Lellon Lucy Polson Burnham and Franklin Cellon Polson are tied as the tenth-oldest children.
Lellon Lucy Polson Burnham
Annie and John Quincy’s last set of twins would come in the form of daughter Lellon Lucy Polson Burnham (March 4th, 1918 – June 9th, 1997) and son Franklin Cellon Polson (March 4th, 1918 – May 29th, 2003).
At the time of 1920 Census, Lellon and Franklin are the youngest children living on the Jones County farm.
They moved with the family into Laurel, where by 1930, neither still did any work to provide for the family, too young at the time. For Lellon, it was not until the latter half of the 1930s that she married, having by then completed high school to the sophomore level.
She was betrothed to Charles Sanford Burnham, Sr. (May 31st, 1919 – January 5th, 1998). Charles Sanford hailed from Agnes, Mississippi, and grew up in a railroad household. In 1920, his father worked as a locomotive engineer in Perry County, Mississippi. By 1930, he was still in the industry, now providing for his family at 202 Thompson Street, Hattiesburg, as a switchman.
In 1940, Lellon lived with Charles Sanford at 815 Hardy Street, Hattiesburg, with no children at that point. Charles Sanford paid the bills through his job as a service clerk at a wholesale grocery store. By 1950, however, he had embraced his heritage and was a policeman for a railroad company in Alexandria, Virginia. The Burnhams lived in the city at 1204 Braddock Road, all the children they would have: daughter Judith (born around 1941) and son Charles Sanford, Jr. (born around 1946). At this point, one of Charles Sanford’s sisters, Enid, is living with them.
Just three years later, the family was back in Hattiesburg, this time at 325 North 26th Avenue. Charles Sanford had advanced to the position of trainmaster for the Southern Railway.
Life began to slow down by at-latest 1981, when the Burnhams settled definitively in Fort Walton Beach. In 1986, they were relaxing at 122 Troy Circle, living out their retirement years. They were members of Wright Baptist Church. However, Lellon would eventually die in June of 1997 at the Emerald Coast Healthcare Center in Fort Walton, aged seventy-nine years. Charles Sanford would pass away less than a year later in winter 1998, and both are buried in Roseland Park Cemetery, Hattiesburg.
At the time of 1920 Census, Lellon and Franklin are the youngest children living on the Jones County farm.
They moved with the family into Laurel, where by 1930, neither still did any work to provide for the family, too young at the time. For Lellon, it was not until the latter half of the 1930s that she married, having by then completed high school to the sophomore level.
She was betrothed to Charles Sanford Burnham, Sr. (May 31st, 1919 – January 5th, 1998). Charles Sanford hailed from Agnes, Mississippi, and grew up in a railroad household. In 1920, his father worked as a locomotive engineer in Perry County, Mississippi. By 1930, he was still in the industry, now providing for his family at 202 Thompson Street, Hattiesburg, as a switchman.
In 1940, Lellon lived with Charles Sanford at 815 Hardy Street, Hattiesburg, with no children at that point. Charles Sanford paid the bills through his job as a service clerk at a wholesale grocery store. By 1950, however, he had embraced his heritage and was a policeman for a railroad company in Alexandria, Virginia. The Burnhams lived in the city at 1204 Braddock Road, all the children they would have: daughter Judith (born around 1941) and son Charles Sanford, Jr. (born around 1946). At this point, one of Charles Sanford’s sisters, Enid, is living with them.
Just three years later, the family was back in Hattiesburg, this time at 325 North 26th Avenue. Charles Sanford had advanced to the position of trainmaster for the Southern Railway.
Life began to slow down by at-latest 1981, when the Burnhams settled definitively in Fort Walton Beach. In 1986, they were relaxing at 122 Troy Circle, living out their retirement years. They were members of Wright Baptist Church. However, Lellon would eventually die in June of 1997 at the Emerald Coast Healthcare Center in Fort Walton, aged seventy-nine years. Charles Sanford would pass away less than a year later in winter 1998, and both are buried in Roseland Park Cemetery, Hattiesburg.
Franklin Cellon Polson
As for Franklin, he continued to live with his mother and siblings through the entirety of the 1930s and into the 1940s. He attended school through the sixth grade, from there providing for the family as a cotton weaver. Around October 16th, 1940, specifically, he worked for Laurel Mills Inc.
However, Franklin enlisted in the United States Navy on December 19th, 1945 – only eight days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He served throughout the entirety war until his discharge on August 29th, 1945. During his time in the war, he survived the sinking of the USS Northampton in 1942, and from there continued to serve in the Pacific Theater.
While still enlisted in the Navy, Franklin married his love Helen Grace Sumrall Polson (January 14th, 1925 – February 16th, 2016), the sister of Stella’s husband Floyd Edgar. The couple officially registered to marry on April 7th, 1945, in Nueces, Texas. After the war, they returned to Jones County to live on the farm of Helen’s parents, all-the-while Franklin works press operations at a pulpwood plant. By this point, Helen had given birth to all their children: daughters Connie Jean (born about 1948) and Belva Grace (born about 1946).
However, they did not live in Jones County for long, having settled in Monroe, Louisiana, by the time of Irma’s death in 1953. At the time of Belva Grace’s marriage in 1965, they lived at 2314 Sauvelle Drive in Monroe. However, by Ernestine’s death in 1981, Franklin and Helen had moved to Lafayette, Louisiana. Within the decade, though, they would end up back in Jones County, living at 2303 North 6th Avenue in Laurel.
Franklin would survive to witness the turn of the century, living west of Laurel in the rural community of Soso by then. At the time, he attended Centerville Baptist Church. However, soon after in summer of 2003, he would die at South Central Regional Medical Center in Laurel. Eighty-five years old, he was buried in Mack Brown Cemetery. Helen would live on for more than a decade until her own death in Humble, Texas, in 2016. She would be buried next to Polson only a few days later.
However, Franklin enlisted in the United States Navy on December 19th, 1945 – only eight days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He served throughout the entirety war until his discharge on August 29th, 1945. During his time in the war, he survived the sinking of the USS Northampton in 1942, and from there continued to serve in the Pacific Theater.
While still enlisted in the Navy, Franklin married his love Helen Grace Sumrall Polson (January 14th, 1925 – February 16th, 2016), the sister of Stella’s husband Floyd Edgar. The couple officially registered to marry on April 7th, 1945, in Nueces, Texas. After the war, they returned to Jones County to live on the farm of Helen’s parents, all-the-while Franklin works press operations at a pulpwood plant. By this point, Helen had given birth to all their children: daughters Connie Jean (born about 1948) and Belva Grace (born about 1946).
However, they did not live in Jones County for long, having settled in Monroe, Louisiana, by the time of Irma’s death in 1953. At the time of Belva Grace’s marriage in 1965, they lived at 2314 Sauvelle Drive in Monroe. However, by Ernestine’s death in 1981, Franklin and Helen had moved to Lafayette, Louisiana. Within the decade, though, they would end up back in Jones County, living at 2303 North 6th Avenue in Laurel.
Franklin would survive to witness the turn of the century, living west of Laurel in the rural community of Soso by then. At the time, he attended Centerville Baptist Church. However, soon after in summer of 2003, he would die at South Central Regional Medical Center in Laurel. Eighty-five years old, he was buried in Mack Brown Cemetery. Helen would live on for more than a decade until her own death in Humble, Texas, in 2016. She would be buried next to Polson only a few days later.