Born as Robert Bruce Wyrick in Oklahoma. While still young his parents turned him and his sister over to the State of Oklahoma for reasons unknown. Robert was adopted (unsure of adoptive parents' first names) therefore his name was changed to Robert Bruce Burton.
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...