Cleland Patricia Burton

Background

Burton, Cleland Patricia was born on July 15, 1918 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Fred and Fern Louise (McCloy) Burton.

Education

Student, Fairfax Hall, 1939. Student, University Mich, 1941. Degree, Alderson-Broadus College, 1988.

Certified private investigator training, Southside Virginia Community College, 1998.

Career

From clerk to executive vice president Fred Burton Abstract Company, Royal Oak, Michigan, 1933-1959. Owner Burton Farms, Michigan, Virginia and California, 1960-1964, American's Frontier Ltd., Bolar, Virginia, 1964-1983. Consultant Mason County Bicentennial Commission, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, 1973-1975, Point pleasant History Society, since 1990, Brunswick Company Historical Society, since 1976, Colonel Andrew Lewis Headquarters, since 1991, Mason Company.

Title examiner Palm Beach County, Florida, 1988-1989.

Membership

Member AARP, The Library. of Congress, General Society Mayflower Descendants, County Donegal (Ireland) History Society.

Interests

• Avocations: collecting and preserving old papers and pictures, solitaire.

Connections

Married Robert Waller Bragg III (divorced April 1945). 1 child, Melissa.

Father:

Fred Burton

Mother:

Fern Louise (McCloy) Burton

Spouse:

Robert Waller Bragg III

child:

Melissa Burton