This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burton Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5669 Message Board Post: Cameron Herald – Thur., 20 March 1902 Divorce Citation - Emma Burton, plaintiff vs. Pink Burton, defendant, Cause No. 3868, Milam County District Court, filed on March 12, 1902 - Petition alleges couple were married in Milam county and lived together as man and wife until Aug. 1901 when defendant without cause or provocation on the part of plaintiff, beat plaintiff with a strap, seriously and painfully injuring her. Immediately thereafter, plaintiff left and has lived separately and apart from him ever since. Two children were born to the couple, Sarah, a girl, age 8 and Pinkey, a boy, age 3. Plaintiff asks for custody of the children.