BURNETT, Joseph

Date of birth:  3 Jan 1867 – Indiana
Date of death: 6 Jul 1893 – Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, July 14, 1893,
Volume XXXIV Number 1, page 1 column 6

The remains of Joseph Burnett, son of Geo. Burnett, were brought from In­dianapolis to Franklin, Saturday for burial. Death was caused by con­sumption. The deceased was twenty-six years of age and leaves a wife and two small children. Services were conducted by Rev. C. W. Lee.

Link to Joseph Burnett’s grave

Note: The 1870 US Federal Census for Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana records three-year old, Indiana-born Joseph T. Burnett.
The Marion County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, referencing Book H-5, page 1, records that Joseph T. Burnett, a twenty-six-year-old white male, died 6 Jul 1893 in Indianapolis.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson