"After the assassination of her husband by federal troops in July of 1862, Bursheba was burned out of her family home in Cass County, Missouri. Later that year three of her daughters were imprisoned in Kansas City, Missouri the building they were being held in collapsed causing the death of several females, two of which were her own nieces and the permanent injury to her own three daughters."
Research Notes
Death date: Some researchers say she died 6 June 1870 but other says 6 October 1870. The death year 1870 was inscribed on her tombstone, but her Find A Grave memorial shows the date as 6 October 1870.
Sources
Find A Grave: Memorial #7133777 accessed 06 May 2019, memorial page for Bursheba Sullivan Fristoe Younger (6 Jun 1816–6 Oct 1870), citing Lee's Summit Historical Cemetery, Lees Summit, Jackson County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Tanya~88. *
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There is an entry on Wikipedia (of course should be researched further) that gives "Bersheba Leighton Fristoe"'s place of birth as McMinnville, Tennessee. It also gives her parents as Richard Marshall Fristoe and Mary L. Sullivan.
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It also states that there were 14 children born to the family. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bersheba_Leighton_Fristoe