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Michigan
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Also see [Railway Officials in America 1906]
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This estimable lady was born in Leicestershire, England, Jan. 3, 1815, and was the youngest in a family of three
children. Her mother died about 1818, in England, and her father emigrated with his children to America in the
same year, settling at Philadelphia. For five or six years the daughter lived with a family in Washington. On the
23d of January, 1833, she was married to James Burton, who was also a native of England, and who had come to America
in 1827, and settled in Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Burton became the parents of five sons and four daughters, and
five of the number are now living. After living in different localities for several years, Mr. Burton settled,
with his family, in the township of Pipestone, Berrien Co., Mich., on what is now the Burton homestead, where his
death occurred, Sept. 13, 1854.
A farm of eighty acres was left to his widow and seven children. Mr. Burton was acknowledged to be an honest, industrious
man, a good manager, a worthy citizen, and a generous and true friend. Mrs. Burton died in 1878, and her loss was
mourned by a large circle of friends. Her presence at the bedside of the sick was a comfort; her benevolence was
bounded only by her means. William and Edward Burton, Sons of the above, cause this biography and the accompanying
portrait to be inserted in this volume. William served three years during the war as a sergeant in the 17th Michigan
Volunteer Infantry. These gentlemen are both Republicans. Their father never took an active part in politics.
FROM:
History of Berrien and Van Buren Counties, Michigan
With Illistrations and Biographical Sketches
of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers.
D. W. Ensign & Co., Philadelphia 1880
Press of J. B. Lippincoff & Co., Philadelphia.
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