Sarah Ann Williams Burton (1834-1917)

Sarah Ann Williams Burton

Birth

18 Sep 1834

Scott County, Virginia, USA

Death

17 Jun 1917 (aged 82)

Lone Star, Douglas County, Kansas, USA

Burial

Williams Cemetery

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Daughter of Lewis Haney Williams & Susan Peters. Came to KS in 1854. Married to David L. Burton 02 Apr 1854 in Kentucky.

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Lawrence [KS] Daily Journal-World, 23 Jun 1917, Friday

DEATH OF MRS. BURTON

Mrs. Sarah Burton, aged 83 years, died yesterday afternoon at the home near Lone Star. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at the Colyer church. Interment will be made in the Williams cemetery.

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The Emporia [KS] Weekly Gazette, 28 June 1917, Thursday, Page 3

MRS. SARAH ANNE BURTON DEAD

Mrs. Sarah Anne Burton died Thursday afternoon at her home in Douglass County, thirteen miles southwest of Lawrence. She was born in Scott County, Virginia, September 18, 1834, and moved with her parents to Lawrence when four (sic) years old. In 1857 she married D. C. Burton, and eleven children were born to them. A son, W. H. Burton, lives in Emporia.

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Lawrence [KS] Daily Journal-World, 29 Jun 1917, Saturday

LONE STAR

Owing to the death of our neighbor, Mrs. Sarah Burton, our superintendent's mother, there was no Sunday School last Sunday afternoon. The funeral was held in the Colyer Church, Sunday at two o'clock. Many of the old friends and neighbors were present to pay their last respects and to extend their heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved ones. Though she has passed to the great beyond, her influence for good will forever remain in the hearts of those who have ever come in touch with her. She is survived by four sisters, all of whom are widows, as she was, and ten children, six sons and four daughters, who were all, except one, here for the funeral. So ended a long, useful, and peaceful life. She was laid to rest in the Williams cemetery.