Ballard Preston Burnett

1846 - 1929  (82 years)

• Name	Ballard Preston Burnett
  Born	6 Dec 1846	Patrick County, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	2 Nov 1929	Island City, Union County, Oregon
  Buried	Island City Cemetery, Island City, Union County, Oregon
  Person ID	I2755	Rossville
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Obadiah Mayha Burnett,   b. 18 Dec 1823, Patrick County, Virginia ,   d. 10 Oct 1904, Starkey, Union County, Oregon  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Anna Marie Sutphin Burnett,   b. 14 Apr 1823, Patrick County, Virginia ,   d. 9 Jan 1872, Jackson County, Kansas  (Age 48 years)
  Married	26 Mar 1844	Patrick County, Virginia
  Family ID	F937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah J Moore Burnett,   b. 19 Feb 1853, Covington, Fountain County, Indiana ,   d. 19 Mar 1923, Island City, Union County, Oregon  (Age 70 years)
  Married	Oct 1874
  Children	1. Nellie Burnett Smith,   b. 4 Sep 1875,   d. 18 Feb 1951  (Age 75 years)   2. Lorena M Burnett Smith,   b. 19 Feb 1877, Kansas ,   d. 16 Jul 1936, Island City, Union County, Oregon  (Age 59 years)   3. Obadiah James Burnett,   b. 1878,   d. 1967  (Age 89 years)   4. Alva Besson Burnett,   b. 28 Dec 1881,   d. Nov 1967  (Age 85 years)   5. Lawrence Lessly Burnett,   b. 1883,   d. 1936  (Age 53 years)   6. Hattie Emma Burnett Huson,   b. 1885,   d. 1952  (Age 67 years)   7. Richard Gerald Burnett,   b. 1887,   d. 1961  (Age 74 years)   8. Jessie P Burnett Griffin,   b. 10 Jul 1889,   d. 4 Aug 1959  (Age 70 years)   9. Elsie Lenore Burnett Smith Johnson,   b. 24 Aug 1891,   d. May 1978  (Age 86 years)   10. Florence L Burnett Pieper,   b. 22 Jan 1897,   d. 10 Jul 1987  (Age 90 years)
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2018 12:39:47
  Family ID	F936	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 2 Nov 1929 - Island City, Union County, Oregon Buried - - Island City Cemetery, Island City, Union County, Oregon  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Burnett, Ballard "Ballard Preston Burnett, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Otto Peiper, at 1409 T Ave., Sat. afternoon, was laid to rest this afternoon in the Island City cemetery, following funeral services at2 o'clock at the Snodgrass and Zimmerman mortuary. The Rev. H. K. Wallis of Enterprise, officiated at the services. Mr. Burnett, who was 82 years 10 months and 27 days of age, was born in Patrick county, Virginia, Dec. 6, 1846. He was married to Sarah Moore in Oct. 1874 and 12 children were born to this union, of whom two died in infancy. Mrs. Burnett passed on March 19, 1923. His survivors are Mrs. Dick Smith and Mrs. Lee Smith of Island City; Mrs. Lewis Huson of Sumner, Wash.; Mrs. Jesse Griffin and Mrs. Ward Smith, of Hoquiam, Wash.; Mrs. Peiper, Obe Burnett and Richard Burnett, of LaGrande; Alvie Burnett of Moscow, Ida.; and Lawrence Burnett of Echo, Ore." -- From a La Grande, Ore. paper. Mr. Burnett is a brother of Mrs. M. Hass, of this community. He visited here about four years ago. At one time he was a citizen of Kansas, coming to this state in 1857 with his parents and moving on to Oregon in 1883. The deceased gentleman was a member of the Dunkard church.