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Birth: 1876-09-15, Age:70y 0m 14d, White Swan, Charles Mix county, South Dakota
Married: 1898-08-16, Age:70y 0m 14d, Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa, Whitefield Methodist Church, Official:H.G. Pittinger, M.E. minister, Role:groom, The wedding was a suprise to the family and friends of the couple. They had told several people that they would be attending a picnic that afternoon. But instead, they drove to Westfield and boarded a train to Sioux City and got married. Afterwards, Burton telegraphed a message to his new mother-in-law about the marriage. Burton and Mae then went to Omaha to visit the exposition there. They then made their home in Chatsworth where Burton was working., ImageID: S__0241
Census: 1900 , Age:70y 0m 14d, Dell Rapids, Minnehaha county, South Dakota, Role:census federal, 02029682Mcensus federal 1876091519100101 33
Census: 1900 , Age:70y 0m 14d, Dell Rapids, Minnehaha county, South Dakota, Role:census federal, 1900 census for Dell Rapids, Minnehahah county, South Dakota. Burton Searls age 23 born Sep.1876 in South Dakota, father born Ohio mother born Nebraska [sic], a railway station agent, Marie age 21 born May 1879 Iowa, parents born New York [sic], Cluett age 1 born May 1899 Iowa., ImageID: S__0198
Livedin: 1920-1924, Age:70y 0m 14d, Cincinnati, Hamil county, Ohio, 2316 Shanmoore Avenue, in the suburb of Norwood
Census: 1920 , Age:70y 0m 14d, Mitchell, Davison county, South Dakota, Role:census federal, Burton Searls family Burton O Searles age 42 born in South Dakota, father born Ohio, mother born Iowa, occupation is trainmaster, for the Chicago Milwaukee and St.Paul Railroad, wife May age41 born Iowa parents born Vermontson Cluett age 20 born South Dakota, daugher Arlene age 16 born South Dakota, daughter Evon J. age 11 born South Dakota
Census: 1920 , Age:70y 0m 14d, Mitchell, Davison county, South Dakota, Role:census federal, 1920 census for Mitchell, Davison county, South Dakota. Burton O Searles age 42 born in South Dakota, father born Ohio, mother born Iowa, occupation is trainmaster, for the Chicago Milwaukee and St.Paul Railroad, wife May age 41 born Iowa parents born Vermont, son Cluett age 20 born South Dakota, daugher Arlene age 16 born South Dakota, daughter Evon J. age 11 born South Dakota., ImageID: S__0197
Membership: 1922-02-25, Age:70y 0m 14d, Cincinnati, Hamil county, Ohio, Role:recipient, Certificate for Burton O. Searls to join 'The Imperial Council of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine'. The certificate is dated Feb.25, 1992 for the Syrian Temple in Cincinnati, Ohio. The pre-stamped certificate # is 607657.
Livedin: 1924-1945, Age:70y 0m 14d, Union county South Dakota, They owned property on McCook Lake eight miles north of Sioux City, just over the South Dakota border. They lived there for twenty one years before they moved into Sioux City.
Letter-written: 1934-10-09, Age:70y 0m 14d, Gresham, Multnomah county, Oregon, Role:receiver, Other Party, Nellie Kidder
Census: 1940 , Age:70y 0m 14d, Yankton, Yankton county, South Dakota, Role:census federal, Burton Searls Burton Searls age 63 born in South Dakota, he is in the Yankton, South Dakota State Hospital for the Insane and listed as a resident of Union county South Dakota., ImageID: S__0199
Livedin: 1945-1946, Age:70y 0m 14d, Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa, In 1946 Burton and Mae were planning to move to Excelsior Springs (Clay) Missouri to live near their youngest daughter, Evon, but Burton passed away before they were able to move.
Obit: 1946 , Age:70y 0m 14d, Excelsior Springs, Clay county, Missouri, Because one of his daughters lived in Excelsior Springs, Clay county, Missouri at the time of his death, a notice of the death of Burton Searls appeared in the Excelsior Springs newspaper., ImageID: S__0033,S__0025
Death: 1946-09-29, Age:70y 0m 14d, Yankton, Yankton county, South Dakota, Yankton State Hospital, broncopneumonia & manic-depressive, He had been in the Utica township of Yankton, South Dakota for thirteen days when he died there.
Job: ?, Age:70y 0m 14d, railroad agent, Burton worked all of his adult life for the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, the same one both of which his father and son worked all of their adult lives. Burton was a valuable employee to the CM&SP and held many responsible positions for them. He was a "natural born railroad man" according to his son Cluett. Burton learned fast and was promoted quickly. By age 30 he was made the agent at Sioux Falls, the "biggest, toughest agent's job in South Dakota". The salary was $70. 00 a month which at the time was the highest paying railroad agent's job. Burton worked the same type of 126-hour weeks that his father did. During World War I Burton was made the Assistant Superintendent- Trainmaster in Mitchell and he and his family lived there for two years. Often, during train wrecks, floods, etc., he would not get home to change clothes for a week or two at a time. In 1920 he was promoted to the General Agent position in Cincinnati. He was in charge of all CM&SP affairs in the southeastern states. He had a big office, complete with a large mahogany desk, rugs, a large staff, etc. But it was staffed with "those easterners", as he called them, who were not used to someone who worked as hard and for so many hours as Burton did. This caused much friction among Burton and his staff. They called him "that cowboy from out west".
Burial: ?, Age:70y 0m 14d, Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, Riverside Cemetery

Burton was very active in sports and athletics all of his life. He was very good in all that he participated, including long distance running, baseball, boxing, wrestling, and swimming. Burton played the tuba and the harmonica.

Burton never spanked his children for disciplining, he just gave a "stern lecture to the guilty party.