Y.P. Burgan was born September 3, 1823 in Lee County, West Virginia. 1835 moved with parents to Hendricks County Indiana. Married October 21, 1847 to Elizabeth Ann Collins, a native of Pulaski county Kentucky. 1848 moved to Clayton County Iowa. In 1854 the family moved to Minnesota Territory locating on northwest quarter of Section 20 in what was to become Pleasant Grove Township, in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
Born to this union were four children: John W.; Alexander F.; Isaac E.; and Sarah Margaret, who died at the age of seven years.
Y.P. Burgan united with the Methodist Episcopal Church at the age of twelve, as the family faith. What is believed to be the first religious services within the local township were organized by Mr. Burgan in the log home of Circuit Rider, Rev. Benjamin Crist preaching. The entire family were charter members of the Pleasant Grove Methodist Episcopal Church.
Y.P. suffered palsy more than thirteen years. Died February 28, 1899. Of a family of nine children he was survived by three brothers and one sister living in Indiana, a brother William H. Burgan of Pleasant Grove, also wife Elizabeth, and three sons.
Services at the Pleasant Grove Methodist Church he had founded. Burial Union Cemetery [Pleasant Grove Cemetery].
"The History of Olmsted County" 1910
Transcribed by K. Pike January 2008
Born to this union were four children: John W.; Alexander F.; Isaac E.; and Sarah Margaret, who died at the age of seven years.
Y.P. Burgan united with the Methodist Episcopal Church at the age of twelve, as the family faith. What is believed to be the first religious services within the local township were organized by Mr. Burgan in the log home of Circuit Rider, Rev. Benjamin Crist preaching. The entire family were charter members of the Pleasant Grove Methodist Episcopal Church.
Y.P. suffered palsy more than thirteen years. Died February 28, 1899. Of a family of nine children he was survived by three brothers and one sister living in Indiana, a brother William H. Burgan of Pleasant Grove, also wife Elizabeth, and three sons.
Services at the Pleasant Grove Methodist Church he had founded. Burial Union Cemetery [Pleasant Grove Cemetery].
"The History of Olmsted County" 1910
Transcribed by K. Pike January 2008
Y.P. Burgan was born September 3, 1823 in Lee County, West Virginia. 1835 moved with parents to Hendricks County Indiana. Married October 21, 1847 to Elizabeth Ann Collins, a native of Pulaski county Kentucky. 1848 moved to Clayton County Iowa. In 1854 the family moved to Minnesota Territory locating on northwest quarter of Section 20 in what was to become Pleasant Grove Township, in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
Born to this union were four children: John W.; Alexander F.; Isaac E.; and Sarah Margaret, who died at the age of seven years.
Y.P. Burgan united with the Methodist Episcopal Church at the age of twelve, as the family faith. What is believed to be the first religious services within the local township were organized by Mr. Burgan in the log home of Circuit Rider, Rev. Benjamin Crist preaching. The entire family were charter members of the Pleasant Grove Methodist Episcopal Church.
Y.P. suffered palsy more than thirteen years. Died February 28, 1899. Of a family of nine children he was survived by three brothers and one sister living in Indiana, a brother William H. Burgan of Pleasant Grove, also wife Elizabeth, and three sons.
Services at the Pleasant Grove Methodist Church he had founded. Burial Union Cemetery [Pleasant Grove Cemetery].
"The History of Olmsted County" 1910
Transcribed by K. Pike January 2008
Born to this union were four children: John W.; Alexander F.; Isaac E.; and Sarah Margaret, who died at the age of seven years.
Y.P. Burgan united with the Methodist Episcopal Church at the age of twelve, as the family faith. What is believed to be the first religious services within the local township were organized by Mr. Burgan in the log home of Circuit Rider, Rev. Benjamin Crist preaching. The entire family were charter members of the Pleasant Grove Methodist Episcopal Church.
Y.P. suffered palsy more than thirteen years. Died February 28, 1899. Of a family of nine children he was survived by three brothers and one sister living in Indiana, a brother William H. Burgan of Pleasant Grove, also wife Elizabeth, and three sons.
Services at the Pleasant Grove Methodist Church he had founded. Burial Union Cemetery [Pleasant Grove Cemetery].
"The History of Olmsted County" 1910
Transcribed by K. Pike January 2008
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Son of Isaac and Sarah (Woodward) Burgan, husband of Elizabeth Ann Collins
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