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Source: The Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Fulton County
Munsell Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908

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The Biography of Mrs. Mary S. BURRAGE 

[Surnames: BURRAGE, LOCKWOOD, PICARD, SAUNDERS] 

BURRAGE, MRS. MARY S. 

    
Of the women of Avon, this county, whose fate it was to participate in the hardships and deprivation incident to early settlement of Illinois, mention is due Mrs. Mary S. Burrage, who, for a number of years, has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Louise R. Lockwood. Mrs. Burrage was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, May 7, 1834, and is a daughter of Lewis S. and Martha (Saunders) Picard, the former of whom was born in Ohio in 1788, and the latter in the same State, December 25, 1818. Mr. Picard was a merchant tailor by occupation , but his death occured when his daughter was so young that she has no recollection of either his personality or his appearance. 
    
Mrs. Burrage was reared under the watchful eye of a practical mother, and was trained in the household tasks essentially the province of women. Her education in the public schools was made an important item in her discipline, but her mother unfortunately died ere she arrived at womanhood, and she thus was left an orphan of limited means. 
    
On June 28, 1855 she was married to Dwight C. Burrage and of the union there were three children, of whom Louise, wife of Lewis R. Lockwood, and William E. survive, Minnie B. having died November 23, 1900. 
    
Mrs. Burrage is a devout Christian woman and for many years has been a member of the Universalist Church. She retains the quality of mind and heart which made her charming as a girl, and which in mature life have drawn to her the lasting esteem of many friends.