William Burton

BURTON, VANDORN

Posted By: C Swearingen (email)
Date: 2/13/2007 at 01:58:29

William Burton, one of Monona County’s earliest settlers, now a resident of Onawa, came here October 5, 1855. He was born at Great Barrington, Mass., September 22, 1826, and is the son of David and Mary (Wilmot) Burton. His parents dying in his infancy he passed through a precarious condition and could get but little schooling. In the spring of 1851 he went to California but the next year he returned to New England where he engaged in farming until he came to Monona County. He has held the position of Postmaster at Ashton, Justice of the Peace, and was County Treasurer for two terms. He moved to Onawa in 1858, on the change of the county seat. Mr. Burton was married January 1, 1857 to Miss Sarah M. VanDorn, and they are the parents of eight children, two of whom are dead.

Source: History of Monona County Iowa
Chicago National Pub. Co. 1890