look-ups - BURGESS
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roxanne darracott 10/21/03
Do you have ALONZO BURGESS in your census records, or any of these others?It is a bit confusing. Thanks!!!
Carolyn
ALONZO BURGESS, farmer; born in Bennington Co. Vt., Aug. 27,1820; moved when 3 years old, to Oswego Co. with his parents; Alonzo, at the age of 15, went to Southport (now Kenosha), March 5, 1835;Mr. Burgess, father of Benj. Burgess, bought 160 acres in Pike's Woods; went into the lumber business, and ran a saw mill. He died about 1837, at the age of 39. Alonzo then went to work for his uncle, Wm. Foster; was with him five and one-half years, and then went into the brick business near Kenosha, and followed that six years; bought eighty acres in town of Somers, and in 1847, moved to Mt. Pleasant, and settled on 160 acres; through industry and frugality, he has now 420 acres, one of the finest farms; keeps 400 sheep; has fine Durham stock. He married, in 1842. Artemia Kellogg, who died May 7, 1864; had five children- Adelia, Emeretta (now Mrs. Cook), Carrie (also Mrs. Cook), Fred and Martha. July 2, 1867, married Mary A. Buswell, a daughter of Ezra Buswell, one of the oldest and most respected settlers in Wisconsin; she was a teacher many years in Kenosha, and also in Ohio; was teacher in Racine High School at one time; they have two children- Mamie, born May 17, 1869; E. Roy, Sept. 13, 1873.
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Anna Pape 5/25/04