Argyle R. Burton was born to Ophelia (Gerald) Burton on 11 October 1867. By 1870 he is living with his mom in a house where she is a Domestic Servant. A few years later he is in Kansas and marries Cecilia Brazzeal and they have a son Roy. A few years later Argyle marries Myrtle Arnold. I can find no trace of Cecilia after the marriage date but Roy is still with him.
Argyle is my 2nd cousin and his name has been misspelled and pronounced so many ways. In 1870 it is Igala, 1875 A. Burton, in 1900 he is Guy, in 1940 he is A.R. Burton. On a marriage certificate he is Gayle R. Burton while on another marriage certificate he is Guyle R. Burton and G.R. Burton. Later in life he seemed to settle on A.R. Burton. By 1914 he is living near Bartlesville in Washington County, Oklahoma which is on the edge of Osage Reservation. His 1900 census actually has his address as Osage and Kaw Indian Reservation. He first settled on Bird Creek in Osage Territory later moving to farm land southwest of Bartlesville.
Argyle is a farmer and cattleman enlarging his farm continuously for years. He is known for adapting the latest and newest farming technologies and equipment. He has vast orchards and a keen knowledge of animal husbandry with extensive cattle and horse herds and buys the best pedigreed sows for breeding pigs.
There are 17 oil wells on his property and he receives royalties from these wells. In 1929 Argyle takes out a loan from the bank to purchase cattle. In 1930 at the start of the Great Depression in the midst of the Oklahoma Dust storms the bank calls in the loan. Argyle cannot repay the loan at that time so he gives the bank over 1400 acres in payment. That land was purchased from the bank in 1938 and became the Hughes Ranch.
Argyle died in June 1955 and is buried in White Rose Cemetery.
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