Charles Cutler Burch

1823 - 1884  (61 years)

• Name	Charles Cutler Burch
  Birth	1823	Ohio
  Gender	Male
  Census	23 Oct 1850	Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
  	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
  Residence	1865	Johnsons Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
  Census	03 Aug 1870	Grand Chenier, Sub Div 18, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
  	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	1880	5th Ward, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
  	wife Joana father and mother b NY steam boat pilot
  Death	28 Jan 1884	Johnsons Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
  	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
  Association	Eliza J. Jones
  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. http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/32407518/person/18253107883/story/483705cb-1a92-419e-93c4-b6cee70f106c?src=search
  Person ID	I21493	Roots
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	Jasper Charles Burch,   b. 1796, New York d. 20 Oct 1832, Grand River Rapids, Ontario, Canada (Age 36 years)
  Mother	Jane Atwood,   b. 10 Oct 1797, Scotland/New York d. 12 Sep 1883, Fairbury, Nebraska (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1819	New York
  Family ID	F8090	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mrs. Hannah (..) Burch,   b. 1825, Ohio d. 1851, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1850	Ohio
  Family ID	F16160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2013

  
  

  Family 2	Joanna Orr,   b. Dec 1835, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, or Liberty, Liberty Co, Texas d. Aft 1906, of, Johnsons Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana (Age ~ 71 years)
  Marriage	22 Feb 1852	Jefferson Co, Texas
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Jane Burch,   b. 8 Jun 1855, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas d. 26 Jan 1940, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 84 years) + 2. Hannah Joanna Burch,   b. 23 Nov 1860, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas d. 26 Nov 1943, Port Acres, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 83 years) + 3. Georgia Laura (Georgiana) Burch,   b. 10 Apr 1863, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas d. 19 Jun 1949, Orange Co, Texas (Age 86 years) + 4. Harkaway Burch,   b. 14 Nov 1864, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas d. 15 Apr 1942, Orange, Orange Co, Texas (Age 77 years) + 5. Charles Hiram Burch,   b. 13 Dec 1869, Johnsons Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana d. 24 May 1952, Orange, Orange Co, Texas (Age 82 years) + 6. Mary Harriett Burch,   b. 31 Mar 1874, Cameron Parish, Louisiana d. 07 Feb 1949, Johnson's Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana (Age 74 years)   7. Mark T. Burch,   b. Feb 1875, Johnsons Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana d. Aft 1880, of, Cameron Parish, Louisiana (Age ~ 5 years)
  Family ID	F7897	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Census - 23 Oct 1850 - Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas Marriage - 22 Feb 1852 - Jefferson Co, Texas Residence - 1865 - Johnsons Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana Death - 28 Jan 1884 - Johnsons Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Charles C. Burch: Early Sabine Lake Steamboat Captain, by W.T. Block