Grave 39 - may have been the grave of Brose Burleson

Brose was the son of Edward D. Burleson and Alice Dora Dansen who were married on November 11, 1886 in Seven Rivers by Rev. J. R. Hammond. Brose, when 5 years old, was injured when he fell from the back of a burro he was riding with two other children.

No marker for Brose was found in the cemetery. Grave 39 contained an undecorated and unpainted coffin of ponderosa pine and bones in so poor a condition as to make evaluation very difficult. There was also a piece of gold, grosgrain ribbon and fragments of black cloth plus a metal button.

Brose may have died from a combination of his injuries from his fall together with typhoid fever, but there is little evidence to prove that this is what happened. Nor that this was Brose's grave.