Mary Catherine Burns
1825 - 1900 (74 years)
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Name Mary Catherine Burns Born 13 Nov 1825 South Carolina 
Gender Female Reference Number 3992 Died 08 May 1900 Marshall Co., Tennessee Buried Swanson Cemetery, Chapel Hill, Tennessee Notes - Mary Catherine Burns had a full, yet sad life, but typical for a woman living in those times. She married at 15 and was widowed at 18, just two years after the death of her father. Because of her young age, she moved back into the household of her family. Actually, her older brother William Boyd Burns became her legal guardian. He was also the guardian of her younger sister Lucinda. Their mother, Mary E. Burns lived in the household also. Her first marriage on 15 October 1840 was a happy occasion held at the home of her parents. Her father gave her away to James C. Fulton. James H. Brittain had married them. The couple was married barely three years when the young groom died on 6 October 1843 in Marshall County. He is buried in the Brittain-Ezell Cemetery near Chapel Hill. Mary Catherine married second, a year later, to Lawson H. Rickman on 25 August 1844, also by James H. Brittain, but this time at the home of her widowed mother. She and Lawson were married only eight years before his death on 15 September 1852. He is buried at the Blackwell-Joyce Cemetery
near Mary Catherine’s parents. His tombstone says, “Sacred to the Memory of Losson (sic) Rickman who was borned (sic) Oct the 8th 1809 and departed this life Sept. the 15th 1852.” The court provided for the widowed Mary C. Fulton by giving her one year’s provisions, common for those whose spouses died Intestate. (James C. Fulton Estate, Minute Book B: 326-327, November 6, 1843 session,
Marshall County Clerk’s Office, Lewisburg, Tennessee.)
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Person ID I3992 new Last Modified 8 Jul 2009
Father Living Mother Living Family ID F1406 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Living Children 1. Living 2. Living Family ID F1418 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Living Children 1. Living Family ID F1419 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 James Fulton, d. 06 Oct 1843, Marshall County, Tennessee Married 15 Oct 1840 Marshall County, Tennessee Children + 1. Mary Elizabeth Fulton, b. 31 Oct 1841, Marshall County, Tennessee , d. 30 Jan 1916, Marshall County, Tennessee (Age 74 years)Family ID F1417 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 4 Lawson Rickman, b. 08 Oct 1809, d. 15 Sep 1852, Marshall Co., Tennessee (Age 42 years) Married 25 Aug 1844 Marshall Co., Tennessee Children 1. Victoria Rickman, b. 28 Jan 1846, d. ?Mississippi + 2. John L. Rickman, b. Abt 1848, Marshall County, Tennessee , d. ?Mississippi + 3. Lemiza Rickman, b. 19 Nov 1850, Marshall County, Tennessee , d. 25 Mar 1918, Mississippi (Age 67 years)Family ID F1394 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Mary Catherine Burns had a full, yet sad life, but typical for a woman living in those times. She married at 15 and was widowed at 18, just two years after the death of her father. Because of her young age, she moved back into the household of her family. Actually, her older brother William Boyd Burns became her legal guardian. He was also the guardian of her younger sister Lucinda. Their mother, Mary E. Burns lived in the household also. Her first marriage on 15 October 1840 was a happy occasion held at the home of her parents. Her father gave her away to James C. Fulton. James H. Brittain had married them. The couple was married barely three years when the young groom died on 6 October 1843 in Marshall County. He is buried in the Brittain-Ezell Cemetery near Chapel Hill. Mary Catherine married second, a year later, to Lawson H. Rickman on 25 August 1844, also by James H. Brittain, but this time at the home of her widowed mother. She and Lawson were married only eight years before his death on 15 September 1852. He is buried at the Blackwell-Joyce Cemetery