Children of Sophia Bonzo and Coston Burns:
Notes for Sophia and Coston:
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SOPHIA BONZO:
Census: 1850, New Sewickley, Beaver Co., PA --Attended school within last year
From Bonzo Family researchers:
Burns cemetery is right outside of Zelienople, Pa. just north of Unionville, off of Route 68, on Burns Road. It is a small quaint little Graveyard with many bunnies hopping around. The grounds have been well cared for. Sophia is buried here.
In an historical article, the Ellwood City Ledger (1976?) lists [the children as] Emmet S., Bertha S., Clyde C., Henrietta E., C.B., Margaret E., Edith J., Maggie J., Lallie K., George C., and Nina A."
COSTON ZARA BURNS:
CENSUS: 1870, 1880, 1910, 1920
Census: 1910, Lawrence Co., PA
From an Obituary printed Dec 5, 1941 in the Ellwood City [Pennsylvania] Ledger concerning the death of Ellwood City's oldest and longest time resident, Jordan Johnston, comes the following nugget:
...Mr. Johnston was here long before Ellwood City was founded. He was born in Wayne Township. In 1860, the family moved to a farm that became known as Burnstown after it was purchased by Coston Burns and part of which is now the site of the newer section of the National Tube Co. plant....
From a Bonzo Family Researcher: "Printed in the Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, GA), on 4 June 1901.
BURNS HELD UP AND ROBBED
Posse Pursues - Two of the Robbers Captured
Newcastle, PA, June 3. One of the most daring hold-ups ever perpetrated in this part of the state took place in Ellwood City this afternoon. Three unmasked men met COSTEN [sic] BURNS, an aged and wealthy resident of that place, who started today to his quarries with $2,100 to pay his hands. Just in the rear of the Ellwood Seamless Tube Works, almost in the heart of the town, he met three strangers in a rig. They accosted him and he entered into conversation with them. Suddenly one of the trio, a large man wearing black goggles, stepped into BURNSs buggy and seized him by the throat. One of the others seized the satchel containing the cash intended for the quarrymen and jumped into his own rig. The man with the goggles followed and the three lashed their horse to a run and disappeared before BURNS could recover from the attack. A posse was hastily organized and came upon the highwaymen about two miles from the scene of the robbery. A heavy exchange of shots took place between pursuers and pursued. One of the robbers was crippled by a shot and was an easy victim, while the leader, the man with the goggles, was captured after his ammunition was expended. Over $400 was found on the second robbers person, but the third man escaped and is yet at large with $1,700 of the stolen money. The prisoners are strangers here and absolutely refuse to talk. The man who escaped went in the direction of the Ohio line."
More About COSTON BURNS and SOPHIA BONZO:
Marriage: 1864
SOPHIA BONZO, daughter of Charles J. Bonzo and Catharine Goehring, was born July 26, 1844 in Brush Creek area, Beaver County, Pa., and died September 24, 1894 in Ellwood City, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. She married COSTON ZARA BURNS in Unionville, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, son of Samuel Burns and Ruth Shanor. He was born July 15, 1841 in Unionville, Pennsylvania, and died August 20, 1929 in Ellwood City, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.
Clara Clarissa Burns was born March 6, 1864 and died September 6, 1883. she rests at Burns cemetery.
Charles Bonzo Burns married Catherine Copper.
Emmet Samuel Burns was born August 19, 1868 and died January 27 1959. In 1896 he married Margaret J. Gilliland. She was born in 1875 and died in 1951.
Delia Ruth Burns married Samuel Frederick Powell.
George Coston Burns married Nina Alice Copper.
Edith Jane Burns married Adolphus Milton Welsh.
Margaret Elizabeth Burns was born April 29, 1878 and died January 9, 1907. She married George W. Kinkade on March 29, 1897.
Florence Olive Burns was born February 17, 1881 and died September 25, 1895. She rests at Burns cemetery.
Clyde Clarence Burns married Florence Fulmer.
Emma Henrietta Burns married John Goldsborough White.
Bertha Sophia Burns married Harry Leslie Magness.
