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COLONEL IN THE ARMY IN WWI. IN CHARGE OF THE BUILDING OF CAMP FREMONT IN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA, COMPRISING 1700 BUILDINGS AT A COST OF 5 MILLION DOLLARS. AFTER THE WAR,
CONTINUED AS A LT. COLONEL IN THE ARMY RESERVES.
BECAME MANAGER OF THE WHITTIER WATER COMPANY. BECAME CHIEF OF THE REAL ESTATE LOAN
DEPARTMENT OF THE CALIFORNIA BANK IN LOS ANGELES. SERVED ON THE CITY COUNCIL OF
WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA.
HE IS BURIED IN BELLEVUE CEMETERY IN ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA.
On 7 Mar 1905 when JOHN BURTON was 21, he married OLIVE EUGENIA MCGLAUGHLIN PRESCOTT,
daughter of ALBERT PRESCOTT & EVA LEWIS, in LOS ANGELES, CA. Born aft 1883. OLIVE EUGENIA
MCGLAUGHLIN died in 1951; she was 68.
JAMES MCGLAUGHLIN WAS THE SECOND HUSBAND OF EVA LEWIS AND OLIVE ADOPTED THAT NAME
AND KEPT PRESCOTT AS A MIDDLE NAME. UPON HER MARRIAGE SHE DROPPED MCGLAHGHLIN AND
KEPT PRESCOTT AS HER MIDDLE NAME.
They had the following children:
458 i. Unnamed (Stillborn) (1906-1906)
459 ii. JOHN BURTON (1907-1987)
460 iii. BENJAMIN (1909-1985)
461 iv. ROBERT PRESCOTT
254. GEORGE BOSWELL MCLAREN CHAFFEY (ELSWOOD 5, GEORGE 4, BENJAMIN 3, BENJAMIN 2,
RICHARD 1). Born on 10 Nov 1877 in BROCKVILLE, CANADA? GEORGE BOSWELL MCLAREN died in
BROCKVILLE, CANADA?, on 19 May 1878; he was