JOHN LEVI CYRUS BURKET AND SARAH LOUISE OYLER b. 02 FEB 1848 d. 16 FEB 1871

Cyrus's first wife was: Is that photo of a man with his family, actually John and his first wife?
Maybe, someone would recognize the women? Or is it of a second wife?  Family legend and Schellsburg seems to say so, but is that stone inscription an error? It's certainly not his last wife, my great grandmother Sarah.

Sarah Louise Oyler b. 02 Feb 1848 d. 16 Feb 1871. I took me 4 yrs to FINALLY figure out her maiden name. Walter's descendents that I corresponded with, did not have a record of her maiden name. Upon finding the information, I did send an e-mail to Deb Burket and Cynthia but Cynthia's e-mail was no longer valid and came back.

Cyrus went to Sharpsburg, MD with Jonas Shultz to become his replacement but since he was cross eyed and near sighted, they never mustered him into CO D 133rd. He spent 35 days with the Company at Antietam, he was refused as Shultz's replacement. Shultz deserted and Cyrus returned home.

Louisa died in Allegheny Twp., which is now Fairhope Twp. Source: family doc. Burial Feb 1871 in the Old Log Church Cemetery, A, Shellsburg, Bedford Co., PA

My mother told me that it was said that Cyrus's wife died in childbirth.

Salome Burket b. 07 Jan 1861 or 66? d. 27 Nov 1880 age 19 yrs., 10 months, 20 days.
1870 Census
1880 Census

William Henry Burket b abt.1862 d. 14 May 1883 age 22 A
Burial in the 1806 Old Log Church Cemetery in Shellsburg, Bedford Co., PA

Jesse d.

John d.

Mary Jane Burket d. 03 Aug 1866 buried in the 1806 Old Log Church Cemetery, Schellsburg, Bedford Co., PA

Susan Alice Burket b. abt 1868 d.
1870 listed as Alice 2 yrs old.
1880 lived with her Uncle Eli Oyler in Napier Twp, Bedford Co., PA

Walter J. b. 1869 Somerset Co., PA d.  Feb 1897 of Typhoid fever. Married Emma Mae Yoder.

Just like his mother, Walter died young. My grandmother, Edith, was under the age of one when he died.

They had the following children:
George Tobias b. 02 Apr 1892 d. 21 Oct 1967. Burial 24 Oct 1967 in the McGregor Cemetery, Cairnbrook, Somerset Co., PA. Source: Funeral memorial card.
married Annie S. McIntyre b. 1882 d. 12 Dec 1934.
Second marriage to a Hazel Fern Hair.
Annie and George are buried together.

Elmer E. Burket.

Dolly Burket. Is she the Dolly that's in the photo my grandmother had? No, the photo isn't that old.

Unknown Burket
Unknown Burket
Unknown Burket
Unknown Burket

Frank Sylvester Burket b. 02 Nov 1894 at Somerset, PA. Entered service in Co. C, 110th Inf. May 1, 1914. Service in U.S. from 01 May 1914 to 19 July 1917. Discharged July 1917 at Somerset, PA Dependents are wife, Leora (Koontz) and children are Melvin, Dorothy, Catherine, Merle, James, Edward, Marie, Kenneth and Frank. Located at Somerset, PA Employed as a miner. Physical condition poor. Source: pg. 46 Survey of World War Veterans Somerset CO., PA., 1936, WPA.

Melvin R. Burket b. 1917
Dorothy M Burket b 31 Aug 1919 m. see file
Katherine Mae Burket 31 Aug 1919 d. 21 Dec 2003
Merle F. Burket b. 1922
James D. Burket b. 1925
Edward Eugene Burket b. 01 Mar 1927 d. 22 Feb 2001 burial 26 Feb 2001 in St. John's Church
married. See file
Marie b Dec 1929 married see file
Kenneth I Burket
Frank S. Burket Jr.
Shirley Burket b. d. married see file
Leora Burket married see file

Ernest Freeman Burket b. 25 July 1896 d. 19 Jan 1931 in Shade Twp, Somerset Co.,
Buried in the Husband Cemetery. I've been there twice and didn't see a grave but there was a person buried at the foot of his grandparents, the Whipkey's. I wrote to this cemetery but never got a response.

Heart Attack Cause of Miner's Death this was the headline
some of his children that appeared as typed in the obit where
Teldford
Tasmer----this should be Pass. Ezra gave me two photos of him.
Truman
Alfred
John
Betty
Richard

Now per Cynthia Burket, her source is her father's bible and I'll post what she gave me here asap.