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Burton, Charles Ward

Born
6/12/1876
Birthplace
Detroit, Michigan
Notes
- Descended on mother's side from William Brewster, John Alden, and Miles Standish of the Mayflower
Occupation
- Important in real estate and abstract business which he inherited from his father; built up major abstract company in Detroit
-President ofBurton Abstract Co., 1898-1912
-President of: Marshland Blvd. Land Co.; Burton, Weiss and Co.; Burton Reality Co.
-Vice - President of Benham Mfg. Co., 1st State Bank of Leesville Continental real Estate Trust Co.
- Alderman of 2nd Ward of Detorit from 1905-1913
- President of Common Council, 1913
Father
Clarence Monroe
Mother
Harriet J. Nye
Spouse
Rose Widenman, m. 1/1899, Detroit, Michigan
Children
Phyllis Nye (b. 10/26/1899)
Priscilla (b. 5/26/1910)
Nationality
American

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