Husband: Elmore Burton
Also known as: Elmer Burton 1,2
Born: Mar-10-1840 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 3 (see note 1)
Died: Dec-27-1916 near Conings, Gilmer Co, WV 4
Buried: in Brannon Cemetery, Rush Run, Gilmer Co, WV 3
Resided: most of life near Conings, Gilmer Co, WV
Census: 1880, 1900 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Father: James Burton (1801 - )
Mother: Mariah Richards (1805 - 1890)
Wife: Sophia Brannon 1,5
Also known as: Sophie Brannon 6
Born: Nov- 9-1855 in Louisa Co, VA 6
Died: Nov-28-1895 6
Buried: in Brannon Cemetery, Rush Run, Gilmer Co, WV 6
Census: 1880 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV
Father: Pinkard Brannon (1827 - 1915)
Mother: Eliza Gibson (1824 - 1906)
Notes
M Child 1: Hedgeman D. Burton Born: Jun- -1875 2 Census: 1880, 1900 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Resided: 1916 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV 7
M Child 2: Walter E. Burton Born: Jun- -1876 2 Census: 1880, 1900 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV
M Child 3: Pinkard W. Burton Born: Jul- -1879 2 Census: 1880, 1900 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Resided: 1916 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 7
F Child 4: Eva Byrd Burton Also known as: Bird Burton 8,2 Born: May- 7-1882 in Doddridge Co, WV 9,8,2 Died: Dec-18-1964 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 9 Buried: in Brannon Cemetery, Rush Run, Gilmer Co, WV 9,6 Resided: in Glenville, Gilmer Co, WV 9 Census: 1910 in Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV Resided: 1903 in Gilmer Co, WV 8 Census: 1900 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Husband: Howard Blair Keister b. Apr-18-1881 d. Mar- 6-1949 Married: Aug- 6-1903 in Gilmer Co, WV 10
M Child 5: Earl C. Burton Born: Apr- -1885 2 Census: 1900, 1920 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV (see note 2)
F Child 6: Anna Lora Burton Also known as: Annie Burton 7,2,11 Born: Feb- 5-1891 in Doddridge Co, WV 12,13 (see note 3) Died: Apr- -1976 13 Buried: in Brannon Cemetery, Rush Run, Gilmer Co, WV 3 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 14 Census: 1940 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1935 in Ritchie Co, WV 15 Census: 1930 in Akron, Summit Co, OH Census: 1920 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Romeo Freer Keister b. Aug- 7-1895 d. Nov-20-1979 Also known as: Freer F. Keister 16,17,18 Married: Nov-21-1917 in Gilmer Co, WV 19
Sources: (1) Birth record of daughter. (2) 1900 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District). (3) Obituary. (4) Obituary - At home, Doddridge County Republican, Jan 4 1917. (5) Death record of daughter. (6) Findagrave.com. (7) Obituary of father. (8) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV. (9) Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV. (10) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV, Identified as Howard B. Keister, 22, b. & res. in Gilmer Co; and Bird Burton, b. Doddridge Co, res. Gilmer Co. Married Aug 6 1903 in Gilmer County. (NOTE: Howard B. Keister was the uncle of Freer Keister, husband of Eva Byrd Burton's sister Anna.), MR p. 72 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10609&Type=Marriage. (11) Obituary of son. (12) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV. (13) Social Security Death Index. (14) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (15) 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV. (16) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (17) National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com online database). Although the typed entry of his name is "Freer F. Keister," he signed the form "R. F. Keister." (18) Cemetery marker. (19) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV, Identified as Freer T. Keister, 22, b. & res. in Gilmer Co; and Anna Burton, 26, b. & res. in Gilmer Co. Married Nov 21 1917 in Gilmer County. MR p. 103 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=7811&Type=Marriage. Event Notes Note (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. Note (2) In 1920, listed as a boarder in the household of Susan K. Adams, her daughter & son-in-law Mittie & Lawrence Nicholson, and their daughter Eva. Note (3) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Jan 1891, but birth record and SSDI show it as Feb 5 1891. Birthplace given in marriage record as Gilmer County, but birth record shows it as Doddrige County in the community of Auburn, most of which is located in Ritchie County.