Burke Burgess farmed 10 miles South of Cimarron. He died of a gunshot wound inflicted by his wife when she caught him in an affair with a neighbor woman. According to funeral records, Mr. Burgess was buried on Nov. 11th, 1900 in a 6ft. cloth coffin ($50.00), a suit ($12.00), embalming ($25.00), carriages ($5.75), grave ($13.00), for a total of $105.75.
Burke Burgess farmed 10 miles South of Cimarron. He died of a gunshot wound inflicted by his wife when she caught him in an affair with a neighbor woman. According to funeral records, Mr. Burgess was buried on Nov. 11th, 1900 in a 6ft. cloth coffin ($50.00), a suit ($12.00), embalming ($25.00), carriages ($5.75), grave ($13.00), for a total of $105.75.
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