Abner Tyler BURROUGHS

                   Civil War Veteran
OCCUPATION: 1880 - Distiller
Research and historical information included in notes

Discharged from Civil War Service on 30 July 1861 in New York

c.  George Tyler Burroughs, Sr. , born Oct. 13, 1833, Warren, MA in a house owned by his father that was built in 1741.  He was six feet tall (Tarzan Forever, p. 28).  A Major in the Civil War (Union), he enlisted in New York infantry in 1861 and became a lieutenant and quartermaster.  He was discharged a brevet major in 1865. (Tarzan Forever)   According to the American Civil War Soldiers database on www.Ancestry.com, he was born Oct. 13, 1833; his service record:  Enlisted as a Private on May 3, 1861 at the age of 27.  He enlisted in 71st Infantry SM Regiment New York (Company G).  Mustered out on July 31, 1861.  Promoted to Full Lieutenant 1st Class on Nov. 13, 1861 (1st Lieutenant and Quartermaster as of 43rd NY Inf.).  Commission in Company S, 43rd Infantry Regiment New York on Dec. 16, 1861.  Promoted to Full Captain on April 8, 1863 (Capt. and Commissary of Subsistence).  Discharged for promotion on April 8, 1863.  Commission in Commissary Dept. Reg VO on April 8, 1863.  Resigned on June 22, 1865.  Promoted to Brevet Major on June 24, 1865.  Sources NY:  Report of the Adjutant General (NY Roster), 1894-1906; Commander of Illinois MOLLUS:  Deceased Companions (ILMOLLUS), 1923; Heitman:  Register of United States Army 1789-1903, (Heitman), 1994.  He married Mary Evaline Zieger on Feb. 23, 1863 in Iowa City, IA (born Nov. 10, 1840, IA [IN per most Censuses], the daughter of Josiah Zieger (1812 (PA)-1889) & Mary Coleman Zieger (1816-1889), he a Pennsylvania Dutch man born in OH (PA per 1900 Census), she born in IN (OH).  Mary was the daughter of John Coleman, an 18th century Virginia settler, and Edgar Rice Burroughs named his second son after him.  Just prior to their marriage, George worked in the woolen department of a large importing house in New York: Bliss, Wheelock and Kelley (Memoirs of a War Bride).  They moved to Portland, Maine, where he ran a furniture business, then they moved to Chicago, IL in 1868. In the 1870 Census, the family lived in Chicago, Ward 13, Cook Co., IL:  George T., age 35, a distiller, with a home valued at $40,000, personalty at $2000, born in MA; Mary E, wife, age 29, keeping house, born in IN, George T., Jr., born in ME, age 4, Henry S., age 2, born in ME, Emma Nixe, a white domestic servant from Norway, age 30, Mina Lasse, age 22, a female domestic servant from Norway, Thomas Crosby, 24, a domestic servant, born in MA, Henry R. Burroughs, age 33, retired, with a value of $20,000, born in MA, Abner T., age 31, retired, born in MA, Abner T. age 66, retired, with a value of $10,000, born in MA, and Mary R. age 68, at home.   In the 1880 Census, the family was living in Chicago, Cook County, IL, George D. Burroughs, age 46, MA (parents:  MA/MA), distiller, wife, Mary E., 39, IN, keeping house (parents:  OH/IN), and children:  George D. 13, ME, Henry S., 12, ME,  Frank C., 8, IL, Edgar R., 5, IL, and A.F. Burroughs, brother, 42, MA, livery stable, Mary Dieger [Zieger]mother, 63, IN, Margaret Flynn, other, 19, WI, servant, Mary OConnor, other, 24, Ireland, servant, Edward Weldon, other, 21, IL, coachman.  George was a whiskey distiller and owned Burroughs Phoenix Distillery, which was  destroyed by fire in 1885 and the property sold in 1923.  He owned the American Battery Company, Chicago, IL.  In 1888-1890, their address was 646 Washington St., Chicago, IL (1888-1892 Chicago Voters List - Ancestry.com.)  In the 1900 Census, they were living in Chicago, District 331, Ward 12, at 646 Washington Blvd., George T., age 66, owner of Phoenix Battery Co., Mary E., age 59 (6/4 children) (father born in PA, mother in IN), married 36 years, with Anna Trainor, a servant age 33.  In the 1910 Census, he was living with his brother-in-law, Charles S. McEntee and Caroline McEntee, in Chicago, Ward 21, Dist. 912 at 95 East Elm Street.  He had the first car in Chicago using his battery.  Involved in political, civic and social affairs.  He died Feb. 15, 1913, Chicago, IL, aged 79 years, 4 months, 2 days.  Mary wrote Memoirs of a War Bride.  Mary died April 5, 1920, Tarzana, CA of kidney disease, aged 79 y
ears, 4 months, 26 days.
                  

                   a.  Mary Louise (Louisa) Burroughs (Louise), born Dec. 5, 1828, Warren, MA.  DAR #13259.  She married 1) Fowler P. Taylor, Aug. 31, 1852 (He died Oct. 17, 1853, aged 32 years), and 2) Thomas Burrows on Dec. 15, 1873.  In 1863, she was living in Wheeling, Virginia and was the assistant principal of the Young Ladies Seminary (in Wheeling).   In the 1880 Census, they were living in Chicago, Cook County, IL, Thomas was 54, born in Ireland, a retired carpenter.  Mary, was 51, MA, and Anna Mahony, 26, Ireland, a servant, and Emma Lublad, 35, born Sweden, a servant.  Mary died September 15, 1896, aged 67 years, 8 months, 18 days. (Burroughs Genealogical Notes - Births and Deaths, Danton Burroughs, www.erbzine.com)
                  

                   b.  Sarah Ann Burroughs, born Oct. 7, 1830, Warren, MA.  In 1863, she was a teacher of drawing and painting at the Young Ladies Seminary in Wheeling, Virginia, and later, a teacher of drawing and painting in New York (Memoirs of a War Bride).  She died June 3, 1875, aged 44 years (Burroughs Genealogical Notes - Births and Deaths, Danton Burroughs, www.erbzine.com)
                  

                   d.  Henry Rice Burroughs, born April 11, 1836, Warren, MA.  He married Mary E. Trull on Oct. 24, 1876.  He was living with George T. Burroughs in Chicago in the 1870 Census.  (See above).  He died March 18, 1904, Chicago, IL, aged 67 years, 11 months, 7 days.
                  

                   e.  Abner Tyler (Thomas) Burroughs, born June 10, 1838, Warren, MA.  He was living with George T. Burroughs in the 1870 Census in Chicago.  See above.  He died March 17, 1883, age 44 years.
                  

                   f.  Caroline Studly Burroughs, born Nov. 12, 1843, Warren, MA.  In 1863, she was a student living in Wheeling, Virginia, pursuing French and music (Memoirs).  On Dec. 21, 1865, she married Charles Stuart McEntee, born Dec. 1839, NY, and a Captain in the Civil War (Memoirs of a War Bride - ERBzine website).  She died Dec. 18 (12), 1913, Chicago, IL, aged 72 years, 1 month.  DAR #13256.  In the 1880 Census, she, age 36, MA, at home (parents:  MA/MA) and husband, Chas. S. McEntee, age 40, NY, a distiller, and children:  Chas S., age 10, NY and Douglas, NY, age 4, were staying at a hotel in 3rd Ward, Des Moines, Polk County, IA.  In the 1900 Census, Charles McEntee, was living in Chicago, Ward 24, Dist. 710, in a rented house at 566 Division St., age 60, born Dec. 1839, NY (NY/VT), with wife, Caroline S., age 56, born Nov. 1843, MA (MA/MA) (0/0 children), with servants, Belinda Kearns, 22, and Mary Murphy, 28, a dressmaker.  In the 1910 Census, Charles S. McEntee, head, was living in Chicago, Ward 21, Dist. 912 in a rented house at 85 East Elm Street, age 70, married 44 years, NY (NY/VT), no occupation (own income), with wife, Caroline S., age 66, MA (MA/MA), (2/0 children), and her brother, George T. Burroughs, lodger-head, age 76, married 47 years, MA (MA/MA), no occupation, own income, with his wife Mary E. Burroughs, age 69, IN (PA/OH) (6/4 children), and two single Irish servants/housemaids, Kate Sheridan, 30, and Bessie Doughall, 35.
Children:
	i.  Charles Stuart McEntee, Jr., born November 6, 1869, NY.  He died April 29, 1897, aged 27 years, 5 months 23 days. (Burroughs Genealogical Notes - Births and Deaths, Danton Burroughs, www.erbzine.com)
ii.  Douglas McEntee, born March 24, 1876, NY.  He died July 30, 1904, aged 28 years, 4 months, 6 days (Ibid).