

  <p>McPherson, Burton</p>
  <p>Passed: 1913-05-09</p>
  <p>Age: 73</p>


  <p>Source: Mountaineer</p>

  <p>Death Notice: </p>

  <p>Obituary Date: 1913-05-23</p>
  <p>Information: On Friday, 9 May 1913, at 4:30 a.m., Mr. Burton McPherson passed away.  For nearly forty years he has been a great sufferer of white swelling and other diseases.  He was born on the 10th of May 1840 in Harrison County, WV.  He was a Confederate soldier in the Civil War.   In 1868 he married Miss Elizabeth Burgess of Pike County, Kentucky.  To this union were born thirteen children, ten boys and three girls.  Wife of the deceased died 20 March 1895.  He afterward married Mrs. Ella Thomas (nee Brookover) of Calhoun County, WV.  No children were born to this union.  He was confirmed into the Episcopal church about forty years ago and lived a faithful christian life until his death.  Mr. McPherson is survived by his wife and five children:  Mrs. Lizzie Richards, Mrssers, W. P., J. L. and A. K. McPherson, the last three named reside in Richardson County, Nebraska.  He also leaves two brothers and one sister, viz:  Samuel and Irvin McPherson, and Mrs. Lucy Carder.  The funeral was conducted at Liverpool by Rev. Guy Crook (from the Betty Kessel McIntyre collection)</p>


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