Petersburg City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Burton, Jesse W., 1876 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ PETERSBURG. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA AND QUEEN VICTORIA - AN INCIDENT OF BRAXTON BRAGG'S CAMPAIGN IN MEXICO - BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN PETERSBURG - DEATH OF A WORTHY COLORED MAN - CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE YELLOW-FEVER SUFFERERS - INSTALLATION OF A PASTOR - MORE FLAG-RAISING - DE MORTIE STILL IN THE FIELD - SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS FOR SPEAKING, &C. [Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] SEPTEMBR 29, 1876. [...] The funeral of the late Jesse W. Burton took place this afternoon from the Tabb-Street Presbyterian church, and was largely attended by merchants and citizens generally. He was buried with Odd-Fellows' honors, to which order he had belonged for many years. [...] Jesse W. BURTON, of Petersburg, commissary merchant, d. 28 Sep 1876, age 53, interred in Blandford Cemetery*, Petersburg, 29 Sep 1876, "The (Richmond, VA) Daily Dispatch," Sat., Sep. 30, 1876, p. 3, col. 1 *Find a Grave Mem. #28514307 Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/petersburg/obits/b635j2ob.txt