Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Burton, Joseph
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Bristol Township


JOSEPH BURTON farmer, P.O. Bristol, is prominent among the 
descendants of the early pioneers of Bucks county.  The 
family of which he is descended came from England to Bucks 
county at a very early date.  Joseph Burton was born on the 
farm where he now resides in 1848, and is a son of John C. 
and Sarah (Headley) Burton, natives of Bucks county.  His 
maternal ancestors were also among the early emigrants from 
England to America.  His father was a farmer and had three 
children.  Joseph being the youngest.  He was reared on the 
farm, attended the district school, and has been a tiller of 
the soil all his life.  He is also engaged in the dairy 
business.  He was married in 1870 to Miss Anna E., daughter 
of William G. and Elizabeth C. Allen, and granddaughter of 
William Allen, whose family came from England.  They have 
two children, Joseph Allen and Russell Wilson.  Mr. Burton 
is a republican in politics.  He has been a school director 
and is a member of the I. O. O. F.