Bertram / Butram Family
at the Richard Bradley Cemetery in White County, Tennessee — from the Bertram Families of Wayne County, KY, Facebook page
If you are researching this surname, here are two recommendations:
Bertram Family of Wayne County, KY – Facebook Page and Group
Guy Zimmerman’s Genealogy Research
William Ervin Butram’s Civil War Letters
W. E. Butram to Martha Butram / Elmira, NY - 20 Aug 1864
Obituary of Mollie (Mrs. Jasper N.) Bertram
(submitted by Michael M. Thorstad)
From The Leader-Democrat, 15 September 1888 in Richfield, Morton County, Kansas:
THE ANGEL OF DEATH.
One of the saddest accidents ever recorded occurred last Thursday morning at six o’clock in our little city. One more happy home has been broken up, one more devoted husband left lonely. One more loving mother snatched rudely away, one more patient sufferer relieved from her pain, one more earnest, pious Christian gone to her rest. This heart rending occurrence belongs to that unhappy list of accidents for which no one seems to blame. In the early morning while engaged in her household duties, Mrs. BERTRAM, wife of our fellow-townsman, Mr. Jasper N. BERTRAM, was fatally wounded by the accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of her little eight year old son, who had unhappily removed it from its proper place while the attention of the family was engrossed in other occupations. Drs. GARDINER and BOWERS were immediately summoned but it was evident that the poor woman could not long survive the wound. The ball, fired from a Winchester rifle, struck the left side just below the heart, passing through the top part of the stomach, coming out at the opposite side. She lingered in great agony, retaining the full use of her mind, for nineteen hours, and died, after blessing her husband and children, at 1:15 o’clock on Friday morning. The funeral was held at the family residence in the north part of town in the afternoon of the same day, Rev. J. P. Fulton, conducting the services. The remains were followed to the Richfield cemetery by a large concourse of sympathizing friends, where they were laid away to await the general resurrection.
Mrs. Mollie A. BERTRAM was born near Livingston, in Overton county, Tennessee, April 2, 1844, and died Sept. 14, 1888, at the age of 44 years, 5 months and 12 days. She married Jan, 1, 1866, her maiden name being GARRETT, to Jasper Newton BERTRAM, near the place of her birth. They have become the parents of seven children, three girls and four boys, all of whom are living save two girls who died in their infancy. Two years after their marriage they moved to Warren county, Kentucky, where they remained until 1886, when, owing to the wife’s failing health the family moved to Sumner and afterward to Morton county, Kansas, living at first near Frisco, but after proving up a claim came to Richfield. Mrs. BERTRAM was an upright, Christian woman, having been converted at the age of sixteen. She was a consistent member of the Baptist church, enjoying in this respect the fellowship of her husband and oldest children. She was buried in Grand View cemetery, Rev. Woodward, pastor of the M. E. church, preaching the funeral sermon from the text: “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.”