Neil, this is what was written up about one of Richard's brothers "Fincelius G. Burnett" from what Janelle wrote, if it helps..

Progressive Men of the State of Wyoming--A. W. Bowen & Co--pg 765

FINCELIUS G. BURNETT

The subject of this sketch is the head farmer at the Shoshone Indian agency, and he is a man who has had a most interesting and varied career on the western frontier. He has seen Wyoming grow from the desert and the wilderness, inhabited only by wild beasts and savages, to a prosperous and progressive commonwealth, on its rapid course to become one of the leading states of the American Union. Born in April, 1844, Mr. Burnett is a native of the county of Lewis, Missouri, the son of Washington J. and Eliza (Fenley) Burnett, both natives of Kentucky. His father was one of the pioneer settlers of Missouri, having removed there from his native state when a young man. He long followed harness and saddle making, and was an extensive operator in that line of manufacture and merchandising. He was a man of local prominence in the community where he resided, taking an active part in public affairs, and was at one time the sheriff of Lewis county, Mo. He subsequently removed his residence to Texas, where he resided up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1896, at the age of seventy-seven years. The mother also passed away from earth in Texas, having there survived her husband until 1900, when she had also attained to the age of seventy-seven years. To this worthy pair were born nine children, Samuel, who was killed in battle while a soldier during the Civil War; George W., now a resident of Lewiston, Mo., Fincelius C., the subject of this sketch; the Rev. Richard H. H. Burnett, now a prominent minister of the Christian church, residing in Dallas, Texas; Eugene D., now a leading business man of Austin, Texas; Minerva, who died in infancy; James G., now engaged in business at Ennis, Texas; Margaret, now the wife of Mack Alsbrook, also of Ennis, Texas; Sarah, now the wife of George Higginbotham, of the same place. F. C. Burnett received his early education in the public schools of Missouri, and he subsequently attended for a short time the Christian University at Canton Mo. Upon the breaking out of the Civil War he enlisted in the Monticello Grays, C. S. A. The greater part of the army service in which he participated was on the border. After the termination of the war he came to Omaha, Neb., where, in 1865, he entered the employ of A. C. Leighton, and came with the Powder River expedition of General Connor against the Indians. The expedition came as far as Fort Casper and was in service some eleven months. During that time they had many thrilling experiences and narrow escapes. In October, 1865, they were surrounded by the Indians above Alkali Station on the South Platte River. It was generally reported that all the members of the party had been killed and the wagon train burned, but. While their condition was desperate, they being only sixty-three in number, and surrounded by more than 400 bloodthirsty Indians, their total loss was twenty-two, of whom seventeen were Omaha scouts. During the engagement six soldiers volunteered to break through the line of Indians and they started to go to the military station to notify its commanding officer of their peril and secure relief, but only one of the party, a lieutenant, reached the destination, the others falling on the way. Relief finally came, and thereafter Mr. Burnett returned to Omaha and, later, to his home in Missouri. In 1866 he again came to Omaha and engaged again with Mr. Leighton, coming this time to Fort Phil Kearney. He was subsequently employed at Fort Connor, afterwards called Fort Reno, on the Powder River, which had been built by the troops on the first expedition, and at other military posts. In 1868 he came to the North Platte, where for a time he was engaged in contracting on the Union Pacific Railroad. In 1869 he came to South Pass. Wyo., and there worked in the mines until 1871, when he came to the valley where he now resides. He was associated with Doctor Irwin, and accepted the position of head farmer on the Shoshone reservation. He continued in this responsible position for six years, and then individually engaged in cattle raising, in which he met with considerable success. In 1896 he was again appointed head farmer on the reservation, in the duties of which he has continued to the present time. Prior to his entering the employ of the government, he was engaged in the jewelry business at Lander, Wyoming, but his place of business was destroyed by fire. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the Masonic order, being a member of Wyoming Lodge, No. 2, a Knight Templar and a Royal Arch Mason. On March 2, 1870, Mr. Burnett was united in marriage at Atlantic City. Wyo., to Miss Eliza A. McCarty, a native of New York. Eight children have been born to them, James, now engaged in the cattle business in Montana; Frank, the first white child born in this valley, now married and residing in the Jackson Hole country of Wyoming: Margaret, the wife of William L. Simpson, a leading attorney of Lander; William, who is engaged in the jewelry business at Lander; F. G., a stockman of Fremont county; Eva; Ida C.; Lynn.

The family are members of the Episcopal church, although Mr. Burnett is a member of the Christian church. He is also one of the leading citizens of western Wyoming, and has been largely instrumental in bringing about the present civilized condition existing in that section of the state. Through many years his life on the frontier has been crowded with experiences of the greatest interest, and he is a type of the hardy, fearless, just and successful men who have created the great western country of today. He is held in high esteem by all classes of men with whom he has been associated during his long and useful life, both in private life and in official station.