In the administration papers for the Burgess estate, we find a notation that the coffin and box cost $5.00. The coffin trimmings cost $14.66.
The plot at Wesley Chapel was billed at $5.00. The markers for Jonathan and Elizabeth were billed at $215.95.
From final doctor bills in the probate files, it appears that Jonathan and Elizabeth Burgess died from pneumonia, following influenza.
In 1850, the family of Jonathan Burgess was enumerated as Family 163 in District 149, in Greene County, Georgia. The family of Thomas M Fambrough was enumerated as Family 184.
By 1866, 3 Burgess brothers were married to 3 Fambrough sisters:
In 1856 James D Burgess married Statirah Josephine Fambrough
In 1859 Edward Alexander Burgess married Augusta Elizabeth Fambrough
In 1866 Robert Lee Burgess married Emma E Fambrough
Jonathan married three times:
1 Nancy Cone 18 Sep 1818 in Greene
2 Martha Hale 30 Oct 1823 in Clarke
3 Elizabeth Hale 4 Dec 1834 in Clarke
Son of Richard and Lydia Burgess
Also father of
Martha Burgess Martindale, who died in Alabama, about 1874, married Y W S Martindale
Mary Caroline Burgess Fowler Duffey, married William A Fowler and William R Duffey
In the administration papers for the Burgess estate, we find a notation that the coffin and box cost $5.00. The coffin trimmings cost $14.66.
The plot at Wesley Chapel was billed at $5.00. The markers for Jonathan and Elizabeth were billed at $215.95.
From final doctor bills in the probate files, it appears that Jonathan and Elizabeth Burgess died from pneumonia, following influenza.
In 1850, the family of Jonathan Burgess was enumerated as Family 163 in District 149, in Greene County, Georgia. The family of Thomas M Fambrough was enumerated as Family 184.
By 1866, 3 Burgess brothers were married to 3 Fambrough sisters:
In 1856 James D Burgess married Statirah Josephine Fambrough
In 1859 Edward Alexander Burgess married Augusta Elizabeth Fambrough
In 1866 Robert Lee Burgess married Emma E Fambrough
Jonathan married three times:
1 Nancy Cone 18 Sep 1818 in Greene
2 Martha Hale 30 Oct 1823 in Clarke
3 Elizabeth Hale 4 Dec 1834 in Clarke
Son of Richard and Lydia Burgess
Also father of
Martha Burgess Martindale, who died in Alabama, about 1874, married Y W S Martindale
Mary Caroline Burgess Fowler Duffey, married William A Fowler and William R Duffey
Inscription
Jonathan Burgess
Born
In the year 1794
Died
Jan 18, 1859
A righteous man is here interred,
Whose faith in all his works appeared;
A husband kind and father dear,
Beloved by all who knew him here.
Family Members
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Thomas L Burgess
1819–1900
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Richard "Dick" Burgess
1826–1897
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William Burgess
1827 – unknown
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James D Burgess
1828–1908
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Sarah Ann Burgess Hogg
1830–1893
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Jonathan B "John" Burgess
1833–1888
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Edward Alexander Burgess
1836–1900
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Mary Caroline Burgess Duffey
1838–1904
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Henry Harrison "Hugh" Burgess
1839–1903
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Albert Clay Burgess
1842–1904
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Robert Lee Burgess
1845–1890
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Virginia E Burgess Freeman
1848–1902
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Linton Stephen Burgess
1850–1881
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