Lorenzo Dow Alexander

Mary Ann Fowler

Isabel Caroline Alexander (1833-1912)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Robert Thompson Burnam Mary Jessie Burnam+ Eliza Ellen Burnam+ Julia Rosa Burnam Francis Evelyn Burnam+ Annette Burnam Robert Alexander Burnam+ Tedie Caroline Burnam+ John Hickerson Burnam+ Isabel Caroline Alexander 2 3 4 5 Born: 19 Dec 1833, Tennessee 1 6 Marriage (1): Robert Thompson Burnam on 29 Nov 1857 in , Burnet County, Texas 1 Died: 10 Dec 1912, Marble Falls, Burnet County, Texas at age 78 1 6 7 Buried: Marble Falls City Cemetery, Marble Falls, Burnet County, Texas 6 8    Cause of her death was valvular insufficiency and hardening of coronary artery.6   General Notes: "She had corresponded with her Texas uncle, Josiah Fowler, who served as the matchmaker for the marriage, and travelled some 1,645 miles from Strawberry Plains in East Tennessee to reach Burnet County for the marriage." Robert M. Burnam for Burnet County History, Volume II By the time of the 1910 census, Isabel was widowed and living in Marble Falls, Burnet County, Texas with her unmarried daughter, Annette and 2 young boarders, Ruby and Wilma L. Harrison. She owned her home on 2nd Street free of mortgage.   Additional Information: • FindAGrave: Memorial# 37354733. • Death Certificate Image: here. Isabel married Robert Thompson Burnam, son of Capt Jesse Burnam and Temperance Baker, on 29 Nov 1857 in , Burnet County, Texas.1 (Robert Thompson Burnam was born on 9 Nov 1826 in Texas,1 died on 13 Nov 1899 1 and was buried in Marble Falls City Cemetery, Marble Falls, Burnet County, Texas 9.)

1 Tombstone.

2 Darrell Debo, Burnet County History, A Pioneer History 1847-1979 (Burnet County Historical Commission, ©1979 by The Burnet County Commissioners Court), Volume II, pages 39 and 40. Repository: Marble Falls Library, 101 Main Street, Marble Falls, Texas 78654.

3 1860 United States Federal Census, Burnet, Texas; Roll: M653_1289; Page: 158; Image: 323; Family History Library Film: 805289. Repository: Ancestry.com.

4 1870 United States Federal Census, Precinct 4, Burnet, Texas; Roll: M593_1577; Page: 265B; Image: 537; Family History Library Film: 553076. Repository: Ancestry.com.

5 1910 United States Federal Census, Marble Falls, Burnet, Texas; Roll: T624_1535; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0117; Image: 1119; FHL Number: 1375548. Repository: Ancestry.com.

6 Death Certificate (Official Document), Certificate Number: 26774.

7 Texas Death Index, 1903-2000, Certificate Number: 26774. Repository: Ancestry.com.

8 FindAGrave.com, Memorial# 37354733.

9 FindAGrave.com, Memorial# 24969505.