Abigail Clarkson Freeman Burton

BURTON, FREEMAN

Posted By: Volunteer - Paul French
Date: 5/26/2005 at 01:24:56

Mrs. A. C. BURTON: Abigail Clarkson FREEMAN, born Hamilton, Ohio 8/6/1823 and died 9/21/1905, age 83 years 1 month 15 days. To Wisconsin (now Iowa) age of 15 and in her 17th year married John Wesley Burton 11/36/1839 [sic]. Lived near Bentonsport. Mr. Burton died 15 years ago. 10 children, 6 have preceeded [sic] her. Death Mt. Pleasant Park near Clinton at home of Miss Martha.

Source: OBITUARIES IN VAN BUREN COUNTY, IOWA from 1899 to May 1911, From papers owned by Mrs. Redhead of Bentonsport, Iowa. Submitted by Mr. & Mrs. Stan Shepherd, Ft. Madison, Iowa, to The Ill-Ia-Mo Searcher, Issue 53, page 11.

[This appears to be a condensation of the original obituary. Original capitalization and punctuation preserved.]