BURTON BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri ==================================================================== BURTON, Lyman - b: 1832 Bethlehem, Litchfield Co, CT source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 560 residence: Windsor Lyman Burton, farmer and stock dealer was born March 2, 1832, in Bethlehem, Litchfield County, Connecticut, where he received a good practical English education. His father, Daniel B. Burton was a miller by occupation, but afterwards became a farmer. He was born April 14, 1787, in Connecticut, and on April 25. 1821, married Miss Zeririah H. Hayes, who was born October 6, 1792, in the same state. They had seven children, and all are living: Elam B., born September 20, 1822 ; Jesse B., born March 5, 1825; Hester E., born December 14, 1826 ; Mary Z., born August 5, 1828 ; Henrietta S., born September 25, 1830; Lyman, born March 2, 1832; Nathan B., born March 16, 1835. With the exception of two these children still reside in their native state, Hester E., who married S. M. Churchill, of Connecticut, lives in State Center, Marshall County, Iowa. Lyman Burton emigrated from the state of his birth in the spring of 1855, at the age of twenty- three, to Dunleith, Jo. Daviess County, Illinois. He was there engaged as section foreman on the Illinois Central Railroad, for twelve years. He married Miss Isabel H. McCallen, on November 28, 1860, and they have had five children: Ida E., born November 29, 1862, and died September 20, 1865, of typhoid fever; Ada S., born November 15, 1865; Ernest R., born March 22, 1867; Wilfred L., born June 13, 1869; Frank McCallen, born January 14, 1876. In the fall of 1872, Mr. B. removed from Tonica, LaSalle County, Illinois, to Moberly, Missouri, remaining there for nearly seven years, when he changed his locality to Henry County, on April 1, 1880. Here he purchased eighty-four acres of land and became occupied in agricultural pursuits. He enlisted April 6, 1865, in Company C, Sixty-Fourth Illinois Infantry Veteran Volunteers, Captain William Zuel, commanding, and served one year, when he was regularly discharged at North Louisville, Kentucky. He is a man of generous impulses, and genial in his manners. his political sentiments are strongly Republican. ==================================================================== BURTON, William H. - b: 1853 Cooper Co, MO source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 559 residence: Windsor William H. Burton, of the firm of Burton & Collins, proprietors of livery, sale and feed stable, was born in Cooper County, Missouri, November 7, 1853. His father, Emerson Burton, was born in Kentucky. After living in Howard and Cooper Counties for many years, he moved in 1868, into Henry County and bought a farm. His mother's maiden name was Martha Reed, of Cooper County. They had nine children, of whom William is the third child. He bought a farm and worked it for several years, and November 16, 1879, he came to Windsor and started the livery business. He has a good stable with fine horses and carriages, and is doing a satisfactory business. He married Miss Amanda Collins in 1866. She was the daughter of Dillard Collins, of Cooper County, but who came originally from Montgomery County, Kentucky. Her mother was formerly Harriet Jones, born in Alabama. They have one child, Jessie Lee, born in 1878. Mr. Burton is a genial man, affable to those with whom he comes in contact, and is. making a success of his business. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by the Henry County MOGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~mohenry/henryco.html Contact the Henry County Coordinator for comments or corrections. ====================================================================