Henry Stanley Burleson - Minco, Oklahoma

Army Rank: Private (1918).

Assigned Unit: 165^th Depot Brigade, Camp Travis Detachment #1.

     165^th Depot Brigade, Travis Detachment #1: 1917-1918

     8^th Infantry, 1^st Division: 1918-1919

Army Serial Number:

Enlisted: October 1917

Promoted:

Army Discharge: 1919

Remarks:  Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – 1919

Torpedoed on the Transport Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918

Wife’s name: Daisy Heinz

Fathers Name: James Wane Burleson

 (b. Aug 6, 1859 Green Forest, AR) (d. Nov. 9, 1936 Minco, OK)

Mothers Name: Louisa D. Russom

 (b. Aug. 9, 1861 Terre Haute, IN) (Aug. 7, 1952 Minco, OK)

Brothers: Dave, William, James, and Ray Burleson

Sister’s: Minnie, Thelma, and Cressie Burleson

Civilian Occupation:  School Teacher

Born:  Oct. 6, 1892 Weaubleau, Missouri

Died:  Oct 29, 1923 Salina, Kansas (age 31)

   Died from injuries in Auto Accident

Cemetery: Evergreen Cemetery (Minco, Oklahoma)

Plot: Row 4 South Side

 It is strange that the 1910 and 1920 census list Cressie as a female, while the 1930 census recorded Cressie as a Farm Manager and male. This is probably correct. I have seen several instances that sons are listed as female in the census data, but two times is unusual.
Also, Thelma Margaret Burleson was born June 8, 1906 in Wearbleau, Missouri. She died Oct. 23, 1907 Wearbleau, MO., and buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Minco, Oklahoma.

Robert Bellew

rbellew{at}houston.rr.com

May 9, 2007