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Lewis Burgess

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Lewis Burgess

Birth
Indiana, USA
Death
29 Apr 1932 (aged 60)
Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Elizaville, Boone County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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s/s Lucy

This memorial added based on information from Mud Creek Cemetery reading compiled in 1987 and found at Lebanon Library, Boone County, Indiana

Per death certificate, Lewis is the son of Edward S. and Sarah Jane (Bowers) Burgess. He was a blacksmith for 30 years; owned his own shop.

Notes: birth year on stone and in death certificate may be incorrect. He appears in 1870 census - one month old. Mother's name: Mary Jane Bowers Smith Burgess. Married Lucy Caldwell on 19 Mar 1893.

Death Veteran
Blacksmith

Lewis Burgess Had a Shop
at Terhune Many
Years

Lewis Burgess, veteran blacksmith of Terhune, in the northwestern part of Hamilton county , died Friday, at the Williams hospital in Lebanon, where he had been a patient for about two weeks. His death was the result of an acute attack of meningitis following a short illness with influenza.
The widow, who had also been a patient at the same hospital, was removed to her home, Saturday. A son, Rush, of Indiana University and another son, Lester, of Indianapolis, are the surviving relatives.
Mr. Burgess would have been sixty-one years old Saturday. He was a member of the Sheridan Red Men and Haymakers loges and was well known there.

Noblesville Daily Ledger; Noblesville, Indiana, Saturday, May 7, 1932
s/s Lucy

This memorial added based on information from Mud Creek Cemetery reading compiled in 1987 and found at Lebanon Library, Boone County, Indiana

Per death certificate, Lewis is the son of Edward S. and Sarah Jane (Bowers) Burgess. He was a blacksmith for 30 years; owned his own shop.

Notes: birth year on stone and in death certificate may be incorrect. He appears in 1870 census - one month old. Mother's name: Mary Jane Bowers Smith Burgess. Married Lucy Caldwell on 19 Mar 1893.

Death Veteran
Blacksmith

Lewis Burgess Had a Shop
at Terhune Many
Years

Lewis Burgess, veteran blacksmith of Terhune, in the northwestern part of Hamilton county , died Friday, at the Williams hospital in Lebanon, where he had been a patient for about two weeks. His death was the result of an acute attack of meningitis following a short illness with influenza.
The widow, who had also been a patient at the same hospital, was removed to her home, Saturday. A son, Rush, of Indiana University and another son, Lester, of Indianapolis, are the surviving relatives.
Mr. Burgess would have been sixty-one years old Saturday. He was a member of the Sheridan Red Men and Haymakers loges and was well known there.

Noblesville Daily Ledger; Noblesville, Indiana, Saturday, May 7, 1932


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