Florence Mae Dill in Falls, Texas on August 19, 1903. Mae was a local 19-year-old girl and Red had just turned 18. Red was a lean, tall farm boy standing at 6'2 with a crop of sandy red hair and piercing blue eyes. They had two children together; Laura Mae Burton Rogers was born in 1904. Their second child, Lula Alice Burton, was born in 1908. Florence Burton died in 1948 at the age of 64. Career in law enforcement Early career Burton had a rough start to adulthood, and finding stable work was his biggest issue. “Without a dollar in the world” He bounced from job to job, taking whatever, he could. In 1905, he moved to Wortham with his wife and new baby and worked temporarily on a ranch. In 1913, Burton returned to Waco now with 2 children and his wife, and using eight years’ worth of savings, bought a plot of land and started building a homestead. After buying the land, Burton was without "money enough to buy... groceries". In 1913, Marvin signed up for the draft. World War I Before the start of the World War I, Burton was jobless and penniless. He spent a brief time pouring concrete for storm drains. When in 1914, Burton applied for a job with the Cleveland Construction Company. He did this after determinedly telling his wife, "I'm going to work at somethin'. I don't know what it does, I don't care what it pays. I'm going to work". He was never penniless again. Within three weeks on the job, Burton was promoted to foreman. He began to grow a reputation as a popular leader among his men. This newfound reputation helped Burton when he decided to move jobs in 1917. As America was entering WWI, Burton decided to take a job as foreman for The Grace Company. The company had been assigned by the United States government to build an airfield at Richfield, a few miles west of Waco. Burton was there for only two and a half weeks when he was suddenly drafted to work for the Waco Police Department. Early law enforcement Burton accepted his new job and intended to stay on for six months before returning to his foreman position. He never went back. Burton was kept busy; mostly directing traffic and controlling the newly arriving soldiers to camp MacArthur, outside Waco. The soldiers were