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Searching for Burton family graves in Pryor Oklahoma

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Searching for Burton family graves in Pryor Oklahoma

penguin9271  (View posts) Posted: 25 Jun 2008 10:31PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Burton
I have always been told stories about my maternal grandmother's family living in Oklahoma for a few years in the early 1900s. I was also told that the family lived in Pryor while they were in Oklahoma. I'm trying to find out about death/burial information for two children that were supposed to be buried in Pryor.

The first child is Mabel Agnes Burton, born 26 November, 1891 in Missouri (probably Randolph or Howard County). Mabel died 13 September 1906 and I was told she died in Mayes County.

The second child is Thomas Waller Burton. Family stories indicate that he was born sometime between 1906 and 1908 and died as an infant. The family tells a story that when Thomas Waller was born, his father, Gorham Burton was very ill. Gorham Burton claimed to have seen Mabel in a dream saying that she was visiting to "take the baby away" and Gorham replied "I know".

It would mean so much to everyone in the family if we could find out where Mabel and Thomas were buried. We have not found their graves in the family graveyard in Missouri, so we suspect that they are buried in Oklahoma.
Thanks!
Beth

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