 1855 - 1943 (88 years)
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| Name |
William Spottswood Burwell |
| Birth |
20 Jan 1855 |
Oxford, Granville County, NC  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
8 Nov 1943 |
Walnut Grove, Granville County, NC |
| Person ID |
I16240 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Father |
Armistead Ravenscroft Burwell, b. 30 Oct 1820, Vance County, NC d. 8 Aug 1889, Granville County, North Carolina, USA (Age 68 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Kyle Norman, b. 5 Mar 1832, Granville County, North Carolina, USA d. 28 Aug 1889 (Age 57 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
7 Apr 1852 |
Granville County, North Carolina, USA |
| Family ID |
F6214 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Alice Josephine Morton, b. 1 Feb 1863, Oxford, Granville County, NC d. 20 Sep 1947, Oxford, Granville County, NC (Age 84 years) |
| Marriage |
6 Apr 1882 |
- "Level Green", Granville Co., NC
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| Children |
| | 1. Annie Rochette Spencer |
| | 2. Isaac Norman Burwell |
| | 3. Margaret Venable Burwell |
| | 4. Sallie Burwell |
| | 5. Nathaniel Daniel Burwell, b. Mar 1896, North Carolina, USA d. Bef May 1900 (Age < 4 years) [natural] |
| | 6. Joseph William Thomas Burwell, b. 26 May 1898, North Carolina, USA d. 1 Jul 1970, Oxford, Granville County, NC (Age 72 years) [natural] |
| | 7. Nathaniel Daniel Burwell |
| | 8. Jr. William Spottswood Burwell, b. 4 Aug 1884, Granville County, North Carolina, USA d. 29 Oct 1940, Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, USA (Age 56 years) [natural] |
| | 9. Armistead Ravenscroft Burwell, b. 21 Apr 1886, Granville County, North Carolina, USA d. 7 Jun 1956, Oxford, Granville County, NC (Age 70 years) [natural] |
| | 10. James Morton Burwell, b. 10 Aug 1888, Granville County, North Carolina, USA d. 3 Sep 1954, Oxford, Granville County, NC (Age 66 years) [natural] |
| | 11. Bettie Armistead Burwell, b. 7 Apr 1883, Oxford, Granville County, NC d. 23 Nov 1959, Raleigh, Wake County, NC (Age 76 years) [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F6224 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Notes |
- [Broderbund WFT Vol. 7, Ed. 1, Tree #3244]
William lived in Granville County, NC where he owned a large tobacco farm. He married Alice at her home at "Level Green" in Walnut Grove. They are both buried in The Burwell Cemetery (now called Locust Lawn by the present owner). He and Alice were married by Rev. Marsh, a Baptist minister.
His obituary appeared in the Oxford Public Ledger on 12 Nov 1943. It read in part, "...a well-known farmer of this county, died at 9:30 o'clock Monday night at his home in the Hester Church community. Mr. Burwell, 88 years of age, had been in ill health for about six years. Funeral rites were conducted at the home at 3:30 o'clock Wednesday with Rev. J.W. Younge, Presbyterian minister of Stovall, in charge of the service...He spent his entire life as a resident of Granville County." His death certificate stated he died at age 88 of "Toxemia & Exhaustion" due to "Senility". He died at 9:30 pm.
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