BURTON, F. Harris “Ferris”

Date of birth:  About 1813 – Kentucky
Date of death: 10 Jan 1892 – Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, January 15, 1892,
Volume XXXII Number 30, page 1 column 6

DEATH’S HARVEST.

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FERRIS BURTON.

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Ferris Burton, an aged citizen who recently came to Franklin died Sunday morning from cancer of the face. He was a native of Kentucky and has been in poor health for many years. He leaves two grown daughters, residing in this city, both of whom were sick at the time of their father’s death.

Note: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, page 23, referencing Book H-16, page 23, records that F. Harris Burton, a seventy-nine-year-old white male, died 10 Jan 1892 in Franklin.

Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry