Second Generation

2. Jacob BURGER^1,2,3,4 was born in 1815 or 1817 in Tennessee.^2,5 He owned 40 acres bought on Jun 1, 1860 in Barry Co., Missouri.⁶ He died on Feb 21, 1896 in National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Bain City, Leavenworth Co., Kansas.^7,8 Jacob appears in the 1860 census in Missouri He served in the military 12 Aug 1862 to Sep 6, 1864 in Co. K, 32nd Iowa Infantry.^9,10,11 Sworn in at Nevada, Story Co., Iowa. He served in the military Sep 6, 1864 to Jan 9, 1866 in 63rd U.S. Colored Infantry.^11,12 Per Special Order #155, Vicksburg, MS. Served as 2nd Lt.
4/1/1865 - takes command of Company K.
8/20/1865 - takes command of Company B
1/9/1866 - mustered out at DeValls Bluff, AR and claims transportation to Story Co., IA
Pension papers indicate that he lived 5 years in Nodaway Co., MO, the 8 years in Story Co, IA, and from then on in Gentry Co., MO.

Jacob's name is enshrined as a member of the 63rd Regiment on the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington, DC along with the other 7000 white officers who volunteered to serve in the USCT. There is family lore that he was a Methodist preacher and circuit rider. At the start of the war he and his family moved to Story Co., IA where he enlisted in the Army. After leaving the army he lived 5yrs Nodaway Co. MO; 8 yrs Story Co IA [where family spent CW]; Rest of the time Gentry Co. MO; 23 Jun 1890 & 25 Feb 1891 Calwell, Sumner Co KS; 27 Apr 1893 Gentry Co MO. This is from his pension records. Rebecca spent all that time in Winfield, Cowley Co. KS. [I believe it was his daughter Emeline that lived in Caldwell.] Apparently Jacob and Rebecca did not live together after he joined the Army in Iowa.

Jacob BURGER and Rebecca BARNES were married about 1837 in Tennesee?.⁸ Rebecca BARNES^2,13,14 was born in 1817 in Tennessee.^2,15 She died on Oct 26, 1895 in Winfield, Cowley Co., Kansas.^8,16 She was buried on Oct 27, 1895 in Union Cemetery, Winfield, Cowley Co., Kansas.⁸ Listed in the 1850 Dade Co MO census as Becky. Listed in the 1860 Barry Co., MO census as Rebecca Jacob BURGER and Rebecca BARNES had the following children:

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George BURGER.
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Mary Caroline BURGER^2,13,17 was born before Oct 22, 1841 in Tennessee. She died in 1860 in Story Co., Iowa.⁸ Died of the measles.
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Samuel Ellison BURGER^2,13,18,19 was born in Dec 1843 in Tennessee.⁸ He served in the military 1862 to 8/19/1865 in Co. G, 8th MO Volunteer Infantry.^8,20
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Darthelue Emeline BURGER^2,13,21 was born in 1846 in Tennessee. Also recorded as Emeline Dorothea.
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John C. BURGER^2,13,22 was born in 1848 in Missouri.
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Louise Alice (Lou) BURGER^13,23 was born on Mar 3, 1851 in Dade Co., Missouri.⁸ She's not in the 1850 Dade Co., MO census, but is 10 in the 1860, so she has to have been born after 10/22/1850 She died on Dec 11, 1910 in Winfield, Cowley Co., Kansas.⁸ She was buried about Dec 13, 1910 in Union Cemetery, Winfield, Cowley Co., Kansas.^8,24 Never married. Listed as Lucinda in the census records.
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Josephus J. BURGER^13,14,25 was born on May 14, 1857 in Cassville, Barry Co., Missouri.⁸
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Parilee BURGER.