Burford Ancestors - Generation 3 - George Washington Burford

George Washington Burford was born January 1849 in Newton Jasper County, Illinois; died 1917, Linn County, Oregon.

George Burford married Mary Ellen Hobson 19 Apr 1873 in Jasper County, Illinois, daughter of William Henry Hobson and Caroline Smallwood.  She was born 15 December 1851, Jasper County, Illinois, and died 12 March 1938 in Linn County, Oregon.

CHILDREN of GEORGE BURFORD and MARY HOBSON are:  

i. Walter Burford, born 21 September 1875, Newton, Jasper County, Illinois; died 07 April 1944, Linn County, Oregon.

ii.  Nancy Caroline Burford, born 02 November 1881, Newton, Jasper County, Illinois; died 08 August 1940, Lacomb, Linn County, Oregon.  

iii. Ada Burford, born 26 December1886, Newton, Jasper County, Illinois; died 08 January 1892, Newton, Jasper County, Illinois.

Notes for ADA BURFORD: From Marion Burford: 

Ada Burford - little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Burford, died at the residence of her parents west of town on Friday morning, aged 7 years, 11 mos. and 13 days. She was sick but a day. Ada was a bright child and her parents have the sympathy of their many friends in the hour of their bereavement. Services were held at the First Christian Church and the burial took place at the Newton Cemetery Jan. 13, 1892. 

-- Source: Newton Press

iv. George Washington Burford, Jr., born 24 November 1886, Newton, Jasper County, Illinois; died 27 October 1944, Albany, Linn County, Oregon.

v. John Shelton Burford, born 26 August 1877, Newton, Jasper County, Illinois; died 25 December 1944, Lebanon, Linn County, Oregon.

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George Washington Burford died 1917, age 68, in Linn, Oregon.  

Cause of death: "Senile Decay"

Mary Ellen Hobson Burford died 12 March 1938, age 86, in Linn County, Oregon.

Cause of death: Influenza