Barry County, Missouri, Burton  Cemetery  Corcicana Township (T24N R28W-S32)

Between Butterfield &  Wheaton.  From  Butterfield  take  W  east,  from
Wheaton take W west. Turn North at FR1052 and  stop  just  as  it  turns
sharply east  (right).  The  cemetery  will  be  straight  west  of  you
approximatly 1/2 mi into the pasture on a hill.

Transcribed  in  1990  by  Lanny   &   <mailto:mhomesley@mo-net.com>Mary
Homesley at that time the cemetery was in very poor condition  and  they
had a hard time finding any of the stones. Mary is the G-Grandaughter of
George H. & Samira J. (Burton) Higgs

W.J. Burton December 25, 1838 - February 01, 1909 (William Jesse Burton,
son of John K. and Elizabeth  Bradley  Burton  and  brother  to  my  gg-
grandmother, Samira Burton Higgs, he was also a Confederate Soldier)

JKB footstone marker (John K. Burton said to be the first buried in this
cemetery. He was shot by Major Moore's men, Federal  Soldiers,  in  1862
when he answered the front door of his  home  -  Goodspeeds  1888  Barry
County, MO)

JKB (Jr) footstone marker (John K. Burton son of John K.  and  Elizabeth
Bradley Burton, He was known  as  Uncle  Doc.  He  was  the  husband  of
Tennessee Bradley Burton who was buried in Clark Cemetery  because  when
she died, it was too muddy for them to get into Burton Cemetery to  bury
her by Uncle Doc, so she was buried in Clark beside her father, Lawrence
Bradley)

Cordelia E. daughter of J.K. and E. Burton born Feburary 02, 1853 - died
September 30, 1879 CEB footstone

Jessie G. daughter of L.M. Burton Feburary 12, 1909  -  April  12,  1913
Budded on Earth to Bloom in Heaven (Grace, daughter of Oliver and  Lidia
Mae Burton)

Estus Burton (Cordelias Estus Burton)

These are all the stones we found.

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Family knowledge, much of it given to Mary by Anna Burton states -

There is a baby buried there in a shoe box.

Samira J. Burton Higgs - wife of George Higgs, daughter of John  K.  and
Jane Foster Burton born August 1834 - 1900 Federal  Census,  died  after
December 30, 1905 (I have a land deed she signed with this date)

George H. Higgs - husband of Samira  J.,  son  of  John  K.  and  Martha
Harrison Higgs born July 1823 - 1900 Federal Census, died after December
30, 1905 (I have a land deed he signed with this date)

Elizabeth Bradley Burton - second wife of John K. Burton

Jane Foster Burton died about 1850 - first wife of John K. Burton

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