Matilda Jane Burton (1845 - 1934)

Born 5 Oct 1845 in Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky, United States

Wife of Joshua Dunbar — married 24 Dec 1871 in Montgomery, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Feb 1934 at age 88 in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Matilda Burton is a part of US Black heritage.

Matilda Burton was born enslaved near Shelbyville, Kentucky, to Isaac Burton and Eliza Porter Burton, in 1845. Her slave owner, Shelbyville landowner David Glass, hired her out as a domestic servant until emancipation in 1865. She married Joshua Dunbar on December 24, 1871. She passed away in 1934.

Slave Owner

• David Glass

Sources

• https://www.nps.gov/daav/learn/historyculture/matildaburtonmurphydunbarsfamilytree.htm
• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=83948064

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8S3-SSL : 20 February 2021), Matilda Dunbar, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 156, sheet 251B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,051.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSQB-MTJ : accessed 4 June 2021), Matilda Dunbar in household of Robert Murphy, Precinct 62 Lake town Chicago city Ward 30, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 952, sheet 4B, family 91, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,283.
• Year: 1910; Census Place: Dayton Ward 5, Montgomery, Ohio; Roll: T624_1217; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0077; FHL microfilm: 1375230