Amelia Burnett
(1853 - 13 September 1932)
Date this page was last edited=16 Jan 2017
(an unknown value.)1 Amelia Burnett was also known as "Millie." She was born in 1853.2 She was the daughter of Durrant Burnett and Mary Charlotte Smith.3
Amelia Burnett appeared on the census of 27 October 1860 at Bedford Township, Westchester County, New York, in the household of her father.4
Amelia Burnett appeared on the census of 4 June 1880 at Mount Kisco, Westchester County, New York, in the household of her father.5
Amelia Burnett married James Edward Cox, son of ____ Cox, on 1 September 1880 at Mount Kisco, Westchester County, New York. They were married by by the Rev. W. E. Ketcham, pastor of Centenary Methodist Church, New Castle. It is interesting to see from the newspaper clipping that after the honeymoon, they were going to Sea Cliff, Long Island, where Charles Robert Troup was probably living.6,7
Amelia Burnett was living in Mount Kisco, Westchester County, New York, in 1898 and in 1925, at the time of the death of her sister, Josephine.8,1
She was a guest at the wedding of Harry Zalmon Mayne and Mary Harriette Cargon on 31 May 1898 in Old Katonah, Westchester County, New York.1
When her husband died in 1910, she had a mausoleum for his remains constructed in Kensico Cemetery. She was the cemetery lot owner. Also interred in the mausoleum were her sister Josephine (Burnett) Mayne (died 1917), her brother-in-law James C. Mayne (died 1925), and herself.2
Amelia Burnett died on 13 September 1932.9 She was buried on 15 September 1932 in the Cox Mausoleum, Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, Westchester County, New York.10,2,11 Amelia (Burnett) Cox, when she died in 1932, left a will that gave personal property and one-half the residue of her estate (after gifts to named individuals and the Salvation Army) to Laura Burnett, and one-half of the residue of her estate to Harry Z. Mayne.12
Amelia Burnett appeared on the census of 27 October 1860 at Bedford Township, Westchester County, New York, in the household of her father.4
Amelia Burnett appeared on the census of 4 June 1880 at Mount Kisco, Westchester County, New York, in the household of her father.5
Amelia Burnett married James Edward Cox, son of ____ Cox, on 1 September 1880 at Mount Kisco, Westchester County, New York. They were married by by the Rev. W. E. Ketcham, pastor of Centenary Methodist Church, New Castle. It is interesting to see from the newspaper clipping that after the honeymoon, they were going to Sea Cliff, Long Island, where Charles Robert Troup was probably living.6,7
Amelia Burnett was living in Mount Kisco, Westchester County, New York, in 1898 and in 1925, at the time of the death of her sister, Josephine.8,1
She was a guest at the wedding of Harry Zalmon Mayne and Mary Harriette Cargon on 31 May 1898 in Old Katonah, Westchester County, New York.1
When her husband died in 1910, she had a mausoleum for his remains constructed in Kensico Cemetery. She was the cemetery lot owner. Also interred in the mausoleum were her sister Josephine (Burnett) Mayne (died 1917), her brother-in-law James C. Mayne (died 1925), and herself.2
Amelia Burnett died on 13 September 1932.9 She was buried on 15 September 1932 in the Cox Mausoleum, Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, Westchester County, New York.10,2,11 Amelia (Burnett) Cox, when she died in 1932, left a will that gave personal property and one-half the residue of her estate (after gifts to named individuals and the Salvation Army) to Laura Burnett, and one-half of the residue of her estate to Harry Z. Mayne.12
Citations
- [S203] Katonah Times, 3 June 1898.
- [S351] Cox Mausoleum vault inscriptions, Kensico Cemetery, Vahalla, New York.
- [S353] Recorder, 21? October 1892.
- [S358] Durant Burnett household, 1860 U.S. census, Westchester County, New York, Bedford Township.
- [S361] Durant Burnett household, 1880 U.S. census, Westchester County, New York, Mount Kisco, enumeration district 84.
- [S13] The Mt. Kisco Weekly, Saturday, September 4, 1880, 3 (of 4).
- [S307] Mount Kisco Weekly, 4 September 1880.
- [S11] Katonah Record, 27 November 1925, 4.
- [S265] New York Times, 1 October 1932, 32.
- [S233] Record of interments in the Cox Mausoleum, Kensico Cemetery, Vahalla, New York.
- [S831] Find A Grave memorial page for Amelia C. Cox (1853 - 1932).
- [S273] New York Times, 13 September, 1933, 40.
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