John Hill BURGESS
BIRTH-DEATH DATES: Tomestone Incriptions at Koontz Cemetery, Wayne County, Illinois. Inscription states that John H. Burgess, Company D, 5th Illinois, Volunteer Cav. Also wife Mary C. and children Anna J., and Oscar R. Also a Thomas E. Hill, died June 28 (stone is broken). Wayne County, Illinois, death Records 1886-1910. FHL Book 977.3792 V2bw Vol. 2 Death records states that John was 70 yrs 5 m. 10 days when he died. Also says he had been a resident for 45 years. Ancestry.com. Contact Julene at Juleney@aol.com BIRTH-SPOUSE-CHILDREN: 1870 CENSUS Wayne County, Illinois Lists John Burgess and wife Mary, with children: William, Eliiza. Lucy, Cansada, Anna Hampton, and Oscar. 1880 CENSUS of Wayne County, ILLINOIS Lists John H. Burgess and wife Mary C., children Canzada, Johnann, Hampton, Oscar. Next door is son William Burgess with his family.
MARRIAGE: Wayne County, Illinois Newspaper Gleanings, 1855-1875 "Mary Jane Burgess, wife of William Burgess, of Brush Creek, recently died leaving a husband and five or six children to mourn her loss." October 3, 1878. BIRTH-SPOUSE-CHILDREN: 1880 CENSUS of Wayne County, ILLINOIS Lists John H. Burgess and wife Mary C., children Canzada, Johnann, Hampton, Oscar. Next door is son William Burgess with his children: John H., Hallie, & William R. William is listed as a widow.
BIRTH-DEATH DATES: Maple Hill Cemetery incriptions, Wayne County, Illinois. Hampton S. Burgess and wife Lillie Harlan Burgess.
He married Mary Caroline Williams 1846 at of Wayne County, Tennessee . Mary Caroline Williams was born at of Wayne County, Tennessee 24 Aug 1831 .
They were the parents of 8
children:
William Burgess
born 1849.
Eliza Jane Burgess
born 1852.
Mary E. Burgess
born 1854.
Lucy Burgess
born 1857.
Canzada Kate Burgess
born 28 Oct 1861.
Anna Johnann Burgess
born 31 May 1864.
Hampton Sylvester Burgess
born 5 Dec 1868.
Oscar R. Burgess
born 16 Oct 1869.
John Hill Burgess died 7 Sep 1897 at Wayne, Illinois .
Mary Caroline Williams died 30 Mar 1892 at Wayne, Illinois .