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Note: Minute Book, Circuit Court, Alcorn Co., MS page 64
To A.L. Wood, jailor for support of county prisoners from 24th day of Jan. 1891 to July 25th 1891 inclusive as follows:
Rube Burress Jan. 28th 1891 to Feb. 4 1891-day 8 amount $2.40. (No idea if this if our Rube??? He would have only been around 15, but his mother arranged his marriage to Ozella because she was supposedly having a hard time with him. Since alcoholism runs in the Burress family, I asked Aunt Grace if Rube drank. She said he couldn't because it made him deathly sick to his stomach.)
1900 census (Mrs. Bearden and Aunt Grace said Ozella hated her name and often went by Rozella or Rosa.)
BURRUS Rube E., head, white, male, born Apr. 1878, age 22, married 5 years
Rosa, wife, white, female, born May 1882, age 18, married 5 years 0 children with 0 living
Oct. term 1905 Prentiss Co., MS lists Rube Burress as a witness paid $1.00.
Nov. 11, 1905 C.M. and Alice Bearden deeds to Rube Burress 40 acres of land for $80.00 in Prentiss Co.
July 14, 1906 C.M. Bearden, George Jacobs and his wife Emeline deed to Rube Burress for $40.00 80 acres of land. J.H. Burress is also listed.
Nov. 1909 Rube Burress and wife, Rosella sold to Booneville Mercantile Co. for $425.00 40 acres.
1909 Prentiss Co. paid for lumber from Bearden & Burress on several occasions.
1910 Prentiss Co., MS census township 4 beat 1 dist. 1 page 24
BURRESS Reuben, age 32, born AL, home farmer, rents farm
Rose E. age 29, MS (6 children with 3 living) now states she can read and write
Oland age 7, born MS
Lois age 4, born MS
Elmer age 2, born MS
July 1910 H.F. Flannagin and Thellie sold to R.E. Burress for $850.00 23 acres more or less.
Nov. 1910 R.E. and wife Rosella Burress sold to Arnold King 23 acres for $850.00.
Still selling lumber through 1912 under Bearden & Burress to Prentiss Co.
Jan. 1914 R.E. and Ozella Burress deed to J.W. Rowsey and C.Y Butram 80 acres for $300.00.
1915 Alcorn Co. tax list shows R.E. Burras in supervisors Dist. 4 in the Edgar precinct. He was subject to a poll tax and road tax based on his age. He has one horse valued at $100.00; 1 carriage valued at $5.00.
1916 Alcorn Co. school children township 2 range 7 town of Corinth:
parent: Rube Burris
Children (listed with mistakes) were: Ala, age 13, female, Loyce, age 9, female, Elmers, age 8, male, Allie May, age 5, female
1918 World War I draft registration for Alcorn Co., MS lists:
Rube Elix Burress, white, born August 15, 1873, no birthplace listed
1919 Alcorn Co. school children, township 2 range 8
Parent: Rube Burris
Children: Olen age 17, male
Louis, age 15, male (should be Lois, female) Elmer age 12, male Alice, age 8, female Chas., age 7, male 1920 Alcorn Co., MS census household 115/116
Corinth/Danville Road
BURRESS Rube age 45 no education can't read or write (renting)
Rosella age 39 no education can't read or write
Olden age 19 can read and write
Lois age 14 can read and write
Elmer 12 or 13 can read and write
Alice age 10
Charlie age 7
Grace 3
Rube and Ozella list their birthplace as MS. Rube's occupation is listed as general farmer.
1925 Alcorn Co., MS school children Purdy Road school
parent: R.E. Buris
children: Lois age 19
Elmer age 17 Alice age 15 Charlie age 13 Grace age 8 Ruby age 5 same school is the future wife of Elmer Burress:
parent: Buster Horn
children: Jewel age 14
Papaw always told his sons he had to drop out of school as a very young boy with less than a 6th grade education because his father died and he had to help make a living for the rest of the family. This wasn't true! Rube died 3 years after these school records and Papaw would have been 20 years old.
Death certificate of Rube Burris number 28098
1. place of death was Rienzi, Alcorn Co., MS
2. full name was Rube Burris, male, white, married
date of death Feb. 21, 1928 age 50 years 2 months and 2 days
cause of death: labor "phemonia"
occupation: farmer
birthplace: Rienzi, MS
informant: Jim Burris address: Booneville
filed: Dec.? 31, 1928
place of burial: Piney Grove Cemetery
undertaker: J.W. Furtick address: Rienzi
date of burial: Feb. 22, 1928
Rube's hair was white from age 25 until his death.
He ran around on Ozella all their married life according to Aunt Grace Burress Batavia and Mrs. Charlie Bearden. A married woman from Ripley had a lengthy affair with Rube. She was an aunt of Olen Burress' first wife. This woman's husband would get out of bed when Rube would come over (Sally Green).
Mrs. Bearden says Rube "studded himself out in several counties".
Rube moved the family alot and never stayed home. He'd stay a few days at a time and then would leave. He cut timber for a living. The family was usually isolated and living in poverty. After he'd cut all the timber, he'd move them to another location. He would go off with the wagon and team and Ozella would be stranded at home for days without transportation.
Aunt Grace says Rube was born in Jasper, Alabama and was about 3 months old when his Daddy, Reuben, was killed in a well. Samantha moved here to be near family.
Ozella and Rube had 11 children. The kids called him "Poppy".
I asked Aunt Grace is Rube drank. She said he didn't because it upset his stomach.
Interview with Ruby Burress Jackson-Ozella lost 4 babies before she had one to live. Ozella told Ruby it was because she was too young to be having kids. She was only 14 when they married. Rube hated farming. He moved a good bit. He started buying timber and saw milling. He worked for Cochran Lumber Yard until he died of pneumonia. He lived in a house on the lumber yard owned by the Cochrans. They were very good to Rube and Ozella. After Rube died, Mr. Cochran loaned Ozella the money to buy Grace and Ruby winter coats. They always found things from him at Christmas time. He was truly their Santa Claus.
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