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Eliza Emma Burnett Hass

Female 1849 - 1930  (80 years)


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  • Name Eliza Emma Burnett Hass 
    Born 25 Apr 1849  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Headstone lists year of birth as 1849, not 1850.
    Gender Female 
    Died Mar 1930 
    Buried 29 Mar 1930  Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I8099  Rossville
    Last Modified 21 Feb 2021 

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

    Family Martin Hass,   b. 9 Jul 1844, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 1921, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 5 Jan 1869  Holton, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Robert Herman Hass,   b. 12 Mar 1876, Holton, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1955, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +2. Eva Hass Davis,   b. 7 Jul 1878, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 May 1974, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
    +3. Ida May Hass Howerton,   b. 1872,   d. 1931  (Age 59 years)
     4. Anna (Lovie) Hass Hoover,   b. Mar 1870, Osage County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1937, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years)
     5. Nora B Hass Hoover Grant
    Documents
    Anniversary- Hass, Martin and Eliza
    Anniversary- Hass, Martin and Eliza
    Will Celebrate Golden Wedding

    Mr. and Mrs. Martin Hass, whose Golden Wedding anniversary falls on Sunday, January 5th, will celebrate the event at their country home north of Rossville.

    Mr. and Mrs. Hass were married January 5, 1869 at Holton, Kansas. The guest list will include the children and their families.

    Married Fifty Years

    Mr. and Mrs. Martin Hass, for forty-two years residents of Rossville township, were married fifty years ago last Sunday, January 5 and the event was fittingly celebrated at their home north of Rossville with a sumptuous dinner. The children and their families were the guests invited.

    A few years after their marriage at Holton in 1869, Mr. and Mrs. Hass located on the present home place which at that time contained 40 acres, and through the many lean years of the 70s and 80s kept pegging away and thru their thrift have prospered and greatly increased the original little farm.

    Their family consists of four daughters, Mrs. Charles Howerton, Mrs. G.S. Hoover and Mrs. D.N. Davis, of Rossville and Mrs. Nora Hoover, of Holton, and one son, Herman, who lives with his parents. There are five grand-daughters, two grandsons, one great grandson and one great granddaughter.

    Mr. Hass is a veteran of the Civil War, being honorably discharged at the close of the war after seeing three years service.
    Last Modified 2 Aug 2018 15:32:28 
    Family ID F2750  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 25 Apr 1849 - Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 5 Jan 1869 - Holton, Jackson County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Birthday- Hass, Eliza
    Birthday- Hass, Eliza
    The daughters of Mrs. Martin Hass gave a dinner in her honor last Saturday, the occasion being her 64th birthday. The dinner was given at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Hass. Besides the daughters, Mrs. Chas. Howerton, Mrs. David Davis and Mrs. Sam Hoover, all the grandchildren and her great grandson Master Clark McPherson, were present.
    Obituary- Hass, Eliza
    Obituary- Hass, Eliza
    Deaths and Funerals
    Mrs. Martin Hass

    Eliza E. Burnett was born in Virginia, April 25, 1850, and came to Kansas at the age of seven with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Obidiah Burnett, and settled near Lecompton. Later the family moved to Holton where she was united in marriage in January 1869 to Martin Hass. In 1878 Mr. and Mrs. Hass moved to Rossville to the present home, where she had resided for 52 years.

    To this union five children, one son and four daughters were born, all of whom survive; Herman Hass, Mrs. Sam Hoover and Mrs. David Davis of Rossville, Mrs. C.F. Howerton of Silver Lake, and Mrs. W.A. Hoover of Holton. Besides these there are seven grand children and two great grand children, two sisters and one brother.

    Mrs. Hass had been a devout member of the Church of the Brethern [sic] since girlhood.

    The funeral was held Saturday March 29, at 2:30 p.m. at the home, conducted by Rev. Wright of Lawrence, Kansas. Miss Grace Sanders, accompanied by Miss Williamette Navarre, sang two numbers. The pall bearers were: Marvin Davis, Clark McPherson, E.D. Stephens, A.J. Thomas, C.M. McPherson and Hudson McCollough. Interment was in Rossville cemetery.

    [From the Rossville Reporter, April 3, 1930]