"Benjamin B. and Emerett ( Martin ) Burton were married in Illinois. April 11, 1858. and in 1878, moved to Otter Tail county, Minnesota, locating in Compton township on a homestead of eighty acres. Later Mr. Burton purchased eighty acres adjoining his original farm and here he lived for fifteen years. In the meantime, he purchased and sold eighty acres in section 2, of Oak Valley township. He lived on this other farm until the death of his wife on April 10, 1904, and since that time has lived with his son. Dana 1... in Oak Valley township, he served as justice of the peace for about eighteen years and is a prominent member of the Evangelical association. There were six children born to Benjamin Burton and wife; William, Helen, Walter, Jennie, Dana I., and Rose, who is deceased."
From: History of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, It's People, Industries and Institutions. John W. Mason, Editor. With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families, VOLUME II, ILLUSTRATED, 1916, F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Contributor: Rootie (47320932) • [email protected])
(Emerett died in Oak Valley in Otter Tail County)
From: History of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, It's People, Industries and Institutions. John W. Mason, Editor. With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families, VOLUME II, ILLUSTRATED, 1916, F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Contributor: Rootie (47320932) • [email protected])
(Emerett died in Oak Valley in Otter Tail County)
"Benjamin B. and Emerett ( Martin ) Burton were married in Illinois. April 11, 1858. and in 1878, moved to Otter Tail county, Minnesota, locating in Compton township on a homestead of eighty acres. Later Mr. Burton purchased eighty acres adjoining his original farm and here he lived for fifteen years. In the meantime, he purchased and sold eighty acres in section 2, of Oak Valley township. He lived on this other farm until the death of his wife on April 10, 1904, and since that time has lived with his son. Dana 1... in Oak Valley township, he served as justice of the peace for about eighteen years and is a prominent member of the Evangelical association. There were six children born to Benjamin Burton and wife; William, Helen, Walter, Jennie, Dana I., and Rose, who is deceased."
From: History of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, It's People, Industries and Institutions. John W. Mason, Editor. With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families, VOLUME II, ILLUSTRATED, 1916, F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Contributor: Rootie (47320932) • [email protected])
(Emerett died in Oak Valley in Otter Tail County)
From: History of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, It's People, Industries and Institutions. John W. Mason, Editor. With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families, VOLUME II, ILLUSTRATED, 1916, F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Contributor: Rootie (47320932) • [email protected])
(Emerett died in Oak Valley in Otter Tail County)
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