Maggie (Murphy) Burton (abt. 1881 - 1951)

Born about 1881 in Missouri, United States

Wife of Augustus Burton — married 15 Oct 1898 in Butler, Missouri, United States

Wife of Albert Stinson — married about 27 Jul 1915 in Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Mar 1951 at about age 70 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Maggie (Murphy) Burton is a part of US Black heritage.

Maggie was born about 1881 in Missouri, USA.

She was only 17 years old on October 15, 1898 when Gus Burton obtained a marriage license in Poplar Bluff, Butler county, Missouri to marry her so her father Joseph Murphy signed his name when giving his consent.^[1]

1900 CENSUS - Poplar Bluff Township, Butler, Missouri, USA ^[2]

Gus Burton Head 25 Georgia, Black, Feb 1875

Maggie Burton Wife 19 Missouri, Black, Nov 1881

Maniel Burton Son 1 Missouri, Black

1910 CENSUS - Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, USA ^[3]

Gus Burton Head 47 Georgia, Black

Maggie Burton Wife 27 Missouri, Black

Manuel Burton Son 9 Missouri, Black

Eva Burton Dau 8 Missouri, Black

Isadora Burton Son 7 Missouri, Black

Easter Burton Dau 5 Missouri, Black

Clifton Burton Son 2 Missouri, Black

On July 27, 1915 in Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, Albert Stinson obtained a license to marry Maggie Burton (nee Murphy).^[4]

Maggie died at age 68-69 on March 13, 1951 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA and was buried in Highland Park Cemetery in Highland Hills, Cuyahoga county.^[5]

Obituary

"Mrs. Maggie Stinson (nee Murphy) born Nov 1881 in Missouri, died Tuesday, March 13, 1951, age 69 at St. Alexis Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio a resident of 8210 Dawn Avenue S. E. Cleveland. Her 1st husband was Gus Burton born 1875 in Georgia.

She married in Butler, MO at age 31 in 27 Jul 1915, her 2nd husband. Albert Stinson age 44. He was born 1871 in Mississippi.

Mrs Stimson had long been active in affairs of Elizabeth Baptist Church, 8005 Holton Avenue S. E., Cleveland; prominent in the missionary work of her church and superintendent of the Sunday school for 20 years.

Maggie's funeral was Tuesday at Elizabeth Baptist Church, 8005 Holton Avenue S. E., Cleveland followed by burial Highland Park Cemetery. Arrangements by the House of Wills, 2491 E. 55th Street, Cleveland, OH." ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:Q2V9-SM1V : 18 September 2021), Entry for Gus Berton and Maggie Murphy, 15 Oct 1898; citing Marriage, Butler, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007425118.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3HY-PX5 : 9 March 2022), Maggie Burton in entry for Gus Burton, 1900.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2TW-DHW : accessed 1 August 2022), Maggie Burton in household of Gus Burton, Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 26B, family 433, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 769; FHL microfilm 1,374,782.
4. ↑ "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:Q2V9-SD8Z : 18 September 2021), Entry for Albert Stinson and Maggie Murphy, 27 Jul 1915; citing Marriage, Butler, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007425146.
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #92616896
6. ↑ Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. Reel #127

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X43J-2HC : accessed 1 August 2022), Maggie Stinson in household of Albert R Stinson, Cleveland (Districts 251-500), Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 338, sheet 6B, line 62, family 13, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1773; FHL microfilm 2,341,507.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M84W-FG2 : 2 February 2021), Maggie Stenson in entry for Albert Stenson, 1920.