Life History

Notes

• Clarence Albert BURTON
  Birth 1872 in Texas
  Death 1902
  Father: William Ingledove BURTON b: 1830 in Blue River Twp. Harrison Co., Indiana
  Mother: Cynthia Ann DAVIS b: 1835 in Indian Territory, Arkansas
  Marriage Mattie VANN b: 1876 in Texas
  Children:
  Jewel Lafayette BURTON b: 1896
  Melvin Benjamin BURTON b: ABT. 1902
  --  http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=*v124t0547&id=I0516
  
  A couple of family genealogies that report Clarence Burton's wife have her name as Martha or Mattie Malinda Vann.  After Clarence's death in 1902, Mattie married Edward L Martin.  They married about 1905, according to the 1905 census.  In their home in 1910, there are two Burton children from Mattie's first marriage.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Oklahoma, 22 April, Wright Township, District 160, page 3B, Hse #51, Fam #53
  Martin, Edward Head M W 35 1st Marriage Married 5 years TX US US Farmer Rents [b abt 1875]
  Martin, Mattie Wife F W 34 2nd Marriage Married 5 years 5 children/4 living TX TX TX [b abt 1876]
  Martin, Lee Son M W 4 OK TX TX [b abt 1906]
  Martin, Stilla Dau F W 1 OK TX TX [b abt 1909]
  Burton, Fayt Son M W 13 OK TX TX Farm Laborer [b abt 1897]
  Burton, Bennie Son M W 6 OK TX TX [b abt 1904]
  
  Burton genealogies report the Burton children as Jewel Lafayette, matching the census report under the common nickname Fayt (or Faite/Fait) for Lafayette, and Melvin Benjamin.
  
  In 1920, we find them living in Grady County, Oklahoma.  The first two children reported in the 1910 census do not appear to be in the home now.  Stilla might possibly be the same as Lydia.  But Lee, who should be 13 or 14 in 1920, does not match Ben B in name or age.  Ben should be the second child, at age 13 in 1920.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Grady County, Oklahoma, [no date], Bradley, District 160, page 11B, Hse/Family #185
  Martin, Edward L Head  Rents M W 45 TX LA GA (b abt 1875)
  Martin, Martha Dau F W 42  TX TX TX (b abt 1878)
  Martin, Ben B Son M W 16 Single OK TX TX
  Martin, Lydia  F W 13  OK TX TX
  Martin, Mary E  F W 10  OK TX TX
  Martin, Authur E  M W 8  OK TX TX
  Martin, Dessie L  F W 6  OK TX TX
  
  One or more family sources, which generally lack detailed information, give the name of "Authur" as Othar.
  
  "James Alfred Martin ... was married to Mrs Nancy E Yeary in 1895, and reared a family of five.  She passed on in 1914, and in 1925 he was married to Mrs Mattie Martin of Alex, who survives."
  --  Obituary of James Alfred Martin, Alex Tribune, Alex Grady, Oklahoma, 18 June 1942
  
  Marriage License
  State of Oklahoma
  J A Martin of Alex, Grady, Oklahoma, aged 54 years
  Mattie Martin of Alex, Grady, Oklahoma, aged 49 years
  Issued 2 October 1925
  Married 3 October 1925 in Alex, Grady, Oklahoma by C A Smith
  Minister of the Missionary Baptist Church
  of Alex, Grady, Oklahoma
  Witnesses Minnie L Smith and George B Smith
  Certificate registered 8 October 1925

Sources

• 1. Oklahoma Marriage License
• 2. Ancestry Trees
  • Pritchett Martin, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/26183971/person/1795101365
• 3. 1920 Federal Census, Grady County, Oklahoma
  • [no date], Bradley, District 160, page 11B, Hse/Family #185
• 4. Obituary of James Alfred Martin, Alex Tribune, Alex Grady, Oklahoma, 18 June 1942
• 5. 1910 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Oklahoma
  • 22 April, Wright Township, District 160, page 3B, Hse #51, Fam #53
• 6. Oklahoma Certificate of Death
• 7. Marion L Mixon, Bearden-Langston Genealogy
• 8. Obituary of James Alfred Martin, Weatherford Democrat, Weatherford, Parker, Texas, 13 June 1942
• 9. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 10. Ancestry Trees