| 14. | Charles Cutler Burch was born in 1823 in Ohio (son of Jasper Charles Burch and Jane Atwood); died on 28 Jan 1884 in Johnsons Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 23 Oct 1850, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
- Residence: 1865, Johnsons Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
- Census: 03 Aug 1870, Grand Chenier, Sub Div 18, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
- Census: 1880, 5th Ward, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
Notes:
Charles C. Burch was a steamboat captain and came to Johnson's Bayou, LA. in the early 1800's from Ohio. Moved to Sabine Pass, TX in 1846. His 2 brothers, Increase R. moved to Sabine Pass, TX in 1847 and Sherwood moved in 1854. Charles moved cotton & timber up and down the Neches & Sabine Rivers. He was captain of the steamboat Mary Falvey as early as 1858.
In the mid 1800's, it was possible to get a riverboat as far north as Longview, TX when the rainy season was good. Today one can only go as far as North Orange, TX.
Charles' father was from New York and his mother was from Scotland. Charles was found in the 1870 Census of Cameron (Johnson's Bayou), LA. and the 1850 census in Jefferson Co. (Sabine Pass), TX.
In the publication: Cotton Bales, Keelboats, and Stern wheelers. A History of Sabine River Trade, 1837-1900, in 1859 the steam boat "Sabine" appeared on the Sabine River out of Sabine Pass, TX. The packet belonged to the Burch brothers of Sabine Pass and Capt. Charlie Burch soon left his command as master of the "Mary Falvey" to become the Pilot on the "Sabine". It's 15 member crew list enumerated in the census would indicate that the steamboat was well equipped to accommodate freight and passengers. The crew included Increase R. Burch and Master Sherwood Burch, clerk. It also mentions Neil Burch. Also in the same publication, it is mentioned by Henry R. Green, a Galveston newspaper correspondent and school teacher at Beaumont, while on a trip on the steamer, "Mary Falvey:, in November 1859, that Captain Charles Burch was a "popular commander, sociable, generous and clever." Green added that the packet was "fitted up in fine style...having good accommodations, excellent fare, and kind and gentlemanly officers."
In April, 1861, the "Sabine" was tied up at Sabine Pass. Increase Burch became captain of a Confederate artillery company and Charles Burch served as a pilot or captain on a number of Confederate gunboats and transports. During the Battle of Sabine Pass in 1863, Charles Burch is listed among the crew as pilot of the "Uncle Ben". The "Uncle Ben" and "Josiah Bell" steamed from Orange, TX on January 20, 1863 and arrived in Sabine Pass in order to take part in the battle. Both steamers were instrumental in towing the captured Union vessels back to Sabine Pass.
Charles C. Burch is listed in the 1850 Census of Jefferson Co., TX, in the household of Increase (J.R.) Burch.
In the early 1850's there was an outbreak of yellow fever in Sabine Pass and it's possible that Hannah Topping (Charles' first wife) succumbed to the fever. Facts are unknown as of yet.
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Census:
199 Otis McGaffey 30 1820 merchant 700 Ohio
Mary Jane 28 1822 New York
Mary J. 9 1841 Texas Michigan
Sary . 7 1843 Texas
Delia F. 5 1845 Texas
John W. 4 1846 Texas
Amelia 2 1848 Texas
200 Burch J.R. 30 1820 carpenter 150 New York
Julia Ann 17 1833 Michigan
Rachel J. 6 1844 Ohio
Neal M. 3/12 Texas
Charles 28 1822 Laborer Ohio <<<
Hannah 25 1825 Ohio
Census:
Birch, CC 47 Ohio farmer
Joanna 35 Texas
Elizabeth 15 Texas
Hannah 11 Texas
Georgiana 8 Texas
Harkaway 6 Texas
Charles H 1 Louisiana
Lovan, William, 17 farm laborer
Census:
wife Joana
father and mother b NY
steam boat pilot
Died:
On one of his trips to Orange, the Emily's steam boiler exploded, and Capt. Burch was killed instantly on Jan. 28,1884. His body was returned to Johnsons Bayou for interment, but no headstone exists there for him today
Charles married Joanna Orr on 22 Feb 1852 in Jefferson Co, Texas. Joanna (daughter of George Orr and Priscilla Clark) was born in Dec 1835 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, or Liberty, Liberty Co, Texas; died after 1906 in of, Johnsons Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1912 - 1985 (72 years)