Eliza Burt Howell

Eliza Mary Burt was the oldest child of Alfred and Lucinda, born 1850 in Franklin County, TN. She married James D. Howell. She left Tennessee with her parents family and emigrated along with a number of others to Denton County, Texas. When her parents moved to Oklahoma, it is believed she and her husband followed, and lived in the Pottawatomie County for the rest of their lives. They are both buried in Little, Oklahoma. They did not have any children. Eliza and James D. were called "Puss" and "Dud".

An old Texas newspaper clipping, undated but must have been about 1941, had a photo, not reproduced because of the poor qualityand said:

"Here Are Five Generations"

"Five generations recently gathered at Millsap. Seated on right in the picture is Mrs J.F. Howell, 88, of Millsap who moved to Parker County in 1877. She left Tennessee for Texas in 1869. Seated on left, her daughter, Mrs. Ida M. Dennis, Millsap. Standing left, her granddaughter, Mrs Knox Thompson of Love County, Oklahoma; standing right, her great-granddaughter, Mrs. Maxine Golden, Seattle, and seated center, her great-great-grandson, Jimmy Don Golden."

Rachael Rebecca Burt Tankersley

Born December 29, 1864, in Tullahoma, or thereabouts, TN., Rachael Rebecca Burt was named for both her grandmothers. I have copies of a number of letters written by Aunt Rachael to Alfred and Lucinda, but they are in such a poor quality that they are not really readable. 

Gaston Burt

Gaston Burt

Gaston Burt was born to Alfred and Lucinda Burt in June 1866. He was born  in Franklin County, TN. He married "Molly" and had one known son, Floyd. Gaston died in 1933, and Molly in 1938. They are buried in Little Cemetery, Little, OK.

Molly Burt

Wesley Judson Burt

John Wesley Judson Burt was born in Memphis, TN Aug. 4, 1867. He grew to be six feet tall, and had black hair, his average weight was 160 to 80 lbs. He wore a mustache most of his adult life. He had a good sense of humor and was a very reliable person.
Some years later he and his family moved to Denton, Texas where he met and married Sarah Louisa Walden in October, 1893. One child, Myrtle was born to them in Texas. They moved to Oklahoma, which was then "Indian Territory". Three sons were born to them. (1) Alton Leroy who died at the age of six months, (2) Edgar Franklin, (3) Albert Marvin. Also born to them were six girls Velma, Loris, Verna, Mable, Pauline and Vay.
They first settled at Pink, OK. then moved to Little, OK where he served as Justice of the Peace for several years. He also worked as a clerk in a General Store. Also did a little farming.
He and his family then moved to Keokuk Falls, OK where again served as Justice of the Peace for several years. He also raised alfalfa and cotton. With the help of his family and hired help he made as much as fifty-six bales of cotton in 1 year.
Then, he & his family moved to Cromwell, OK where he owned and operated a grocery store and meat market. Cromwell was then a booming town. After having lived there a few years he and his family moved to Shawnee, OK where he again owned and operated a grocery store and meat market until he retired in 1936. He and his wife lived in Shawnee until his death April 3, 1942 at the age of seventy - four of a cerebral hemorrhage.

Written by Mabel Smith in 1984

From the notes of Joy Burt Dupy

  Photo of Wesley Burt's daughters and wife ca 1935
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Bell Burt Grisham

Bell Burt was Alfred and Lucinda's youngest daughter. Twenty years younger than the oldest. She was born in 1870 in Decherd, Tennessee and died around 1906 in Ranger, Eastland County. Texas. One of my favorite findings about Aunt Bell was the letter below, written to her parents. It was written a beautiful longhand script. and the wording gives some insight into her personality, or at least to the times. I have not added or changed anything in the transcription.

Cisco Eastland Co. July 14th 1901
Mr A, and L.L Burt

Dear pa and Ma
I seat my Self This evening to write you a few lines in answer to your welcom Letter which I received a few days a go This leaves all well as usal hopeing It may find you all well I was sorry to heare you was So poorly I hope you are well by this time. I think by the time you get through with your Treatments you will be a heap better Well I have no news to Write more than we are haveing plenty of rain It has rained four days In succesion Henry is a bout done Work he has just got through cutting his fodder his cotton is growing fine and his corn is very good this is a fine cotton country through here if they have any Season at all well ma our roasting ears are all gone and the corn will soon be ready to gather So we will not have any more to eat this year everything
(Page 2) is awful high here meat and lard is fifteen cents a pound and everything els in propotion well ma I don't know Just when we will get off to Joes henry Wants to go rite a way he will have to get back and get ready to gather his crop I hope you will be able to come for I want to see you and pa so bad I would certenly come to see you if i could It is So far for me to try to come by my Self with the children I want you and pa to come to see us Just as soon as you can if I was you and pa I would shurely leave that country before cold weather I think it would be better for both of you tell allen he had better try old texas next year he migh like fine they have been haveing penty of rain out in runels (russels?) this year I expect that would be a fine country to look at now every thing was burnt up when we went through there last summer
(Page 3) well ma I must quit and go to bed they are all a sleep but me give my love and best wishes to pa allen and sosie and reserve a good potion for your Self So no more at present
Bell to Ma
Write Soon
Write Soon and Don't forget It

Bell Grisham


A note was added by Flora Tankersley Stacy, who was in possession of this letter. It said " Note by Flora Tankersley Stacy My Aunt Bell died about 1906 when I was 6(?) years old. Mama went by train to visit her and when she left, taking my small brother Alvin with her I remember crying so much that Papa went and bought me a little red wagon."

Allen T. Burt

Allen T. Burt was the eleventh child of Alfred and Lucinda Burt. He was born probably, in Denton County, Texas in 1872. He married Rosa Ross. She was born in the Choctaw Nation. They had two sons, James, born 1898, and Ross born 1899. I have not researched Allen and family yet.