TAZEWELL COUNTY, VA - OBITUARIES - Martha Havens Burton, 26 Apr 1949 ============================================================================ 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. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the Virginia USGenWeb Archives by: Karen EAGLE Moman arizonaeagle@qwest.net ============================================================================ "ClinchValley News" Tazewell, Tazewell, Co VA Friday, April 29, 1949 DEATH: MRS. W. L. BURTON MRS. W. L. BURTON, aged 80, died in the Bluefield sanitarium Last Tuesday. She was a resident of Bluefield, Va. Before marriage she was the former MISS MARTHA HAVENS, and was born September 6, 1868 in Tazewell County. She was married to W. L. BURTON in 1885. Mr. Burton died several years ago. She is survived by two children, J. B. BURTON, of Bluefield, VA., and W. C. BURTON of Roanoke. Her oldest son, T. P. BURTON, died 36 years ago and her only daughter , MR.S R. G. YOST, died in 1937. Two sisters also survive, MRS. LANE of Bluefield, Va., and MRS. M. E. GROSCLOSE of Boissevain. [Martha M. Havens, d/o Bryant Havens & Virginia Yost. W. L. Burton is William L. Burton, s/o James W. Burton & Mary V. Carbaugh, d/o John & Margaret Carbaugh. James W. Burton, s/o Jacob Burton & Catherine Stump. The sister, Mrs. M. E. Grosclose-Mary E. Havens, wife of M. Edd Grosclose]. ADDED DATA: 1900 TAZEWELL CO VA CENSUS # 81, Clear Fork, J. B. Havens, Enumerator (Martha’s brother, Jerome) WILLIAM BURTON, 36, b. July 1863, VA (All in home b. VA,, Policeman .....Martha M., 31, b. Sept 1863, wife, had had 4 children, wife .....Thomas P., 14, b. Jan 1886, son .....James B., 12, b. Feby 188, son .....Virgie M., 9, b. Feby 1891, dau .....William C., 6, b. June 1893, son JAMES BURTON, 66, B. MAY 1834, FARMER/BLACKSMITH * ALICE V. HAVENS, 18, b. Oct 1881, Sister-in-law/Dry Goods Clerk * This is the father of William L. Burton, per the 1880 Taz. Co., VA., 89th Dist., Census [Also this 1900 Census must have been read after 12 Sep 1900 , as the death date of James Burton’s wife, Mary V. (Carbaugh) Burton’s tombstone stated that she died 12 Sept 1900! James Burton, b. May 1834, died 13 Nov 1902. Mary V. (Carbaugh) Burton, d/o John & Margaret Carbaugh. Mary b. Montgomery Co., VA]. Karen EAGLE Moman arizonaeagle@qwest.net April 2002