Arthur Felton and His Wife Margaret Burkett

Anna Mae's mother, Margaret Felton, was one of fifteen children born to Sophia Johnson and Ebenezer Felton. The oldest child, Richard Felton, was born in 1846 and the youngest, Elizabeth Amy Felton, was born in 1873. Miraculously, all the children reached adulthood. The first to die, Cecilia Felton, was 16 when she was thrown from a horse in 1893.               Arthur was the 11th child. Arthur Felton was born 4 February 1865 when the family was still living in Wisconsin. 

Like many young men raised in Clinton and Marion Counties, Illinois, Arthur went to work for a railroad. He was a conductor, then a gateman, settling in Texas.

He married Margaret Burkett around 1906; she was always called Maggie in the family. They had four sons, Everett, Frank and Glenn. Another son, Arthur, died shortly after he was born in 1905.