William S. Burgess was born about 1839 in Harrison County, Kentucky, the son of James Burgess and Mary Hingston. He married Virginia C. Carter on December 5, 1871 in Scotland County, Missouri. Two sons, William Walter and Charles Scott Burgess were born to William and Virginia.
A Confederate Civil War Veteran, William enlisted, as a private, in Company A, 1st Kentucky Battalion, in 1862 and later in Company F, 7th Kentucky Cavalry. He was captured by union troops and tried as a spy. He was sentenced to be hung and was reprieved at the last moment and sent to prison and then released in January 1865.
After the Civil War William lived in Missouri, Indiana and Iowa, settling in Appanoose County where he worked as a coal miner.
William died in Brazil, Iowa on November 11, 1886 of an overdose of morphine and complications of blood poisoning from an old wound received in the Civil War twenty-three years earlier. He was buried in Centerville's Oakland Cemetery on November 12, 1886.
A Confederate Civil War Veteran, William enlisted, as a private, in Company A, 1st Kentucky Battalion, in 1862 and later in Company F, 7th Kentucky Cavalry. He was captured by union troops and tried as a spy. He was sentenced to be hung and was reprieved at the last moment and sent to prison and then released in January 1865.
After the Civil War William lived in Missouri, Indiana and Iowa, settling in Appanoose County where he worked as a coal miner.
William died in Brazil, Iowa on November 11, 1886 of an overdose of morphine and complications of blood poisoning from an old wound received in the Civil War twenty-three years earlier. He was buried in Centerville's Oakland Cemetery on November 12, 1886.
William S. Burgess was born about 1839 in Harrison County, Kentucky, the son of James Burgess and Mary Hingston. He married Virginia C. Carter on December 5, 1871 in Scotland County, Missouri. Two sons, William Walter and Charles Scott Burgess were born to William and Virginia.
A Confederate Civil War Veteran, William enlisted, as a private, in Company A, 1st Kentucky Battalion, in 1862 and later in Company F, 7th Kentucky Cavalry. He was captured by union troops and tried as a spy. He was sentenced to be hung and was reprieved at the last moment and sent to prison and then released in January 1865.
After the Civil War William lived in Missouri, Indiana and Iowa, settling in Appanoose County where he worked as a coal miner.
William died in Brazil, Iowa on November 11, 1886 of an overdose of morphine and complications of blood poisoning from an old wound received in the Civil War twenty-three years earlier. He was buried in Centerville's Oakland Cemetery on November 12, 1886.
A Confederate Civil War Veteran, William enlisted, as a private, in Company A, 1st Kentucky Battalion, in 1862 and later in Company F, 7th Kentucky Cavalry. He was captured by union troops and tried as a spy. He was sentenced to be hung and was reprieved at the last moment and sent to prison and then released in January 1865.
After the Civil War William lived in Missouri, Indiana and Iowa, settling in Appanoose County where he worked as a coal miner.
William died in Brazil, Iowa on November 11, 1886 of an overdose of morphine and complications of blood poisoning from an old wound received in the Civil War twenty-three years earlier. He was buried in Centerville's Oakland Cemetery on November 12, 1886.
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