Burr Buchanan Lincoln

1880 - 1937  (56 years)

• Name	Burr Buchanan Lincoln
  Born	16 Dec 1880	Mason, , MI
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 May 1937	Flint,, MI
  Buried	Mt. Hope Cem, Lansing,,MI
  Person ID	I6	B03 Thomas Hore, b1649, Chilham, Kent, England
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2018

  
  

  Father	Lansing Edgar Lincoln,   b. 23 Nov 1842, Groton,Tompkins,NY ,   d. 05 Nov 1916, Omar, Michigan  (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Philura Buchanan,   b. 07 Feb 1851, Saline,, OH ,   d. 29 Mar 1939, Lansing,, MI  (Age 88 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	23 Jul 1879	Lansing,Mason,MI
  Family ID	F74	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Esther Elizabeth Hoare,   b. 02 Apr 1879, Rainham,Kent,Eng ,   d. 20 Jul 1961, Clarence,ErieCo, NY  (Age 82 years)
  Married	14 Jun 1906	Fremont,NewaygoCo, MI
  Children	1. George Arthur Lincoln,   b. 20 Jul 1907, Sand Beach Township, MI ,   d. 25 May 1975, Evergreen,,CO  (Age 67 years)  [natural]   2. Lawrence Joseph Lincoln,   b. 02 Jan 1909, Sand Beach Township, MI ,   d. 27 Jun 2000, Alexandria,, VA  (Age 91 years)  [natural]   3. Philura Harriet Lincoln,   b. 09 Apr 1911, Harbor Beach, MI ,   d. 05 Oct 2005, Chapel Hill, NC  (Age 94 years)  [natural]   4. Joyce Bernice Lincoln,   b. 09 May 1915, Sand Beach Township, MI ,   d. 26 Aug 2000, Denver,,CO  (Age 85 years)  [natural]   5. James Helme Lincoln,   b. 26 Aug 1916, Sand Beach,, MI
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2018
  Family ID	F69	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Notes left by Burr Lincoln indicated that Rebecca Jane Kilgore and Robert Cummin(g)s were his ancestors. Rebecca Jane Kilgore was born 1760, died 1834 and married Robert Cummin(g)s in 1783. (These two people are on this genealogy data base.) Notes from James Helme Lincoln: Burr Buchanan Lincoln, born December 16, 1880, Mason, Michigan, died May 27, 1937, son of Lansing Edgar and Philura Lincoln. Burr Lincoln lived all but two years of his life in Sand Beach Township. He held many public offices including Justice of Peace; Member of School Board of Rock Falls County School; Township Supervisor of Sand Beach for over 20 years; Chairman of Huron County Road Commission 1930-32; Deputy Director of State Food and Drug Department 1916-18. When Frank Murphy became Governor of Michigan in January of 1937 he appointed Burr Lincoln, Commission of Agriculture of the State of Michigan. This was Governor Murphy's first appointment after he was sworn in as governor. Esther Elizabeth Hoare Lincoln (wife of Burr), born in Rainham, England, April 2, 1889 - died July 20, 1961. Esther came to Harbor Beach to teach school in 1904. She married Burr and taught school in Harbor Beach for many years. Her students included Frank Murphy and also her five children. The ESTHER E. LINCOLN MERIT SCHOLARSHIP is a trust fund in honor of Esther Lincoln that gives an annual award to a member of the graduating class at Harbor Beach High School. Burr and Esther Lincoln had five children. They were raised on the Sand Beach farm. They went through the 8th grade in Rock Falls - a one room county school; each of them graduated from Harbor Beach High School. The five children of Burr and Esther acquired 36 years of collenge and ten college degrees. Their careers included teachers, two U.S. Army Generals and a Juvenile Court Judge of Wayne County. The three Lincoln brothers were active in sports. Geoge Arthur Lincoln rowed on a team at Oxford, England 1930-31; Lawrence Lincoln played football and basketball in Harbor Beach High School 1923-24-25. He won the saber for the best all-around-athlete at West Point where he played varsity football, wrestling and lacrosse from 1930-31-32. Jim Lincoln was captain of a champion football team at Harbor Beach High School in1933 and was a varsity football player and wrestler at the University of Michigan in1935-36. BURIED IN THE MT. HOPE CEMETERY, LANSING, MICHIGAN (Lot 21, Section D.) ARE THE FOLLOWING RELATIVES: 1. Rachel Jackson Buchanan, buried November 30, 1875. 2. Philura Buchanan Lincoln, born February 7, 1851 in Saline, Ohio; died March 30, 1937. 3. Burr Buchanan Lincoln, born December 16, 1880; died May 27, 1937. 4. Esther Elizabeth Hoare Lincoln, born April 2, 1879, Rainham, Essex, Enland. Wife of Burr. Died July 1961. 5. Corvetta Buchanan, daughter of Rachel, died December 30, 1871. 6. William Buchanan, buried in Mt. Hope on May 27, 1876. Body had been moved from another cemetery. Age and date of death unknown. Son of Rachel. 7. Virgil Otis Ritchie, March 13, 1876, 3 years old, grandson of Rachel. 8. Lawrence L. Lincoln, September 25, 1891. Headstone says 1 year old. Cemetery records say 3 years old. Grandson of Rachel. Note: The family farm house in Harbor Beach burned down in 1918.