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BURTON, John

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Photo courtesy: Andrea W. Petho

BURTON, John. (Bonsall, Derbyshire, England, ABT. 1799--Dubuque, IA, 1854) John partnered with his brother Thomas first at farming in New York state, then in Dubuque as smelters of LEAD in Durango.

At 50 John returned to Bonsall and courted a young widow, Mary Barton Gell. They came to Iowa and married at Dubuque in 1852. Later Mary's whole family moved to Dubuque. Mary's sister Elizabeth Barton married Joseph HEROD.

The Burton's Furnace Road in the area in 2012 undoubtedly relates to the smelter he operated in the 1830s.

Mary Barton Gell Burton. Photo courtesy: Andrea W. Petho

John married Mary Barton Gell. Their daughter was Mary Burton.

Mary Burton. Photo courtesy: Andrea W. Petho
Mary Barton Gell Burton Stokely Wilson, Joseph Herod, and Elizabeth Barton Herod. Photo courtesy: Andrea W. Petho

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Source:

Amundson, Lloyd. Rootsweb World Connect. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:383871&id=I17913723

http://members.tripod.com/~Doreen_3/DBIOU-Z.htm

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