Douglas County
Monday
August 16, 1943
William James Burgess.
William James BURGESS died Sunday afternoon at the home of his son, Ervin O. Burgess, 1315 Haskell avenue. He was 79 years old.
Funeral services will be held from the Rumsey funeral home at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Rev. Paul B. LAWSON will conduct the services. Burial will be the Eudora cemetery.
He is survived by four sons, Ervin O. Burgess and Edwin T. Burgess of Lawrence, Elmer A. Burgess of Spokane, Wash., and Ernest R. Burgess of Picayne, Miss.; 3 daughters, Mrs. Ralph CLAAR of Oberlin, Kan., Mrs. A.L. HALE of Mankato, Kan., and Mrs. C.E. ELEY of Pascagoula, Miss.; ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Ed EDMONDSON of Kansas City, Kan., Mrs. Sarah HILL of Gardner, Miss Anna FINLEY of Gardner and Mrs. Rhoda BLACK of Los Angeles, Calif.; and one brother, Charles FINLEY, of Gardner.
His father was said to be Thomas Burgess, a shoemaker and teacher from New York who divorced William's mother and disappeared shortly after William was born. Family history states that Thomas died from smallpox in Kansas City, but that has turned out to be untrue.
Douglas County
Monday
August 16, 1943
William James Burgess.
William James BURGESS died Sunday afternoon at the home of his son, Ervin O. Burgess, 1315 Haskell avenue. He was 79 years old.
Funeral services will be held from the Rumsey funeral home at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Rev. Paul B. LAWSON will conduct the services. Burial will be the Eudora cemetery.
He is survived by four sons, Ervin O. Burgess and Edwin T. Burgess of Lawrence, Elmer A. Burgess of Spokane, Wash., and Ernest R. Burgess of Picayne, Miss.; 3 daughters, Mrs. Ralph CLAAR of Oberlin, Kan., Mrs. A.L. HALE of Mankato, Kan., and Mrs. C.E. ELEY of Pascagoula, Miss.; ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Ed EDMONDSON of Kansas City, Kan., Mrs. Sarah HILL of Gardner, Miss Anna FINLEY of Gardner and Mrs. Rhoda BLACK of Los Angeles, Calif.; and one brother, Charles FINLEY, of Gardner.
His father was said to be Thomas Burgess, a shoemaker and teacher from New York who divorced William's mother and disappeared shortly after William was born. Family history states that Thomas died from smallpox in Kansas City, but that has turned out to be untrue.
Family Members
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Elizabeth Mary Finley
1867–1888
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Harriet "Hattie" Finley Gottstein
1869–1929
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John Gawn Finley
1871–1929
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Anna Finley
1873–1963
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Phebe Matilda Finley Edmondson
1875–1954
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Emma R Burgess Wall
1875–1905
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Annie Belle Burgess Shafer
1876–1965
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Infant Finley
1878–1878
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Sarah Temperance "Sadie" Finley Hill
1878–1963
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John William Burgess Sr
1878–1945
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Joseph Edgar Burgess
1880–1953
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Robert Clarence Finley
1881–1943
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Rhoda Letitia Finley Black
1883–1949
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Frances M. "Fannie" Burgess Bridgeman
1883–1972
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Charles Amos Finley
1886–1960
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Clemmons Christopher Finley
1888–1912
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