Richard Melvin Burr ^{1 2 3}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of March 1886 and a birth location of Kansas.

This birth date was given on his 1900 US Census.
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• He appeared in the 1895 Kansas State Census in Gypsum Township, Sedgwick, KS on 1 March 1895. ¹

1895 Kansas State Census
Page 14, Dwelling 95, Family 98, Line 23
Gypsum Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States
Melvin Burr..10..KS

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Wichita, KS on 4 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 3B, District 290, Dwelling 67, Family 69
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States, Ward 6
128 Mosley Avenue; Home rented
Melvin Burr..Son..Mar 1886..14..KS..in school

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - His birth date is believed to be in 1885 instead of Mar 1886.
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Herington, KS on 8 January 1920. ³

1920 US Census
Sheet 5B, District 49, Dwelling 104, Family 110, Roll 530
Herington, Dickinson County, Kansas, United States
209 North 14th Street; Home rented
Richard M. Burr..Head..35..KS..Fireman, Locomotive
Mary M. Burr..Mother..64..IA..Widowed

(Richard was single and living with his widowed mother.)

NOTE - If his birth date was in 1885, then his age should have been 34 instead of 35.
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Richard married Rosa Martha Greenwood on 23 November 1920 in Belpre, KS. (Rosa Martha Greenwood was born in 1894 and died in 1983.)