Burchett, George Franklin & Libbie Mae Monroe

BURCHETT, MONROE, GRIMM, PERDUE

Posted By: Mary H. Cochrane, Volunteer
Date: 6/28/2019 at 07:26:56

The George Franklin Burchett and Libbie Mae Monroe Family
"Reflections of Grand River, Iowa 1881-1981"
Page 174, Clarke Pub. Co. Osceola IA. 1981.

George was the second child born to Franklin and Margaret Jane (Grimm) Burchett. He was born on a farm in Clarke Co., northeast of Grand River on Mar. 18, 1884.

Libbie was the eleventh child born to James Thomas and Matilda Frances (Perdue) Monroe. She was born on a farm northeast of Grand River on Nov. 2, 1885.

In their early years, they went to country school and attended Sunday School and Church at Gregg Chapel.

After their marriage on July 17, 1905, they lived on the Monroe farm where two children were born: Mabel Lola (1906), and Clarence Raymond (1908). They moved to South Dakota in 1909 where they homesteaded a farm of 160 acres near Gregory.

They returned to the Monroe farm before their third child (Harold Woodrow) was born in 1912. They lived briefly in Osceola, Ia. in 1915 when they moved to Winner, South Dakota where their fourth child (Dale Monroe) was born in 1916. In the winter of 1916, they returned to Iowa locating in the town of Grand River for the rest of their lives. Three more children were born in Grand River: Helen Louise, Pauline May, and Hazel Marie.

George owned and operated a threshing machine around Grand River for many years. He was a carpenter by trade and built many homes and farm buildings in and around the town of Grand River. He was also a mayor of Grand River. Libbie attended the Dorcas Club.

George passed away on Feb. 26, 1963 at the age of 78. Libbie died on May 4, 1970 at the age of 84.

NOTE: George and Libbie were interred at the Grand River Cemetery, Grand River, Iowa.