Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Burton, Joseph September 27, 1905 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com July 16, 2016, 6:35 pm Daily Standard - Thursday, Sept. 28, 1905 Joseph Burton of Caledonia was drowned while in bathing at Lake Odessa on Wednesday. He was 34 years old, unmarried, and employed on a lake steamer. He was home on a visit, and had gone to attend the fair at Lake Odessa for the day. He went out alone in a boat, and jumped in the water when only a short distance from shore. He disappeared before assistance could reach him, and it is supposed he was taken with cramps. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/burton33268nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb