Kressa Elizabeth Burson

1883 - 1943  (60 years)

• Name	Kressa Elizabeth Burson
  Birth	6 Aug 1883	New Virginia, Warren, Iowa, USA
  Gender	Female
  Death	28 Dec 1943	Vancouver, Clark, Washington, USA
  Person ID	I1075	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Oliver S Burson,   b. 18 Jan 1844, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA d. 16 Dec 1915, Gresham, Multnomah, Oregon, USA (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Hannah Elizabeth Sprenkle,   b. 30 Apr 1847, Carroll County, Maryland, USA d. 23 Aug 1909, Damascus, Clackamas, Oregon, USA (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	27 Jan 1870	Warren County, Iowa, USA   [1, 2]
  Family ID	F4084	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 Aug 1883 - New Virginia, Warren, Iowa, USA Death - 28 Dec 1943 - Vancouver, Clark, Washington, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S60] Ancestry.com, Iowa, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2000;). [S11471] Keegan, Matthew L, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Burson): SPRENKLE Hannah Burson, (Name: SmithLC.com;), SPRENKLA Hannah Elizabeth Burson 1847-1909. Hannah E. Burson, wife of Oliver L. Burson, died at Damascus, Oregon, 23 August 1909, and was buried at Damascus Cemetery. Hannah Elizabeth Sprinkle was born at Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland 30 April 1847; came with her parents to Bushnell, Illinois, at the close of the war, where they lived for a few years, then moved to New Virginia, Warren County, Iowa, where she was married to Oliver L. Burson 20 January 1870. They moved to Mills County in 1881 where, after a few years on a farm at Hastings, they came to Glenwood in 1885, where she remained until seven years ago, when she came with her family to Oregon. Mrs. Burson leaves a husband and eleven children to mourn her loss, Mrs. Nellie E. Leo, Portland, Oregon; Mrs. Susan A. Sharp, Sheridan Lake, Colorado; Aaron E. Burson, Balfour, Iowa; Charles W. Burson, Glenwood, Iowa; Mrs. A. L. Jordan, Portland, Oregon; Mrs. Jane E. Thorpe, Denver, Colorado; Denham O. Burson, Portland, Oregon; James O. Burson, Damascus, Oregon; Mrs. Kressa E. Gibbons, Van Couver, Washington; Catherine P. Burson, Damascus, Oregon. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87753014/hannah_elizabeth_burson