Homer Lionel Burch

Male, #35061, (1 Aug 1891 - 10 Aug 1973)

Birth*1 Aug 1891 Homer was born on 1 Aug 1891. 
Marriage*24 Nov 1912 He married Ellen Fairby Culpepper at Cullman Co., Alabama, on 24 Nov 1912.1 
1920 Census*1 Jan 1920 Homer was listed as the head of a family on the 1920 Census at Sarasota, Manatee Co., Florida.2 
Death*10 Aug 1973 He died at Cullman, Cullman Co., Alabama, on 10 Aug 1973. 
Burial*circa 12 Aug 1973 His body was interred circa 12 Aug 1973 at Cullman City Cemetery, Cullman, Cullman Co., Alabama. 
Biography*  On p. 271 of the History of Alabama, Homer Burch was listed in an entry for his brother-in-law, Rufus A. Culpepper, as "an employee of the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railway Company at Fairfied, Alabama." Mrs. Merrell Burch Powell, in a 27 Sep 1978 letter, wrote that her father, Homer L. Burch, "died here [Cullman, AL] at my home of cancer.... Dad had his 82nd Birthday here at my home on Aug. 1st before he died Aug. 10, 1973." 

Family

Ellen Fairby Culpepper (12 Jun 1891 - 18 Aug 1978)

Last Edited 20 Jan 2005

Citations

  1. Cullman County Judge of Probate, compiler, Cullman County, Alabama Marriages: Microfilm of original Marriage records in the Cullman County Courthouse, transcribed by Lew Griffin, Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1975.
    Ellen Culpepper married Homer Burch on 24 Nov 1912 in Cullman Co., AL, Book 9-556.
  2. 1920 Federal Census, United States.
    Page: 10A, ED: 124, Image: 382 (8 Jan 1920), 408 8th St., Sarasota, Manatee Co., FL
    Hooker A. Burch, HH, M, W, 28, M, AL/AL/AL, Truck driver
    Ella (Culpepper) Burch, Wife, W, 27, M, GA/GA/GA
    Gerald Burch, Son, M, W, 16, S, AL/AL/GA
    Ruth Burch, Dau, F, W, 4, S, AL/AL/GA
    Carrace Burch, Son, M, W, 1, S, AL/AL/GA
    Joel Culpepper, Father-in-law, M, W, 73, M, GA/GA/GA
    Lola Culpepper, Mother-in-law, F, W, 68, M, GA/GA/GA.