In a message dated 3/27/06 8:27:32 PM, [email protected] writes: << I have a problems with the children of May Medley Burton and Minerva Brooks. Everything I have seen that shows their children states that there were two, not three. They are shown as Ambrose Chiles Burton and William Henry Burton. I have always assumed that Irene was their daughter. She is shown first on the 1860 census as being 10 years old, on the 1870 census as being 20 years old, and on the 1880 as being 24 years old. On the 1880 census she is listed as daughter. The problem - On the 1900 Salt Spring Twp., Huntsville City, Randolph Co., Missouri, SD 2, ED 138, Sheet 1A, Ancestry.com image 1 of 38, dwelling 4, family 5, I found what I believe to be May Medley Burton. It appears to be - Burton, May M., head, W, M, Dec. 1822, 77, Wd., MO, VA, KY - Irine, NIECE, W, F, March 1851, 49, S, MO, KY, MO Does anyone have any information on Irene Burton? I do not believe that she is the daughter of May Medley and Minerva (Brooks) Burton, but I could be wrong. >> Looks like you are absolutely right Cecil....thanks for a sharp eye This Irene is daughter of May Medley's brother Joseph Wisdom Burton and Orpha Jane Brooks. Following is her obit. 9 Oct 1908--MISS IRENE BURTON DEAD--The many Higbee friends and acquaintances of Miss Irene Burton were pained to learn of her death which occurred at the home of her uncle, Judge May M. Burton, at Huntsville Friday of last week. She had been a sufferer from cancer for several months and had only recently returned from St. Louis where she underwent an operation in the hope of relief. It only hastened her death, which came as a welcome relief from untold suffering. Miss Irene was a daughter of Joseph W. Burton of this place but had always lived with her uncle since her mother's death which occurred when she was but two years of age. She was about 58 years of age and was a lady of saintly character, being a devout and consistent member of the Christian church. Funeral services were held Sunday at the home of her father by Eld. E. Y, Keiter and the remains tenderly laid to rest in the Rennolds burying ground. The large crowd of sorrowing relatives and friends present spoke more eloquently than words of the high esteem in which she was held. The News joins the community in sympathy to the bereaved ones.®292 Linda