Saturday, November 6, 2021

Absalom Burton and Edna Montgomery

Marriage License for Absalom and Edna
Source: Ancestry/Jane Holiday
Absalom Apps Burton was born around 1817 in Louisiana. He and Edna was the parents of 16 children;  Green, Harriett, Alps Absalom, Hester, Martha, Gabriel, Moses, Jane, Polly,  Violet, John, Minney, Agnes, Julia, Jackson, and Corriene Burton. Absalom also had one son with Dotia Wicker named Louis Burton. Louis Burton in 1842 St. Helena Parish, Louisiana.

Louis was married to Malinda Burton. They were the parents of 9 children: James, Dotia, Martha, Celia, Mary, Ellis, Louis, Edna, and John Burton.  Louis and Malinda is my direct line. Their daughter Martha married Jacoh "Jake" Boykin. Martha and Jake are my father grandparents. 

My paternal 2nd great grandmother Martha was born around 1868 in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. Martha died at the age of seventy-eight. in 1946 in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. 







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