Finding Faulkner: The Progeny | Anna Catherine McGowan {Gen 5}

It started, as good quests always do, with a family tale.

Anna Catherine McGowan (Priscilla, John, William Bull, James, William) was born in Orange Co, New York, April 6th, 1836, to parents Priscilla Faulkner and Benjamin McGowan.

Anna married Alzamora Woolsey (1835-1898) February 7th 1860 in New Prospect, Ocean Co, New York.

The couple had at least one child:

• Alzamora Woolsey, Jr b. Aug 1868 d. 10 May 1926 m. Anna Thompson

Alzamora Sr was a steamboat captain, perhaps on one of the great steamboats that sailed the Hudson River. Later he became a manager of a brickyard. The family belonged to the New Prospect Dutch Reformed Church. 

Alzamora Woolsey Sr. died October 18th 1898 he is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, New Windsor, Orange Co, New York. He was 63 years old.

Anna Woolsey received the family house upon her husband,s death. She lived as a widow the remainder of her life. Anna was preceded in death by her only son, Alzamora Jr.

Anna Catherine McGowan Woolsey died on June 9th 1929 at the age of 88. She is buried in the family plot in Woodlawn Cemetery, New Windsor, Orange Co, New York, alongside her husband, son and assorted grandchildren.

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Finding Faulkner: The Progeny | Mary Helen Horton {Gen 4}

It started, as good quests always do, with a family tale.

Mary Helen Horton (Harrison F Horton, Margaret, Samuel, William) was born in Newburgh, Orange Co, New York, February 3rd 1840, to parents Harrison Faulkner Horton and Emily Coleman.

Mary married Giles C Burnham (1830-1900) on June 8th 1864 in either Michigan or New York.

The couple had three children: all born Kalamazoo, Michigan

• Harrison Horton Burnham b. 27 Jun 1869 d. 27 Aug 1870
• Anna Horton Burnham b. 17 Feb 1872 d. 13 Dec 1924 never married
• Mary W Burnham b. 22 Jan 1876 d. UNK m. Oscar E Jacobs

Giles was drafted for the Civil War in 1863, but I am unsure if he ever served. 

Giles was a bookkeeper by profession, Mary was a housewife.

Giles C Burnham died in March of 1900 in Kalamazoo, MI. He was 69 years old. Giles is buried in Mountain Home Cemetery in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Mary Helen Horton Burnham died September 30th 1922 in Kalamazoo, MI. She was 82 years old. Mary is buried in Mountain Home Cemetery in Kalamazoo, MI alongside her husband.

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Book Of The Week: History of the Town of Newburgh, NY

E.M. Ruttenber & Company, 1859 - Newburgh (N.Y.) - 332 pages

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