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Edward Esquire (Squire) BURDEN
BIOGRAPHY: GEDCOM from Ed Suder to T.Mason; Dec 1998; ; Notes: Esquire drove horses for a brewery, dug wells and also ran a grocery store.
MARRIAGE: Bob Baker Goff, The Burden Family of White County, Tennessee and their Bourdoon-Borden Ancestry; 1380-1980; ; Knoxville, Tennessee; pg 22; EXTRACT: Moved to Dallas, Texas
BIOGRAPHY: GEDCOM from Ed Suder to T.Mason; Dec 1998; ; Notes: Caroline was reputedly of Welsh descent. She was raised by her grandmother after her brother, Benjamin killed her stepfather over child molestation charges.
RESEARCHER: Information from Jeremiah Mauldin [john2bags@yahoo.com] to T.Mason on 30 May 2006. "Clyde had one daughter named Ruth (my grandmother) and married Ethel Davis in 1927 or so. Actually, there is a family story that Clyde had another child out of wedlock because Ethel was barren, but good luck finding that one."
Cynthia met her first husband, Gary, in Houston. Gary was a brilliant electrical engineer who worked all of his life for the Gulf oil company. They settled in Oakmont, a nice neighborhood in Pittsburgh and adopted their daughter, Nancy. After retirement, Cynthia and Gary moved to a suburb of Knoxville, Tennessee for the mild climate and beautiful scenery. They were avid bird-watchers, active in their church and enjoyed gardening and outings with their friends. After Gary's death, Cynthia married Joe Howell. Joe was a retired professor from the University of Tennessee. He received his education from Cornell University. Cynthia died of Pneumonia.
Gary graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in Electrical Engineering and then went to work at the Gulf Oil company in the R&D department and he worked his way up to head of the department. His ancestry was Swiss. Gary held several patents. One was for the metal detector, now commonly used in Airports. He developed this during WW2 as a security device for the White House. (The government was concerned about possible terrorism and sabotage). Another patent was for an aviation navigational device. This was also developed during the war as an aid to allied aircraft navigation. He lived a wholesome life, forsaking cigarettes and alcohol and eating a low-fat diet before much was known about nutrition. He was enthusiastic about life, but was a quiet and reflective man. Hobbies and Interests included tinkering with electronics, stamp collecting, gardening, bird-watching and the great outdoors. He passed away at the age of 69 from a sudden heart attack.
Cynthia met her first husband, Gary, in Houston. Gary was a brilliant electrical engineer who worked all of his life for the Gulf oil company. They settled in Oakmont, a nice neighborhood in Pittsburgh and adopted their daughter, Nancy. After retirement, Cynthia and Gary moved to a suburb of Knoxville, Tennessee for the mild climate and beautiful scenery. They were avid bird-watchers, active in their church and enjoyed gardening and outings with their friends. After Gary's death, Cynthia married Joe Howell. Joe was a retired professor from the University of Tennessee. He received his education from Cornell University. Cynthia died of Pneumonia.
Ben served his country in the armed services. He was in the National Guard U.S. Calvary about 1930 and was stationed in Paris, France during World War 2. Ben worked as a rent collector in the '30s, then went to work for the American National Life Insurance Company until he was drafted into WWII. After the war, he returned to American National until his retirement in the mid '60s. He worked at the Army-Navy store in Dallas after his retirement from American National. The author's recollection of Ben is one of a very outgoing, congenial fellow who always had something nice to say. He lived modestly and acted as a handyman to his sister, Bertha after the death of Bertha's husband, Walter. He suffered from poor health in his later years and was placed in a nursing home where he died. One poignant story that Ben told concerned two hunting dogs (one male and one female) that Ben owned. One of the dogs died and the other was so taken with grief that he quit eating and died of a broken heart two weeks later. Ben died of Pneumonia.
Marie and her daughter from her first marriage, Dorothy, moved from Terral, Ok. after the divorce from her 1st husband. During WWII, she worked for North America Aviation and afterwards was employeed in retail managenment by the Morris stores and later by the Meyers Stores.