Hannah was the daughter of Kanan Sprenkle & Susannah Elizabeth Shipley.

She married Oliver L. Burson on 27 Jan 1869 in Warren Co., IA.

Their children included: Nelle G. (Mershon, Leo); Susan Anna (Sharpe); Aaron Emanuel; Charles William; Amber L. (Jordan, Acremant); Jane G. (Thorpe); Denton O.; James Orlando; Kressa K. (Gibbons); Catherine P. "Renna"; & Otelia E. (McCarthy).

The Glenwood Opinion
Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa
Thursday, 16 September 1909
Page 1, Column 1 & 2

GLENWOOD CITIZEN PASSES AWAY
The following received from Oregon: Hannah E. Burson, wife of Oliver L. Burson, died at Damascus, Oregon, 23 August 1909, and was buried at Damascus Cemetery.

Hannah Elizabeth Sprinkle was born at Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland 30 April 1847; came with her parents to Bushnell, Illinois, at the close of the war, where they lived for a few years, then moved to New Virginia, Warren County, Iowa, where she was married to Oliver L. Burson 20 January 1870. They moved to Mills County in 1881 where, after a few years on a farm at Hastings, they came to Glenwood in 1885, where she remained until seven years ago, when she came with her family to Oregon.

Mrs. Burson leaves a husband and eleven children to mourn her loss, Mrs. Nellie E. Leo, Portland, Oregon; Mrs. Susan A. Sharp, Sheridan Lake, Colorado; Aaron E. Burson, Balfour, Iowa; Charles W. Burson, Glenwood, Iowa; Mrs. A. L. Jordan, Portland, Oregon; Mrs. Jane E. Thorpe, Denver, Colorado; Denham O. Burson, Portland, Oregon; James O. Burson, Damascus, Oregon; Mrs. Kressa E. Gibbons, Van Couver, Washington; Catherine P. Burson, Damascus, Oregon.

Mrs. Burson was a member of the Christian Church and lived a faithful Christian life until death.
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