(From the East Orange Gazette, August 6th, 1887)
MRS. ELIZABETH BURGESS.
Mrs. Elizabeth Burgess, of Munn avenue, died at Greenwood Lake Saturday morning. She went there year after year, for a short time, partly attracted by the fact that the scenery reminded her of some Scottish lakes. While there a malady, perhaps of long standing, suddenly prostrated her. The progress of disease was so rapid that she could not be brought to her home; her children were called to her side, and surrounded by them all, with tender farewells to each, with many a commission of thoughtful kindness to absent friends, and in serene trust in the Lord her Shepherd, she died just as day was dawning.
Elizabeth Wilson was born in Glasgow, October 28, 1820 and there spent all her early life, and was there married, November 1, 1843, to John Burgess. Her husband was a manufacturer of pottery, and in 1847 removed to America and became an importer. The firms of Burgess & Goddard, of New York, and of Goddard & Burgess, of Staffordshire, England, were for a long series of years both well and honorably known in the trade as manufacturers and dealers.
Mr. and Mrs. Burgess brought their family to reside in East Orange in 1866, and in 1868 purchased the handsome place on Munn avenue, which has ever since been the family home, and which has become so well known for quiet hospitality and strong family influences. Mr. Burgess was a man of strong character, and elder of the Presbyterian Church, and most devoutly attached to the order of worship and form of government of that branch of the church, and it was well said of him that he was an tolerant of the honest opinions of others as he was firm in his own convictions. His wife, with all womanly grace, and in simplest purity, took the Bible as the word of God; her husband and her pastor as her earthly counselors; her children and all their interests as the absorbing objects of her care; her home as the place of highest happiness; her friends as persons upon whom she could bestow the bounties of her nature; and all the world as within her benevolent regard. In 1877 she accompanied her husband to England, and at Longton, Staffordshire, on July 2d, after a brief illness, he died. She brought his remains to America, that he might be buried near her home and her children.
Two of her children died in infancy and five survive her. The sons are John W. Burgess, of Munn avenue, and William Burgess, of Trenton. The daughters are Mrs. Edward Boote, of Arlington avenue, Mrs. Dr. Edgar Holden, of Newark, and Mrs. L. F. S. MacLehose, of Munn avenue, and there are nineteen living grandchildren. During all these years it has been her custom on one fixed day in each week to have her children come to dine with her, and by this means, among others, to foster a strong family affection and interest which was widened to welcome each added member. She was so gentle that one had to know how persistently she pursed her plans through the years to appreciate her strength of purpose. She was so quiet that it was necessary to find out by a multitude of thoughtful and affectionate acts how warmly she loved. She was so unostentatious that even now her family are finding out, as they did not know in her life time, the extent and multiplicity of her benefactions by the manifested gratitude of the recipients.
The funeral was made notable by the presence of pastors who came with a sense of personal gratitude and personal bereavement to give brief tribute. Dr. James M. Ludlow, the present pastor of the Munn Avenue Church, conducted the exercises, and spoke in warm appreciation of her faith. The Rev. George S. Webster, who is associated in the mission work of the church, offered prayer, as did also the Re. Julius L. Danner, a former pastor; selections of scripture were read by the Rev. David O. Irving, a long and intimate family friend, as was his father, Dr. David Irving, and an affectionate tribute to her Christian character and her lovely life was paid by Dr. S. J. McPherson, who came from Chicago on receipt of the intelligence that the lady was dying who had taken him to her fireside and to her heart when with his bride he came here to his first pastoral charge.
Her body was laid beside that of her husband in Rosedale Cemetery.
MRS. ELIZABETH BURGESS.
Mrs. Elizabeth Burgess, of Munn avenue, died at Greenwood Lake Saturday morning. She went there year after year, for a short time, partly attracted by the fact that the scenery reminded her of some Scottish lakes. While there a malady, perhaps of long standing, suddenly prostrated her. The progress of disease was so rapid that she could not be brought to her home; her children were called to her side, and surrounded by them all, with tender farewells to each, with many a commission of thoughtful kindness to absent friends, and in serene trust in the Lord her Shepherd, she died just as day was dawning.
Elizabeth Wilson was born in Glasgow, October 28, 1820 and there spent all her early life, and was there married, November 1, 1843, to John Burgess. Her husband was a manufacturer of pottery, and in 1847 removed to America and became an importer. The firms of Burgess & Goddard, of New York, and of Goddard & Burgess, of Staffordshire, England, were for a long series of years both well and honorably known in the trade as manufacturers and dealers.
Mr. and Mrs. Burgess brought their family to reside in East Orange in 1866, and in 1868 purchased the handsome place on Munn avenue, which has ever since been the family home, and which has become so well known for quiet hospitality and strong family influences. Mr. Burgess was a man of strong character, and elder of the Presbyterian Church, and most devoutly attached to the order of worship and form of government of that branch of the church, and it was well said of him that he was an tolerant of the honest opinions of others as he was firm in his own convictions. His wife, with all womanly grace, and in simplest purity, took the Bible as the word of God; her husband and her pastor as her earthly counselors; her children and all their interests as the absorbing objects of her care; her home as the place of highest happiness; her friends as persons upon whom she could bestow the bounties of her nature; and all the world as within her benevolent regard. In 1877 she accompanied her husband to England, and at Longton, Staffordshire, on July 2d, after a brief illness, he died. She brought his remains to America, that he might be buried near her home and her children.
Two of her children died in infancy and five survive her. The sons are John W. Burgess, of Munn avenue, and William Burgess, of Trenton. The daughters are Mrs. Edward Boote, of Arlington avenue, Mrs. Dr. Edgar Holden, of Newark, and Mrs. L. F. S. MacLehose, of Munn avenue, and there are nineteen living grandchildren. During all these years it has been her custom on one fixed day in each week to have her children come to dine with her, and by this means, among others, to foster a strong family affection and interest which was widened to welcome each added member. She was so gentle that one had to know how persistently she pursed her plans through the years to appreciate her strength of purpose. She was so quiet that it was necessary to find out by a multitude of thoughtful and affectionate acts how warmly she loved. She was so unostentatious that even now her family are finding out, as they did not know in her life time, the extent and multiplicity of her benefactions by the manifested gratitude of the recipients.
The funeral was made notable by the presence of pastors who came with a sense of personal gratitude and personal bereavement to give brief tribute. Dr. James M. Ludlow, the present pastor of the Munn Avenue Church, conducted the exercises, and spoke in warm appreciation of her faith. The Rev. George S. Webster, who is associated in the mission work of the church, offered prayer, as did also the Re. Julius L. Danner, a former pastor; selections of scripture were read by the Rev. David O. Irving, a long and intimate family friend, as was his father, Dr. David Irving, and an affectionate tribute to her Christian character and her lovely life was paid by Dr. S. J. McPherson, who came from Chicago on receipt of the intelligence that the lady was dying who had taken him to her fireside and to her heart when with his bride he came here to his first pastoral charge.
Her body was laid beside that of her husband in Rosedale Cemetery.
(From the East Orange Gazette, August 6th, 1887)
MRS. ELIZABETH BURGESS.
Mrs. Elizabeth Burgess, of Munn avenue, died at Greenwood Lake Saturday morning. She went there year after year, for a short time, partly attracted by the fact that the scenery reminded her of some Scottish lakes. While there a malady, perhaps of long standing, suddenly prostrated her. The progress of disease was so rapid that she could not be brought to her home; her children were called to her side, and surrounded by them all, with tender farewells to each, with many a commission of thoughtful kindness to absent friends, and in serene trust in the Lord her Shepherd, she died just as day was dawning.
Elizabeth Wilson was born in Glasgow, October 28, 1820 and there spent all her early life, and was there married, November 1, 1843, to John Burgess. Her husband was a manufacturer of pottery, and in 1847 removed to America and became an importer. The firms of Burgess & Goddard, of New York, and of Goddard & Burgess, of Staffordshire, England, were for a long series of years both well and honorably known in the trade as manufacturers and dealers.
Mr. and Mrs. Burgess brought their family to reside in East Orange in 1866, and in 1868 purchased the handsome place on Munn avenue, which has ever since been the family home, and which has become so well known for quiet hospitality and strong family influences. Mr. Burgess was a man of strong character, and elder of the Presbyterian Church, and most devoutly attached to the order of worship and form of government of that branch of the church, and it was well said of him that he was an tolerant of the honest opinions of others as he was firm in his own convictions. His wife, with all womanly grace, and in simplest purity, took the Bible as the word of God; her husband and her pastor as her earthly counselors; her children and all their interests as the absorbing objects of her care; her home as the place of highest happiness; her friends as persons upon whom she could bestow the bounties of her nature; and all the world as within her benevolent regard. In 1877 she accompanied her husband to England, and at Longton, Staffordshire, on July 2d, after a brief illness, he died. She brought his remains to America, that he might be buried near her home and her children.
Two of her children died in infancy and five survive her. The sons are John W. Burgess, of Munn avenue, and William Burgess, of Trenton. The daughters are Mrs. Edward Boote, of Arlington avenue, Mrs. Dr. Edgar Holden, of Newark, and Mrs. L. F. S. MacLehose, of Munn avenue, and there are nineteen living grandchildren. During all these years it has been her custom on one fixed day in each week to have her children come to dine with her, and by this means, among others, to foster a strong family affection and interest which was widened to welcome each added member. She was so gentle that one had to know how persistently she pursed her plans through the years to appreciate her strength of purpose. She was so quiet that it was necessary to find out by a multitude of thoughtful and affectionate acts how warmly she loved. She was so unostentatious that even now her family are finding out, as they did not know in her life time, the extent and multiplicity of her benefactions by the manifested gratitude of the recipients.
The funeral was made notable by the presence of pastors who came with a sense of personal gratitude and personal bereavement to give brief tribute. Dr. James M. Ludlow, the present pastor of the Munn Avenue Church, conducted the exercises, and spoke in warm appreciation of her faith. The Rev. George S. Webster, who is associated in the mission work of the church, offered prayer, as did also the Re. Julius L. Danner, a former pastor; selections of scripture were read by the Rev. David O. Irving, a long and intimate family friend, as was his father, Dr. David Irving, and an affectionate tribute to her Christian character and her lovely life was paid by Dr. S. J. McPherson, who came from Chicago on receipt of the intelligence that the lady was dying who had taken him to her fireside and to her heart when with his bride he came here to his first pastoral charge.
Her body was laid beside that of her husband in Rosedale Cemetery.
MRS. ELIZABETH BURGESS.
Mrs. Elizabeth Burgess, of Munn avenue, died at Greenwood Lake Saturday morning. She went there year after year, for a short time, partly attracted by the fact that the scenery reminded her of some Scottish lakes. While there a malady, perhaps of long standing, suddenly prostrated her. The progress of disease was so rapid that she could not be brought to her home; her children were called to her side, and surrounded by them all, with tender farewells to each, with many a commission of thoughtful kindness to absent friends, and in serene trust in the Lord her Shepherd, she died just as day was dawning.
Elizabeth Wilson was born in Glasgow, October 28, 1820 and there spent all her early life, and was there married, November 1, 1843, to John Burgess. Her husband was a manufacturer of pottery, and in 1847 removed to America and became an importer. The firms of Burgess & Goddard, of New York, and of Goddard & Burgess, of Staffordshire, England, were for a long series of years both well and honorably known in the trade as manufacturers and dealers.
Mr. and Mrs. Burgess brought their family to reside in East Orange in 1866, and in 1868 purchased the handsome place on Munn avenue, which has ever since been the family home, and which has become so well known for quiet hospitality and strong family influences. Mr. Burgess was a man of strong character, and elder of the Presbyterian Church, and most devoutly attached to the order of worship and form of government of that branch of the church, and it was well said of him that he was an tolerant of the honest opinions of others as he was firm in his own convictions. His wife, with all womanly grace, and in simplest purity, took the Bible as the word of God; her husband and her pastor as her earthly counselors; her children and all their interests as the absorbing objects of her care; her home as the place of highest happiness; her friends as persons upon whom she could bestow the bounties of her nature; and all the world as within her benevolent regard. In 1877 she accompanied her husband to England, and at Longton, Staffordshire, on July 2d, after a brief illness, he died. She brought his remains to America, that he might be buried near her home and her children.
Two of her children died in infancy and five survive her. The sons are John W. Burgess, of Munn avenue, and William Burgess, of Trenton. The daughters are Mrs. Edward Boote, of Arlington avenue, Mrs. Dr. Edgar Holden, of Newark, and Mrs. L. F. S. MacLehose, of Munn avenue, and there are nineteen living grandchildren. During all these years it has been her custom on one fixed day in each week to have her children come to dine with her, and by this means, among others, to foster a strong family affection and interest which was widened to welcome each added member. She was so gentle that one had to know how persistently she pursed her plans through the years to appreciate her strength of purpose. She was so quiet that it was necessary to find out by a multitude of thoughtful and affectionate acts how warmly she loved. She was so unostentatious that even now her family are finding out, as they did not know in her life time, the extent and multiplicity of her benefactions by the manifested gratitude of the recipients.
The funeral was made notable by the presence of pastors who came with a sense of personal gratitude and personal bereavement to give brief tribute. Dr. James M. Ludlow, the present pastor of the Munn Avenue Church, conducted the exercises, and spoke in warm appreciation of her faith. The Rev. George S. Webster, who is associated in the mission work of the church, offered prayer, as did also the Re. Julius L. Danner, a former pastor; selections of scripture were read by the Rev. David O. Irving, a long and intimate family friend, as was his father, Dr. David Irving, and an affectionate tribute to her Christian character and her lovely life was paid by Dr. S. J. McPherson, who came from Chicago on receipt of the intelligence that the lady was dying who had taken him to her fireside and to her heart when with his bride he came here to his first pastoral charge.
Her body was laid beside that of her husband in Rosedale Cemetery.
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