When William Riley Burson was born on 28 February 1853, in Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, United States, his father, Joseph J Burson, was 18 and his mother, Lydia Hiatt, was 17. He married Sarah Jane Endicott on 12 March 1874, in Fremont, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Fremont, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Scott Township, Fremont, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. He died on 31 March 1927, in Thurman, Fremont, Iowa, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Thurman, Fremont, Iowa, United States.
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English: possibly a variant of Barson .
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