Dear Listers, I have some very sparse information from a story coming down from the past and circulated among family members. The story is that there was a house fire in Edgar County, Illinois . All the children died in the fire except one or possible two. The Mother and Father also died in the fire or were away from the home at the time it happened. It is Usually told that the parents were away and the fire started in an open fireplace. I don't know when this took place. One of the surviving children was a boy named DAVID BURTON. He was born about 1823. Maybe he was an older child and somehow was able to save hmself. As the story has been told the surviving child or children were found and saved from the fire. That suggests to me that David Burton was quite young at the time this fire happened. So I'm going to guess his age about 5 to 10 years.????? David Burton grew up in Edgar County and married Emily Stites in Edgar County in 1852. Shortly after they married they removed ! to Scotland, Putnam and finally to Adair Counties in Missouri. They Emigrated with Emily's STITES family. I estimate this house fire happened about 1833. Is there anyway this would have been written about in a local newspaper? What, if any records exist that would tell me about this event? I am trying to discover the parents of DAVID BURTON. This is all the information I have about this event. I will be most grateful for any suggestions. Taunji Stites Waterman in Oregon