This should be William Henry BURTON son of May Medley BURTON and Minerva BROOKS. His wife was Susan Coleman CHRISTIAN. My notes say that he died Oct 7, 1913 so I guess this was his final illness. Carole In a message dated 3/9/01 6:21:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, mkbowlin@iland.net writes: > Friday, 26 Sep 1913--W. H. BURTON VERY LOW--W. H. Burton, whose illness was > noted in our last issue, was much worse than even his family suspected, and > has been at > the point of death all week, having taken a sudden turn for the worse early > Saturday > morning. > He has been in a comatose state most all week, only regaining consciousness > at > long intervals and for very brief periods. Several times he has been > reported dying, and > his physicians have thought several times that an hour or so more would see > the end. > But each time he has rallied, and Thursday morning seemed better than for > several days. > Mr. Burton suffered a slight stroke of paralysis several years ago and has > been far > from well ever since, and for several weeks before taking to his bed was > again threatened > with it. The immediate cause of his grave condition is stomach and heart > trouble, and > hope for his recovery has about been abandoned. >