Denton Oscar Burson

1879 - 1921  (42 years)

• Name	Denton Oscar Burson  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	3 Feb 1879	Indian Creek, Mills, Iowa, USA   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1880	Indian Creek, Mills, Iowa, USA   [3]
  	Age: 1; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
  Military Draft Registration	1917	Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA   [1]
  	Draft Registration - WWI
  Obituary	Apr 1921	Portland, Clackamas, Oregon, USA   [5]
  	Newspapers.com - The Oregon Daily Journal - 19 Apr 1921 - Page 16
  		Obituary-BURSON Denton O Obituary of DENTON OSCAR DENTON -- Newspapers.com - The Oregon Daily Journal - 19 Apr 1921 - Page 16
  Death	17 Apr 1921	Marion County, Oregon, USA   [4, 5]
  Burial	Rose City Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I25583	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   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F4084	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Myrtle Inez Prink,   b. 8 Dec 1896, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA d. 14 May 1993, Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon, USA (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	1917
  Marriage End	Apr 2021	Oregon, USA   [5]
  	Death of Denton
  Family ID	F10866	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 3 Feb 1879 - Indian Creek, Mills, Iowa, USA Census - Age: 1; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - 1880 - Indian Creek, Mills, Iowa, USA Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWI - 1917 - Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA Obituary - Newspapers.com - The Oregon Daily Journal - 19 Apr 1921 - Page 16 - Apr 1921 - Portland, Clackamas, Oregon, USA Death - 17 Apr 1921 - Marion County, Oregon, USA Marriage End - Death of Denton - Apr 2021 - Oregon, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Obituaries

  Obituary-BURSON Denton O Obituary of DENTON OSCAR DENTON -- Newspapers.com - The Oregon Daily Journal - 19 Apr 1921 - Page 16

  
  

• Sources

  [S28] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2005;), Registration State: Oregon; Registration County: Multnomah; Roll: 1852142; Draft Board: 5. Record for Denton Oscar Burson http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ww1draft&h=28167409&indiv=try U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Registration State: Oregon; Registration County: Multnomah; Roll: 1852142; Draft Board: 5 [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 Oscar Burson http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=1087618499&indiv=try [S8915] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Indian Creek, Mills, Iowa. Record for Oliver Burson http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=23640544&indiv=try 1880 United States Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Indian Creek, Mills, Iowa [S3674] FamilySearch - Find a Grave. [S4289] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Denton Burson • Portland Oregon Daily Journal - Apr 1921 - Page 16, (Name: The Oregon Daily Journal; Location: Portland OR; Date: 19 Apr 1921;), Denton Oscar Burson -- 19 Apr 1921. The funeral service of the late Denton O. Burson, aged 42 years, beloved husband of Myrtle Bnrson, father of Claude, Hazel, Milton and Denton Burson Jr, all of this city; brother of Mrs. Nellie Leo of Portland, Mrs. Ann Sharpe of Gilroy CA ; Charles W. Burson of Glenwood, Iowa; Mrs. Amber Aereement of Stockton, CaL ; Mrs. Jane Thorpe of Denver, Colo. ; Mrs. Orlando Burson, Mrs. Kresse Gibbon of Vancouver, WA, Mrs. Katherine Burson of Vancouver, and Mrs. Otelia McCarthy of Portland, will be held Thursday, April 21, at 2 pm at the chapel of Miller & Traccy. Interment Rose City cemetery. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregon-daily-journal/22641567/ Obituary-BURSON Denton O Obituary of DENTON OSCAR DENTON -- Newspapers.com - The Oregon Daily Journal - 19 Apr 1921 - Page 16 [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