Denton Robert Orlando 'Dent' Burson b. 4 May 1900 Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, USA d. 3 Jan 1969 Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri, USA: Smith Family Tree

Denton Robert Orlando 'Dent' Burson

1900 - 1969 (68 years)

Name	Denton Robert Orlando 'Dent' Burson [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
Birth	4 May 1900	Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
Gender	Male
Census	1910	Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, USA [6]
	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
Census	1920	Center Township, Mills, Iowa, USA [1]
	Age: 19; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
Census	1930	Indian Creek, Mills, Iowa, USA [4]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
Census	1940	Polk, Nodaway, Missouri, USA
	Age: 39; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Census	1950	Polk, Nodaway, Missouri, USA [7]
	Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Leota
Social Security Number	1955	Missouri, USA [3]
	491-42-4475
Death	3 Jan 1969	Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri, USA [3, 9, 10]
	Age at Death: 68
Burial	Nodaway Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri, USA [9]
Person ID	I16691	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Father	Charles William Burson, Sr, b. 5 Jan 1875, New Virginia, Warren, Iowa, USA d. 19 May 1948, Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, USA (Age 73 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Lela Blanche Mayberry, b. 2 Aug 1881, Delphos, Van Wert, Ohio, USA d. 7 Apr 1980, Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, USA (Age 98 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	13 Aug 1899	Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, USA [11, 12]
Family ID	F10642	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Leota Pearl Liter, b. 16 Dec 1903, Milo, Vernon, Missouri, USA d. 27 Mar 1996, Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri, USA (Age 92 years)

Marriage 19 Mar 1923 Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA [10, 13, 14]

Children

	1. Merrill Oliver Burson, b. 24 Nov 1926, Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, USA d. 20 Apr 1927, Glenwood, Winneshiek, Iowa, USA (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Edgler Orlando William Burson, b. 29 Mar 1924, Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, USA d. 5 Aug 2018, Ephrata, Grant, Washington, USA (Age 94 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Robert Lee Burson, b. 6 Sep 1932, Indian Creek, Mills, Iowa, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Betty M Burson, b. 29 Oct 1928, Strahan, Mills, Iowa, USA d. 21 Apr 2009, Tarkio, Atchison, Missouri, USA (Age 80 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Earl LaVern Burson, b. 30 Dec 1937, Red Oak, Montgomery, Iowa, USA d. 22 Oct 2013, Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri, USA (Age 75 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. Pearl Louise Burson, b. 30 Jun 1934, Emerson, Mills, Iowa, USA d. 27 Oct 2007, Fremont, Dodge, Nebraska, USA (Age 73 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F6191 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 4 May 1900 - Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - 1910 - Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, USA
	Marriage - 19 Mar 1923 - Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head - 1930 - Indian Creek, Mills, Iowa, USA
	Census - Age: 39; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 1940 - Polk, Nodaway, Missouri, USA
	Census - Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Leota - 1950 - Polk, Nodaway, Missouri, USA
	Social Security Number - 491-42-4475 - 1955 - Missouri, USA
	Death - 3 Jan 1969 - Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri, USA

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Ancestors

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Burson Male Ancestor

Sources

[S10231] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Center, Mills, Iowa; Roll: T625_502; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 95; Image: 756.

1920 United States Federal Census
Year: 1920; Census Place: Center, Mills, Iowa; Roll: T625_502; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 95
[S97] Ancestry.com, Iowa, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1999, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;).
[S238] U.S. Social Security Administration, Number: 491-42-4475; Issue State: Missouri; Issue Date: 1955.
[S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Indian Creek, Mills, Iowa; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0012; FHL microfilm: 2340404.

1930 United States Federal Census
Year: 1930; Census Place: Indian Creek, Mills, Iowa; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0012; FHL microfilm: 2340404
[S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Polk, Nodaway, Missouri; Roll: m-t0627-02134; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 74-34.

1940 United States Federal Census
Year: 1940; Census Place: Polk, Nodaway, Missouri; Roll: m-t0627-02134; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 74-34
[S11466] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Glenwood, Mills, Iowa; Roll: T624_413; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0091; FHL microfilm: 1374426.

1910 United States Federal Census
Year: 1910; Census Place: Glenwood, Mills, Iowa; Roll: T624_413; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0091; FHL microfilm: 1374426

[S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Polk, Nodaway, Misso.

1950 United States Federal Census
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Polk, Nodaway, Misso

[S68] Ancestry.com, Iowa, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1856-1944, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2017;), State Historical Society of Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa; Title: Iowa Birth Records, 1888-1904.

Iowa, U.S., Delayed Birth Records, 1856-1944
State Historical Society of Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa; Title: Iowa Birth Records, 1888-1904
[S6916] Keegan, Matthew L, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Burson): BURSON Denton, (Name: SmithLC.com;), BURSON Denton Robert Orlando 1900-1969.
Husband of Leota Liter
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98508272/denton-robert_orlando-burson
[S6916] Keegan, Matthew L, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Burson): BURSON Denton, (Name: SmithLC.com;), Denton Robert Orlando Burson.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98508272/denton-robert_orlando-burson
[S6915] Keegan, Matthew L, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Burson): MAYBERRY Blanche Burson, (Name: SmithLC.com;), MAYBERRY Blanche Lela Burson 1881-1980.
Blanche Mayberry and Charles Burson married 13 Aug 1899 in Mills County, Iowa, and they are buried together.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95865412/blanche-burson
[S11446] Ancestry.com, Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1948, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).

Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1948
[S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.
Record for Denton Robert Orlando Burson
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=5102425721&indiv=try
[S11472] Keegan, Matthew L, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Burson): LITER Leota Burson, (Name: SmithLC.com;), LITER Leota Pearl Burson 1903-1996.
The funeral for Leota Peal Burson, 92, of Maryville, Mo., was March 30 at Price Funeral Chapel in Maryville. Dr. Donald Childers officiated at Saturday's service. Burial was at Nodaway Memorial Gardens in Maryville.
She died Wednesday, March 27, 1996, at Nodaway Nursing Home in Maryville.
Leota Liter was born December 16, 1903, in Milo, Mo. She married Dent Burson March 19, 1923, in Omaha. She was a homemaker and a 57-year resident of the Maryville area. Her husband died Jan. 3, 1969. She was a member of the First Christian Church of Maryville and the Bell Grove Club.
Survivors include three sons, Orlando of Ephrata, Wash., Robert of Hopkins, Mo., and Earl of Maryville; two daughters, Betty (Mrs. Carl) Martin of Tarkio, Mo., and Pearl (Mrs. Grant) Klassy of Fremont; 15 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, two brothers and a sister.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98508248/leota-pearl-burson

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