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- <p>John Wayne moved from there to Merryland, </p><p>Otsego County, N.Y. This place was about ten miles from Cooperstown. He </p><p>married Isabell Burnside, and to them were born three sons and five </p><p>daughters. Anthony Wayne their second son served in the seventh regiment </p><p>of the New York Home Guard-d-beginning at age eighteen and serving until </p><p>he was forty-five. He began as private, then went on to captain, major </p><p>and colonel. He was married in 1821 to Thankful Platt. To them were born </p><p>four children, Harley, Celestia, Daniel, and John. (Celestia became the <p>grandmother of our Grandpa Shelden.) Two of these sons were in Civil </p><p>War. Celestia was born January 26, 1825. At age seventeen she married </p><p>Wilson Burnside and they lived just one mile from her old home. Here </p><p>Wilson taught the home school. When she was twenty years old she and her </p><p>husband joined the Methodist Church. In the mean time her parents had </p><p>moved to Franklinville, (Elgin) Illinois. In May, 1847 they decided to </p><p>go there too. They went by boat through the lakes to Chicago. Wilson and </p><p>their two children, Viola and Harley, became sick from the journey. Vio</p><p>died at age four and Harley when very young. Wilson died May 31, 1848. </p><p>They were all buried in Franklinville, Illinois. She then went to live </p><p>with her parents and on Sept. 7, 1848, her second son was born. He was </p><p>named Wilson for his father. On June 1, 1852, Celestia married James </p><p>Coquillette (James was a widower with a little girl named Mary, and had </p><p>been one of Celestia's school mates at Cooperstown.) They moved to </p><p>Chicago, but only lived there a few months, and then came back to live </p><p>near her folks. To them were born six children,Jenet (Jeanette), Julia, </p><p>Emily, Celestia, John, and Percy. They lived there on their farm for </p><p>several years. Celestia's mother died in 1858 and her father in 1859. </p><p>Both are buried at Franklinville (Elgin). When the Civil War came they </p><p>found it hard to supply their needs, but by lots of hard work and good </p><p>management they kept the children from suffering. In 1865, they sold </p><p>their farm and moved to Iowa, They located three miles northwest of </p><p>Prairieburg, Iowa (Linn Co.) There their children grew up, married, and </p><p>they were alone, so they rented their farm and did some traveling. Later </p><p>because of poor health, James had to sell the farm. They went to live </p><p>with the youngest son, Percy and his wife, Carrie, in Havelock, Iowa. </p><p>(Pocahontas Co.) There James died Nov. 14, 1891. He is buried in </p><p>Havelock, After that Celestia went to live with her daughter, Jeanette, </p><p>and family, the,Charles Sheldens. While living there she married again,a </p><p>widower by the name of Roberts. He only lived a short time. Celestia </p><p>Wayne Burnside Coquillette Roberts died Feb. 18, 1920, at age 96, and h<p>daughter, Emily Coquillette Flint, who wrote this record died Aug. 31, </p><p>1947 age 90 years. </p><p> </p><p> </p> Isabella Burnside, b. 1777, d. 1861, the daughter of John and Maria (Mary) Hall Burnside
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