Re: Biography of Alanson Burson now completed
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In reply to:
Biography of Alanson Burson now completed
1/09/02
Mr. Block;
I have been trying to find BURSON's in Mattoon, Illinois for the past 6 years. My problem is that I do not have a first name for my "Mr. Burson". I found the BURSON surname through an obituary of my G-G-Grandmother, Caroline McDaniel, who died in 1939 in Hutsonville, Crawford Co., IL.
Caroline McDaniel had a 1/2 sister named EMMA or EMMALINE McDANIEL (daughter of James McDaniel and Frances Jane DeLapp). In Caroline McDaniel's obituary, it states that her 1/2 sister, EMMA BURSON, was living in Mattoon in 1939.
Your post is the only one I've seen referencing BURSON's in Mattoon, Illinois. EMMA McDANIEL-BURSON was born August 01, 1863 in Palestine, Crawford Co., IL, and died June 3, 1954.
Do you have any suggestions... or any EMMA's in your Burson line? I've been sitting at this road-block for years!
Thanks in advance,
Bob Aswell