, at the age of 75 and was buried in the Oakridge Cemetery in Albany, Whiteside, Illinois.
Further information is greatly appreciated.
Thomas’s younger sister Ann died in May 1851 in Nauvoo when she was 2 years old. His younger brother, John Morrison Burns, was born in Nauvoo in 1852. According to the 1855 Illinois State Census, John Burns and family were 70 miles further up the Mississippi River in Drury Township in Rock Island County, Illinois.
Sometime between 1855 and the 1860 the family relocated to Iowa. During the US Census in July of 1860 Thomas, now 14, was living with his family in Buffalo Township in Scott County, Iowa. Buffalo is about 20 miles up the Mississippi River from Drury and 10 miles from Davenport, Iowa. Also living with the family was Ebeneezer Ruby who was Thomas’s nephew – the son of Thomas’s oldest sister Elizabeth.
By 1863, when Thomas’s father registered for the Civil War draft, the family was living in Davenport, Iowa. Thomas himself joined the conflict when, at the age of 18, he enlisted in Company K of the 44th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The 44th Regiment was one of Iowa’s five ‘One Hundred Day Organizations’.
According to the 1870 US Census, at age 24, Thomas was still single, and a laborer living with his father John, mother Catharina, and his brother John Morrison in Davenport Township in Scott County, Iowa.
Thomas married first Sophia S Allhausen on November 28, 1874 in Muscatine City, Muscatine County, Iowa. Thomas was 28 and Sophia was 18. Sophia was the daughter of German immigrants John Allhausen and Sophia Tiecke. Sophia was born and raised in Muscatine. According to Trailways to Albany 2000 by Helen M Hanson, Sophia died about a year after their marriage. Thomas married second Sophia’s sister Rosa C Allhausen on November 5, 1876 in Muscatine City. Rosa was 15 years old. Thomas & Rosa had five children in 12 years:
1) Sophia Burns b.1877 – d.1956
2) Amos Burns b.1879 – d.1962
3) Clyde O Burns b.1881 – d.1957
4) Florence May Burns b.1885 – d. 1933
5) Orren Burns b.1890 – d. 1976
In 1880, Thomas and Rosa were living on 14th Avenue in Clinton, Iowa along with their two children Sophia and Amos. According to the census, at the time Thomas was working on a steamboat. Thomas’s father John Burns and his two brothers William and John M were all steamboat engineers at this time.
William and John M Burns were the two engineers who brought the ferryboat ‘Augusta’ from Davenport, Iowa northward to operate between the Chancy Lamb and Son Lumber Company yards on the Clinton, Iowa side of the Mississippi river and the Garden Plain Township landing, called Whiteside Point, at the mouth of Cedar Creek. When the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Company built a track across Whiteside County from the southeast to northwest, the company also ran a spur track to the Cedar Creek landing.
During the 1880's, the side-wheeler Augusta made regular trips from there to Clinton, Iowa. It was probably the largest ferry at the time. The ferry accommodated farmers and lumber customers on the Illinois side of the river during the eight months of the year when there wasn't enough ice on the river to support a wagon team. The Augusta carried up to six loads of loose hay – wagons and teams and all – besides having a large passenger cabin. Thomas Burns worked as its pilot and captain the last 14 years of the Garden Plain – Clinton run from 1878 until its last run in 1892 when the Clinton High Bridge was built between Clinton and East Clinton in Whiteside County. The Augusta was sold to William Cutler, of Camanche, and moved down to Rock Island where it was eventually renamed the TJ. Robinson.
Sometime after the 1885 Iowa State Census and before 1893 the family relocated across the Mississippi river to East Clinton in Garden Plain Township, Whiteside County, Illinois. An 1893 plat of East Clinton shows that Thomas owned lot 7 (2 acres) near the cedar creek rail spur and a river slough in the southeast quarter of Section 17 of Garden Plain Township. This same property was also owned by Thomas when another plat was drawn in 1912. It is assumed that the family resided in East Clinton.
During the 1900 US Census, Thomas (age 54), Rosa (age 39), and all five of their children were living in Garden Plain Township – likely in East Clinton. The census indicates that Thomas and Rosa had been married for 23 years. Thomas is listed as a ‘master of steam vessels’. The 1910 US Census indicates that Thomas was a river pilot and the 1920 US Census shows that he, Rosa, and their son Orren were still living in Garden Plain Township. Thomas was 73 in 1920 and. according to the census, he was no longer employed.
Thomas died of apoplexy due to an enlarged heart on February 23, 1922, in Garden Plain, Whiteside County, Illinois, at the age of 75 and was buried in the Oakridge Cemetery in Albany, Whiteside, Illinois.
Further information is greatly appreciated.
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