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r=-, ~.v-.cs :.~ ~-;. ~~~~ - ~ ' \ 'I ;;;,\ ~ ~ ~ ·\ I ? WALTER J'. BURTON. Walter J. Burton, president of the Burton Lumber Company and Rocky Mountain agent for the Pacific Tank and Pipe Company, with offices in Salt Lake, was born February 15, 1865, in the city which is still his home, his parents being General Robert T. and Susan (McBride) Burton, the former a native of Michigan, while the latter was born in Ohio. It was in 1848 that the mother came to Utah, and in 1849 General Burton crossed the plains and located in Salt Lake City. He engaged in farming and at one time was associated with A. 0. Smoot and John Sharp in the operation of a woolen mill at the mouth of Pal'leys canyon, there conducting business successfully for many years·. He was very active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as bishop of the fifteenth ward and also as bishop's counselor under Bishop Preston. He was likewise active in a political way and in territorial days filled the office of sheriff of Salt Lake county. He was also United States marshal during the administration of President Grant and he was commissioned a. general of the state militia during the period of Indian fighting in the early days. Thus In many ways he was closely associated with the development and upbuilding of the state and left the Impress of his individuality for good upon Its history. He died in Salt Lake City · In 1911, while the mother passed away in 1913. Of their family of five children four ~~ living, as follows: Willard C., vice president of the Felt Lumber Company of r, "'SaftLake;Hosea, who is proprietor of a grocery store in Salt Lake; Mrs. R. A. Fenton, ,v• of Salt Lake, whose husband is engaged extensively in the raising of fine bred stock at Erda: and Walter J., of this review. The youngest son of the family, Walter J . Burton, attended the district school in his early boyhood and for two years was a pupil in the Deseret University, now the University of Utah. He afterward entered the office of his brother, a prominent arch!~ tect of Salt Lake City, with whom he remained for three years, acquainting himself witli architecture and carpentering under his brother's direction. He afterward followed the carpenter's trade for five years and subsequently was for seven years employed at the Provo Woolen Mills, Cutler Brothers, agents. He next devoted two years j .J mining as superintendent of mines at Park City and then entered the retail coal office of the Utah Fuel Company as cashier, remaining in that position for eight years. Later he organized the Burton Coal & Lumber Company, of which he was treasurer and manager from 1900, the date of organization, until 1910, when he disposed of the lumber branch of the business. He is likewise the president of the Burton Lumber Company, conducting a wholesale lumber trade, and is the agent of the Pacific Tank and Pipe .. Company. In the Burton Lumber Company, A. B. Dansie, of Dillon, Montana, is vice president and Walter B. Burton secretary. Walter J. Burton is likewise a director and the vice president and treasurer of the Green Machinery & Manufacturing Com- IJil'I pany, is the vice president and one of the directors of the Three Kings Consolidated Mining Company and vice president of the Utah-Arizona Gold & Copper Mining Company., Mr. Burton is widely recognized as a man of sound judgment and marked business enterprise whose carefully directed efforts are bringing him continually closer and closer to the goal of notable success. On the 16th of October, 1892, Mr. Burton was united in marriage to llliss Lucy Ella Brown, of Salt Lake, a daughter of Captain Benjamin P . and Rebecca (Webb) Brown, who removed to Salt Lake from Staten Island, New York, in 1864. Mr. and Mrs. Burton are now parents of four children. Mrs. A. B. Dansie, of Dillon, Montana, who was born, reared and educated in Salt Lake, is now the mother of one child, Clara. Walter Brown Burton was educated in the Agricultural College of Utah and is now secretary of the Burton Lumber Company of Salt Lake, where he makes his home. He married Gwendolyn Dunbar, a daughter of James T. Dunbar, and they have one child, Walter Dunbar Burton, born in Salt Lake in 1915. Sarah is a junior of the University of Utah and belongs to the Chi Omega, a fraternity of the University of Utah. Rebecca was born in Salt Lake and is a pupil in the public schools. Politically Mr. Burton has long been a stalwart republican, giving unfaltering allegiance to the party and its principles. For four years he served as county commissioner of Salt Lake county but otherwise has not sought or filled public office. He ls a member of the Commercial Club of Salt Lake and of the Lumbermen's Club. In reviewing the record of Mr. Burton, one is reminded of the fact that it is the enterprise and character of the citizen that enrich and ennoble the commonwealth. From . individual enterprise has sprung all the splendor and importance of this great west. · Mr. Burton is numbered among· 'those who have contributed to Utah's upbullding and · at the same time he has carefully and wisely promoted his individual fortunes. He has excellent ability as an organizer, forms his plans readily and is determined in their execution. This enables him to conquer obstacles which deter many a man and it has been one of the salient features of his success. '- N ~ " u> J.- ,,.,.._ :;-- I - ~.- ~ (t\ t ~ z:_ t. \I\ U' U) tJ t u, ~ vJ (/1 ~ (U ~ (/\ u(\t ' 'X C "L ts- 7:..-- ~ C ,0 \l) - I ~ ~ ~ --<:: (2_ f Er ~ t 0 j ~ { I u Cr\ h ~ I I \J r~ (l J