This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burton, Leonard, Dove, Dennis Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DZB.2ACI/2438 Message Board Post: Within nine hours after she was stricken with apoplexy Saturday evening, Mrs. Elizabeth Burton, aged 84, closed her eyes in the eternal sleep. Her death occurred at 2:10 o'clock Sunday morning at the home of her son on Market street. (Zanesville, OH) Despite her advanced years Mrs Burton had enjoyed good health in recent years and the sudden attack at 5:45 o'clock Saturday evening was a great shock to the family. She was rendered unconscious and remained in that condition until the early morning hours, when she breathed her last. Although not a native of this county (Muskingum) Mrs. Burton had spent most of her life in and about Zanesville. She was born in Franklin county, Pa, July 24, 1828. Mrs. Burton was the widow of the late Robert Burton. A daughter, Mrs. Clara Fisher, died at her home in Hopewell twonship, about three weeks ago. The survivors are two daughters and one son: Rufus Burton of this city, Mrs. William Weller, of South Zanesville, Mrs. Norton Dove of Mt. Sterling, and a sister, Mrs. Christina Dennis of Iowa, who is 96 years old. Mrs. Burton had just been advised several days ago of the death of her brother, Lewis Leonard, aged 94, at Indianapolis, Ind. He died March 21, but through an oversight, the aged sister in this sity had not been notified. The Leonard family was noted for longevity of the members and for the war records of the men in the family. One of Mrs. Burton's grandfathers served in the Revolutionary war, two grandfathers lived to be over 100, three brothers served in the Mexican war. Lewis was first lieutenant in the Seventh battery of the Indiana artillery in the Civil war and his son was a Spanish - American war veteran. For the past twenty years, Mrs. Burton has been a member of the South street M. E. church She was an estimable Christian woman and was held in the highest esteem by her many friends throughout the county. The funeral will be conducted at the Burton home privately Tuesday. The remains will be placed in the vault in Greenwood cemetery and will later be taken to Brownsville, Licking county, for interment in the family burial ground. The Zanesville Times Recorder, published: Zanesville, Ohio April 1, 1912