Karen,
According to one website, Burrton was named after I.T. Burr who was vice
president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad.
Burrton is spelled with 2 r's.
The site below may lead you to other info you are searching for. Also the
library in Newton may have some info for you.
_Burrton, KS, city profile - Kansas hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers
- ePodunk_ (http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=4499)
Diane
Thank you Diane. Karen
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Subject: Re: [KSHARVEY] Fw: Burton, Kansas
> Karen,
>
> According to one website, Burrton was named after I.T. Burr who was vice
> president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad.
>
> Burrton is spelled with 2 r's.
>
> The site below may lead you to other info you are searching for. Also the
> library in Newton may have some info for you.
>
> _Burrto
> Hi List,
>
> > I am new to the list. Does anyone know who Burton, Kansas is named
=
> > after. I have an old diary of Gallaher family history given to my =
> > grandmother by her father's sister back in 1926 saying a Jennet
> Gallaher =
> > married James Douglass and one of their grand daughters married
James
> =
> > Burton and they lived in Burton, Kansas. No other information like
> the =
> > name of the grand daughter is provided or when she and this James
> Burton =
> >