Age 80 years. Buried July 12, 1926.
He was inducted into the United States Racing Hall of Fame as part of the 1955 inaugural class.
He was the son of John S. Burch and Lucy Waddell Burch.
Per the 1900 Census for Washington, District of Columbia, he married Emily J. Cammer in 1880.
They were the parents of four children.
The Plain Dealer Saturday, July 10, 1926
Cleveland, Ohio
Veteran Trainer Died
William Preston Burch Handled Thoroughbred Horses Many Years
Saratoga Springs, New York, July 9. William Preston Burch, 80, veteran trainer, known wherever thoroughbred horses are bred and raced, died in a private sanitarium here last night after a brief illness. He came here a few weeks ago with the horses in the racing stable of Rear Admiral Grayson and Samuel Rose, prepared to supervise their training for the August race meeting. Burch was a scout and courier in the Confederate Army in the Civil War.
The Washington Post July 11, 1926
Burch. On Friday, July 9, 1926 at Saratoga Springs, New York, William Preston Burch. Interment Monday, July 12, 1926 at Oak Hill Cemetery. Time and place of funeral service to be stated in Monday's Washington Post.
He was inducted into the United States Racing Hall of Fame as part of the 1955 inaugural class.
He was the son of John S. Burch and Lucy Waddell Burch.
Per the 1900 Census for Washington, District of Columbia, he married Emily J. Cammer in 1880.
They were the parents of four children.
The Plain Dealer Saturday, July 10, 1926
Cleveland, Ohio
Veteran Trainer Died
William Preston Burch Handled Thoroughbred Horses Many Years
Saratoga Springs, New York, July 9. William Preston Burch, 80, veteran trainer, known wherever thoroughbred horses are bred and raced, died in a private sanitarium here last night after a brief illness. He came here a few weeks ago with the horses in the racing stable of Rear Admiral Grayson and Samuel Rose, prepared to supervise their training for the August race meeting. Burch was a scout and courier in the Confederate Army in the Civil War.
The Washington Post July 11, 1926
Burch. On Friday, July 9, 1926 at Saratoga Springs, New York, William Preston Burch. Interment Monday, July 12, 1926 at Oak Hill Cemetery. Time and place of funeral service to be stated in Monday's Washington Post.
Age 80 years. Buried July 12, 1926.
He was inducted into the United States Racing Hall of Fame as part of the 1955 inaugural class.
He was the son of John S. Burch and Lucy Waddell Burch.
Per the 1900 Census for Washington, District of Columbia, he married Emily J. Cammer in 1880.
They were the parents of four children.
The Plain Dealer Saturday, July 10, 1926
Cleveland, Ohio
Veteran Trainer Died
William Preston Burch Handled Thoroughbred Horses Many Years
Saratoga Springs, New York, July 9. William Preston Burch, 80, veteran trainer, known wherever thoroughbred horses are bred and raced, died in a private sanitarium here last night after a brief illness. He came here a few weeks ago with the horses in the racing stable of Rear Admiral Grayson and Samuel Rose, prepared to supervise their training for the August race meeting. Burch was a scout and courier in the Confederate Army in the Civil War.
The Washington Post July 11, 1926
Burch. On Friday, July 9, 1926 at Saratoga Springs, New York, William Preston Burch. Interment Monday, July 12, 1926 at Oak Hill Cemetery. Time and place of funeral service to be stated in Monday's Washington Post.
He was inducted into the United States Racing Hall of Fame as part of the 1955 inaugural class.
He was the son of John S. Burch and Lucy Waddell Burch.
Per the 1900 Census for Washington, District of Columbia, he married Emily J. Cammer in 1880.
They were the parents of four children.
The Plain Dealer Saturday, July 10, 1926
Cleveland, Ohio
Veteran Trainer Died
William Preston Burch Handled Thoroughbred Horses Many Years
Saratoga Springs, New York, July 9. William Preston Burch, 80, veteran trainer, known wherever thoroughbred horses are bred and raced, died in a private sanitarium here last night after a brief illness. He came here a few weeks ago with the horses in the racing stable of Rear Admiral Grayson and Samuel Rose, prepared to supervise their training for the August race meeting. Burch was a scout and courier in the Confederate Army in the Civil War.
The Washington Post July 11, 1926
Burch. On Friday, July 9, 1926 at Saratoga Springs, New York, William Preston Burch. Interment Monday, July 12, 1926 at Oak Hill Cemetery. Time and place of funeral service to be stated in Monday's Washington Post.
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