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Caswell County Genealogy
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 1914 - 1979 (65 years)
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| Name |
Burton, Jack Wendall [1] |
| Birth |
29 Jan 1914 [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth |
1915 |
Virginia  |
| Reference Number |
16595 |
| Reference Number |
21173 |
| Reference Number |
35108 |
| Death |
7 Mar 1979 [1] |
| Burial |
New Hope United Methodist Church, Caswell County, North Carolina |
| Person ID |
I34432 |
Caswell County |
| Last Modified |
16 Apr 2024 |
| Father |
Burton, John Washington Jr., b. 11 Jan 1875, Pittsylvania County, Virginia d. 23 Aug 1943, Danville, Virginia (Age 68 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Harvey, Annie Kate, b. 27 Jun 1878, Pittsylvania County, Virginia d. 19 Apr 1951, Danville, Virginia (Age 72 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Reference Number |
228589 |
| Family ID |
F5205 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Giles, Anna Frances, b. 29 Jul 1915, Virginia d. 25 Mar 1994, Virginia (Age 78 years) |
| Marriage |
7 Jul 1936 |
Halifax County, Virginia |
| Reference Number |
156374 |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F21988 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
16 Apr 2024 |
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| Notes |
- Middle name also seen as Wendell.
Major Edward K. (Ted) Burton (Ret.) passed away at his home in Lexington, Kentucky. He was the last of the 12 children of the late John W. and Annie Kate Harvey Burton. The Burtons lived in the first house off NC Highway 62. Ted had lived most of his adult life in Kentucky. I was fortunate enough to spend much time with this unusual and great family. Helen, my age, was the youngest, and when I knew her in second grade, the oldest son was already a practicing physician in Roanoke. Ted was next in line to Helen. He and my brother Frank were the same age and good friends. At the Burtons, Frank got the name “Birdlegs”, and that was his moniker with them as long as he lived. Helen was called Cricket, or she and Ted, as a duo, Mickey and Minnie (as in mouse). The household was a lively one, with everyone with his own chores, and many of them. They were industrious and led in that industry by Mrs. Burton. She could get so much done, while doing so many things. I remember well her “barn-canned” tomatoes. She packed the tomatoes in jars and set them on the furnaces, surely in a container with water, and they canned while the tobacco was being strung.
There were several of us who started to school, they in first grade and I joined them in second grade, and who went through to graduation. Anne Gwynn, Charlie Kilby, Violet Newton, Mildred Willis, Alfred Hill. Others joined us along the way when Semora and Milton schools consolidated into Archibald Murphey. Helen and I were fair game for her older siblings for teasing. George would read from the Caswell Messenger about a neck and neck race between Helen and me for the favor of some boy or other. Most of the Burtons moved away long ago, and Helen and Jack, the last to live in Caswell County, passed away some years ago. Their memory lives on of good times in another time, when playing in hay barn or just being outside was enough pleasure for anyone. Gone are the days, and we miss them, the people and the time.
Source: "Milton Memories" by Jean Scott, The Caswell Messenger, 9 November 2011.
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"My father's full name was Jack Wendell Burton. Wendy was named after him and so was I. Our line of Burtons came from Brosville Va. around 1928. Uncle Ott and daddy drove the cows from Va. while the rest of the family rode in the car. It took them almost 24 hours. Probably a little more info than you wanted." Source: Jack Burton Comment Posted 18 January 2014 to the Caswell County Historical Association Facebook Page.
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- Details: Gravestone at New Hope United Methodist Church (Caswell County, North Carolina).
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