Person:Thomas Burnau (2)

He and Lydia (Aughee) Burnau were the parents of 16 children. 12 survived past childhood. He owned land in Wells County, Indiana. It was located in section #27 of Union Township. I found a platt map at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inwells/gs/map/1881unionmap.jpg and his plot is labeled “T. M. Burnau”. Flat creek runs thru the land. It is now located near 800N and 300W (once known as SR 303).

Re: burial location. The system does not recognze Uniontown (Wells County). At one time it was a town and the church and cemetery are still there (200W). Nearest town is Zanesville, but the current address is Ossian, IN for the city.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inwells/bio/1887/634-646.html The Church of the Disciples at Uniontown, a mile southeast of Zanesville, has been in existence since pioneer times. Present membership, sixty-five. Elders: William Walker, Thomas Bernau, J. W. Walker and William Schoonover; deacons, Jacob S. Zion, George Zion, S. D. Cartwright and Joseph Redding. Sunday-school superintendent, G. W. Zion. Pastors have been: Thomas Bernau, -- Teeples, Aaron and Noah Walker, E. W. Hammond, Charles Austin, Mr. Newton and M. L. Blaney, of Kendallville, the present. The house of worship, a frame 32 x 36, was dedicated in 1853, by Elder Dowling. Note: name is misspelled, should be Burnau

http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofformati00shir/historyofformati00shir_djvu.txt Book Title: A History Of The Formation, Settlement And Development Of Hamilton County, Indiana

 Nicholsonville, now Clarksville, is situated five and one-half miles

southeast of Noblesville on the Noblesville and Pendleton Road. ...... The Christian Church at Clarksville was organized in i860 by Rev. Thomas Burnau. Their first meetings were held in school houses or private residences until their present church building was erected in the town.

Noblesville Daily Ledger, Thursday May 18, 1933 First Christian Church, Century of Progress Article about church history and includes a photo of Rev. Burnau.

http://www.archive.org/stream/countiesofwhitle00good/countiesofwhitle00good_djvu.txt .... 216 HISTORY OF WHITLEY COUNTY. ..... 164 members, and now has a membership of forty-four. Following is a list of the preachers who have ministered to the spiritual wants of this congregation : O. W. Chapman, James Hadsel, William Dowling, Z. W. Shepherd, B. W. Hendryx, A. Walker, C. B. Austin, F. H. McCormack, T. M. Burnau, P. Hasty and 0. A. Newton. In 1858, William Dowling preached at the Maring Schoolhouse, and during the same year organized a church of twenty members at that place. He was followed by George Chapman, B. W. Hendryx, Z. W. Shepherd and others. In 1879, the frame building in present use at Forest was completed at a cost of |3,000, and dedicated by M. P. Galleher. C B Austin is a brother in law (married Sarah Ann Burnau in New Paris, Preble County)

'Clipping of obituary that my grandmother, Hazel Maddux Ulrich saved:'IN ENDLESS SLEEPAfter a Lingering Illness a Noted Citize Passes to His Regward ELDER THOMAS BURNAU Beyond the Cares of Earth—A Pioneer Minister and Citizen Mourned by Many Friends Although life is uncertain and death, sure according to the edict of Almighty God, yet does the taking away of our loved one by the grim destroyer wring our hearts and stir our emotions. On life’s brief day the sun set all to soon. “how wonderful is Sleep; Sleep, and his brother, Death.” Bringing the night to childhood, upon which day hath scarcely dawned; darkening the trength of manhood and womanhood, who sun is in its meridian; or bringing rest to weary age, spent with the burdens of life’ brief day, and rejoicing in the peace that hath no end. “There is no death, what seems so is transition; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, whose portals we call death.” To those whose footsteps lingers on the shores of Eternit’s ocean, the Valley of Shadows is a place of terrors. Powerless to ave watching the deepening floom in anguish of spirit, there is naught that can break the force of the awful blow, nothing that can soothe the soul’s agony, untl the bitter cup of affliction has been drained o its dregs. Thomas M. Burnau was born in New Paris, Ohio July 22nd, 1822 and departed this life in Markle, Indiana in his home Wedneday morning March 12 1902, aged 79 year, 7 months, and 20 days. He was united in marriage with Lydia Aughee January 5th 1842. To this union were given sixteen children, five having preceded their father to the spirit land. Besides the wife and morhter and children who survive the husband and father there are thirty-six grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren who weep becuae husband,--father,--grandfather is not. In 1842 he began teaching singing and preaching for the Christian Missionary Society of Cincinnatti OH. For three years the scope of is work increased until it included Northern Ohio and Indiana. About this time, nearly 60 years ago, he was called to Noblesville IN as a pastor of the 1st Christian church . Here he labored for about 9 years, after which he moved to a farm in Union township, Wells County. Here, while cutting out a home and maintaining his family he continued in the ministry with all the toil, privations and dangers surrounding and attending the ?ustly famed circuit rider. His evangelistic work extended through twelve or fourteen different states, but his ministry was confined to Ohio and Indiana. “Uncle tom” as he was familiarly called, was known far and wide. In the very morning of a vigorous manhood he consecrated his services to his country and god. How well, and how much he did Eternity can tell … The funeral services will be conducted tomorrow – Friday—at the Christian Church at 9:30am burial at Uniontown. Rev Goodykoontz will be in charge.

His name can be found on this web site about the restoration movement, as the family migrated from near Paris KY, Bourbon county -- near the Cane Ridge meeting house. One of the Burnau (Burnaw) family members (George, son of Thomas "Gorham" Burnau, has a tombstone memorial in the cemetery. http://www.mun.ca/rels/restmov/

Thomas McCausland Burnau, approx 1890's