... He was first married to Miss Mahalie Finley, March 27, 1834, a native of Tennessee. They had six children, four sons and two daughters. The first Mrs. Burton died in 1851, and was buried at the graveyard near Lisbon school house, Howard county. ... The names of his children are (by first wife): Milton H., Marion F., Harrison, Riley, Lavinia, and Adaline. By the second union: Joel H., Thomas J., Nicholas, Sarah E., and Clementine. ...