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Elmore BURTON

Elmore BURTON

Male 1840 - 1916  (76 years)


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  • Name Elmore BURTON
    Birth 10 Mar 1840  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • 1900 Census gives birth date as Mar 1843, age 56. But age was 40 in 1880 Census, and age 76y 9m 17d in obituary calculates to a birth date of Mar 10 1840.
    Gender Male
    Census 1850  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880, 1900  Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence MOST OF LIFE  Conings, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 27 Dec 1916  Conings, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial Brannon Cemetery, Rush Run, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I58115  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 1 May 2021

    Father James BURTON,   b. CA 1801
    Mother Mariah RICHARDS,   b. 31 Aug 1805   d. 6 Nov 1890, Leopold, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F16244  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sophia BRANNON,   b. 9 Nov 1855, Louisa Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1895 (Age 40 years)  [3, 4]
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Gilmer Co, WV (Troy District), enumerated in June 1880:
      Elmore Burton, 40, farmer; wife Sophia, 24; son Hedgeman, 4; son Walter E, 2; son Pinkard W, 9 months.

      1900 Census, Gilmer Co, WV (Troy District), enumerated on Jun 12 1900:
      Pinkard Brannon, 66, b. Sep 1832, farmer, married 52 yrs; wife Liza Brannon, 75, b. Nov 1824, mother of 9 children (8 still living); dau Malinda Brannon, 50, b. Oct 1849, single; dau Lucy A. Brannon, 44, b. Jun 1855, single; son-in-law Elmer Burton, 56, b. Mar 1843, farm laborer, widowed; grandson Hedgyman Burton, 24, b. Jun 1875, single; grandson Walter Burton, 23, b. Jun 1876, single; grandson Pinkney Burton, 20, b. Jul 1879, single; granddau Bird Burton, 18, b. May 1882, single; grandson Earl Burton, 15, b. Apr 1885; granddau Annie Burton, 9, b. Jan 1891.
    Children 
     1. Hedgeman Denver BURTON,   b. 20 Jun 1875, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Sep 1954, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     2. Walter E. BURTON,   b. 3 Jun 1877   d. 2 Aug 1907 (Age 30 years)
    >3. Pinkard William BURTON,   b. 4 Jul 1879, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1956 (Age 76 years)
    +4. Eva Byrd BURTON,   b. 7 May 1882, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1964, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    +5. Charles Earl BURTON,   b. 16 Apr 1885, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Oct 1969, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    +6. Anna Lora BURTON,   b. 5 Feb 1891, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1976 (Age 85 years)
    Documents
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    Family ID F33005  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S1752] Obituary - At home, Doddridge County Republican, Jan 4 1917.

    3. [S1592] Birth record of daughter.

    4. [S1590] Death record of daughter.