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The Burtons Biographical Essay

Reference material supporting the captioned biological essay, keyed to the footnotes in the text, is available as follows.

References
  • [01] Summer On the Lakes in 1843, S. M Fuller ("Margaret Fuller"), pg 27
  • [02] Coming Through With Rye, Brenda Wheeler Williams, 1996, pg 27
  • [03] Ibid 2, pg 25
  • [03] The Manitou Islands - Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Kerry Kelly, Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes, 2008, pg 6
  • [04] Ibid 3, pg 25
  • [05] Lighthouse - Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Kerry Kelly, Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes, 2008, pg 6
  • [06] "Seeing the Light - Keepers of the South Manitou Island Light", Terry Pepper, based on information provided in The Lighthouse Keepers of Lake Michigan, Phyllis L. Tag, published by the Great Lakes Lighthouse Research, 6262 Blossom Park Drive, Dayton Ohio 45449 www.terrypepper.com
  • [07] Descendants of Josiah Burton of Manchester, VT, W. L Holman, 1926
  • [08] The Account Books of the Parish of St. Bartholomew Exchange in the City of London 1596-1698, pg 24
  • [09] Descendants of Josiah Burton of Manchester, VT, W. L Holman, 1926, pgs 23-26
  • [10] Twenty Generations of the Burley Johnson Family, Marie Buch
  • [11] History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, Vermont, pg 319
  • [12] 1820 U.S. Census - St. Albans, Vermont
  • [12] 1830 U.S. Census - St. Albans, Vermont
  • [12] 1840 U.S. Census - St. Albans, Vermont
  • [13] The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, pg 1038
  • [14] 1986 Cities - Cleveland's West Side, Stella T. Hatch
  • [15] Directory of Cleveland and Ohio City, 1837-1838, Sandford & Lott, 1837, pg 127
  • [16] Ibid 14
  • [17] Directory of Cleveland and Ohio City, 1837-1838, Sandford & Lott, 1837, pg 125
  • [18] History of Cuyahoga County and the City of Cleveland, Vol I, pg 76-77.pdf
  • [19] Ibid 15
  • [20] "Martha Blackman might have been the daughter of ..." (note - which see)
  • [21] A Genealogical History of the Rice Family, A.H. Ward, 1858, pg 227
  • [22] Descendants of Josiah Burton of Manchester, VT, W. L Holman, 1926, pg 64
  • [23] Descendants of Josiah Burton of Manchester, VT, W. L Holman, 1926, pg 65
  • [24] 1840 U.S. Census - Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Hubbard Burton Family
  • [25] 1850 U.S. Census - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Hubbard Burton Family
  • [26] Directory of Cleveland and Ohio City, 1837-1839, Sandford & Lott, 1837, pg 36-60
  • [27] The Progress of America from Columbus to 1846, John MacGregor, London, 1847, pgs 782-783
  • [28] A history of lake Champlain: the record of three centuries, 1609-1909, pg 299
  • [29] Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont, Vol. II, 1879, pg 272
  • [30] A History of Lake Champlain: the Record of Three Centuries, 1609-1909, pg 303
  • [31] History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, Vermont, pg 352
  • [32] First Directory of Cleveland and Ohio City, 1837-1839, Sandford & Lott, 1837, pg 118
  • [33] Ibid 14
  • [34] "Steamer Empire" (News Release) Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, August 10, 1844 (See also [14] and [43])
  • [35] "Stanton, Samuel Ward", American Steam Vessels , New York: Smith & Stanton, 1895, page 75
  • [36] The Chronicles Of Milwaukee: Being A Narrative History Of The Town From Its Earliest Period To The Present, A.C. Wheeler, 1861, pg 293
  • [37] Cleveland, Past And Present; Its Representative Men, 1869, Pg 57
  • [38] The Traverse Region, Historical and Descriptive, with Illustrations and Scenery and Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, Chicago, H. R. Page & Co., 1884, First Settlement, pg 223
  • [39] Society In America, Vol I, pg 276, Harriet Martineau, New York; Sounders & Otley, 1837
  • [40] The Traverse Region, Historical and Descriptive, 1884, pg 229
  • [41] Annual Report of the Secretary of the State Horticultural Society, Lansing, MI, 1887, pg 395
  • [42] Great Lakes Passenger Steamboats, pgs-26-27
  • [43] Early History Of Cleveland Ohio, pgs 475-476, 478 (See also [14])
  • [44] Empire Steamboat Articles - Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, August 10, 1844 and Cleveland Herald, March 17, 1846 (See also [14] and [34])
  • [45] Ibid 14
  • [46] Descendants of Josiah Burton of Manchester, VT, W. L Holman, 1926, pgs 24-25; Letter: Lucy (Mrs. William) Burton to grandson Edgar, June 4, 1850
  • [47] "Lighthouse History Timeline", www.lighthousedepot.com
  • [48] 1842 Light House Inspection Report (email per Terry Pepper, President GLLKA)
  • [49] 1842 Pleasonton memo, from South Manitou Island, from Pioneer Community to National Park, Myron H. Vent, pgs 46-47
  • [50] Lighthouses of the Great Lakes: Your Guide to the Region's Historic Lighthouses, Todd R. Berger, 2002, pgs 34-35
  • [51] Ibid 6 and Ibid 49, pg 47
  • [52] The Public Domain. Its History, with Statistics (1881), pg 174
  • [53] Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, Volume 34, pg 333
  • [54] Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, Volume 34, pg 819
  • [55] History of the Western Reserve, Volume 1, 1910, pgs 294-295
  • [56] Cash-Entry and Scrip/Warrant Land Patents issued to William Burton for parcels on South Manitou Island
  • [57] 1847 Risdon Survey map of South Manitou Island
  • [58] Excerpt from the diary of Mungo Patterson Sr, "Trip From Sodus, New York To Chicago, Illinois By Way of the Great Lakes," March 1844, www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/ian.paterson/
  • [59] 1850 Agricultural Census-Michilimckinac County
  • [60] Comparison images of the William Burton House and "the Lodge" on South Manitou Island
  • [61] Coming Through With Rye, Brenda Wheeler Williams, 1996, pg 126
  • [62] Transcript of a taped interview with George Johnson, August 1972
  • [63] Death and Family Group Record - Hubbard Blackman Burton
  • [64] "Twinsburg, Ohio: 1817 - 1917", Bissell Memorial Library Assn, 1917, pg 300
  • [65] Ibid 22
  • [66] Death Record for William Burton - June 3, 1872
  • [67] The American Sketchbook, Vol III, "History of Brown County, Wisconsin", pgs 242-243, 292 and 313
  • [68] 1880 U.S. Census - Green Bay, Wisconsin, Lucy Burton w/Alfred & Lucy Ann Cozzens
  • [69] 1850 U.S. Census - Mackinac County, Michigan - pg 3
  • [70] Chicago City Directory, 1855 - pg 20
  • [71] The Marine Record - Dec1884
  • [72] William N. Burton - Transcripts of Newspaper Articles and Notices
  • [73] Grand Traverse Herald - April 1885
  • [74] Grand Traverse Herald - April 1886
  • [75] Grand Traverse Herald - July 1886
  • [76] Death Record for Charlotte V. Burton - April 8, 1882
  • [77] Grand Traverse Herald - May 1885
  • [78] Death Record for William Nathaniel Burton - January 16, 1895
  • [79] The Marine Record, January 24, 895-pg10 - William N. Burton Obituary
  • [80] The Marine Record, February 14, 1895-pg4
  • [80] The Marine Record, February 14, 1895-pg4f
  • [81] Early Days in New England, Life and Times of Henry Burt of Springfield, H.M.Burt, 1893, pgs 34-36
  • [82] "Ancestrs of Anne Hendrick Burt" - Researched by Paul W. Allred
  • [83] Descendants of Josiah Burton of Manchester, VT, W. L Holman, 1926, pg 160
  • [84] Lakeside (Chicago) City Directory, 1875-1876 - pg 222
  • [85] 1880 U.S. Census - Chicago, IL - pg 51
  • [86] 1880 U.S. Census - South Manitou Island, MI - pg 2
  • [87] Hyde Park City Directory, 1888 - pg 27
  • [88] Death Records - Alameda County, California 1895-1901 (parital)
  • [89] 1900 U.S. Census - Ely, Minnesota - pg16
  • [90] Burial Records, Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California
  • [91] Marriage Record, "Jas. Covill Burton and Mary H. Gunning"
  • [92] Descendants of Josiah Burton of Manchester, VT, W. L Holman, 1926, pgs 162-164
  • [93] 1870 U.S. Census - Buffalo, New York - pg82
  • [94] 1880 U.S. Census - Detroit, Michigan - pg 31
  • [95] Assorted newspaper clipping - J.C. Burton marine insurance activities
  • [96] Marriage Record - James C Burton and Belle C Freeman
  • [97] 1900 U.S. Census - Detroit, Michigan - pg 11
  • [98] Marine Record (Cleveland, Ohio), 8 Apr 1897, page 2
  • [99] J.C. Burton listings in Detroit City Directories for 1894 (pg 334) and 1899 (pg 365)
  • [100] Ibid 92
  • [101] Ibid 9
  • [102] "Family Group Record" showing marriage of Charles Marsden to Eunice Burton, September 5, 1855, www.familysearch.org
  • [103] Annals of Cleveland, Vol 1: Abstracts of the Records of Court Cases in Cuyahoga, Abstract 195, pg 263
  • [104] Transcripts of selected newspaper articles about "Captain Marsden" of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
  • [105] 1840-1860 U.S. Census Records - Oswego, New York
  • [106] Transcripts of 1945-1850 Cleveland Directory pages
  • [107] Death Record - Charles Marsden, August 10, 1833, Cleveland, Ohio
  • [108] Transcripts of 1859 Buffalo Daily Courier Articles - Milwaukee-Tiffany Wreck
  • [109] Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, November 17 1863 - Racine stranding at Forty Mile Point in Lake Huron
  • [110] "A Disaster On Lake Erie - Burning of the Propeller Racine", New York Times, August 14, 1864
  • [111] Ibid 22
  • [112] 1880 U.S. Census for Oakdale, CA, pg 6
  • [112] 1892 Marriage Record for Alfred Burton and Florence Philbrick
  • [113] 1870 U.S. Census - Stockton, CA - pgs 18-19
  • [114] 1880 U.S. Census - Stockton, CA - pg 32
  • [115] Who's Who In American Railroads, 1885 - pg229
  • [116] 1910 and 1920 U.S. Census items - Los Angeles, CA
  • [117] Ibid 83
  • [118] 1921 Passport Application; 1922, 1923 Passenger Manifests - Katherine Myrick
  • [119] Ibid 83
  • [120] 1880 U.S. Census - Stockton, CA - pg 11
  • [121] Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Volume 45, pgs 624-626
  • [122] Recollections and Reflections, Wharton J. Green, 1906, pgs 209-214
  • [123] 1880 U.S. Census - Convent of the Sacred Heart - pg 38
  • [124] 1882 Death Certificate - Francis Burton
  • [125] Burial Record - Franceska Burton
  • [126] U.S. Census Records for Ely, MN and Santa Monica, CA - 1895-1830
  • [127] Memorials of Companions of the Commandery of the State of Illinois Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, January 1912 to December 1922, 1923, - pg 477
  • [128] Santa Monica City Directory, 1940, pg 307
  • [129] Death Record, Jessie A Shipman, 1942
  • [130] Shipman Family Burial Records, Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wisconsin
  • [131] Knox College - "History of the Honnold Lecture"
  • [131] Knox College - Honorary Degrees, 1927
  • [132] Michigan College of Mining and Technology Yearbook - 1898, "Graduates of the Michigan College of Mines and Their Past and Present Occupations", pg 30
  • [133] Passport Application - Caroline (Burton) Honnold, 1918
  • [134] The Belgium-American Education Foundation, web article, Commission for Relief in Belgium (C.R.B)(1914)
  • [134] Commission for Relief in Belgium, "Balance Sheet and Accounts", 1914-1920, pg 13
  • [135] The Last Empire: De Beers, Diamonds, and the World, Stefan Kanfer, 1993, pgs 178-196
  • [136] Who's Who In Engineering, 1922-1923, John William Leonard, pg 619
  • [137] 1930 U.S. Census - Los Angeles, California, pg 5
  • [138] "Guide to the Scripps College Campus - Area Between Clark Hall and Library", Scripps College, www.scrippscollege.edu
  • [139] "Caroline Burton Honnold: Leading Lady of the Library," Honnold Library Record, Vol 15, No. 2, Fall 1974, ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/
  • [140] Death record: William Lincoln Honnold
  • [140] Death record: Carolyn Eliza (Burton) Honnold
  • [141] Burial records for William and Carolyn Honnold, Oak Park Cemetery, Claremont, California