-- Portrait and Biographical Record of Walworth and Jefferson Counties, Wisconsin, Chicago, Lake City Publishing Co., 1894. (Contributor: Burlington Historical Society (47783702) )
"FREDERICK BURGETT, who now follows the blacksmith trade in Genoa Junction, was born on a farm two miles west of this place, on the 29th of June, 1863, and is a representative of one of the honored pioneer families of Walworth County. His paternal grandfather, Conrad Burgett was a native of New York, but at an early day emigrated westward and took up his residence in Walworth County, where he purchased a small farm west of Genoa Junction. Thereon he made his home until 1865, when he removed to Nebraska, where his death occurred.
His family of nine children included Cornelius Burgett, the father of our subject. With his parents he came to the West, and in Walworth County followed farming and blacksmithing. Having arrived at mature years, he married Matilda Harrison, a daughter of Nathan Harrison, who was born in Pennsylvania, of German parentage. Her father left his home in the East in early life and became a resident of Ohio, where he grew to manhood. Subsequently he made his home for a time in Michigan, and then came to this county, where his last days were passed. His death occurred in Genoa Junction at the age of eighty-one years. His father died at the very advanced age of one hundred and three.
Unto Cornelius and Matilda Burgett were born six children, five of whom are yet living, namely: William; Ceola, wife of Leroy M. Kelley, of Milwaukee, Wis.; Ella, widow of Horace Morgan, and a resident of Lake Geneva; Frank L., who makes his home in New Mexico; and Frederick, of this sketch. Myrtie, the fifth in order of birth, is now deceased.
When our subject was a child of nine years he went to live with his maternal grandparents, and was reared in Genoa Junction, acquiring his education in the public schools. At the age of seventeen he began learning the blacksmith's trade, and has since followed that business. For some time he was in the employ of others, but for the past seven years has been in business for himself. He is an expert workman, and has therefore won from the public a liberal patronage, which is well deserved.
On the 13th of April, 1886, Mr. Burgett led to the marriage altar Miss Anna Feldkemp, daughter of George Feldkemp. Their union has been blessed with three children, a son and two daughters: Frank H., Edith D. and Vera May. They have a pleasant home in Genoa Junction, and its hospitable doors are ever open for the reception of their many friends.
In his political views, Mr. Burgett is a Republican, but has never sought or desired office, preferring to give his entire time and attention to his business interests. Socially, he is a Mason. His entire life has been passed in his native county, and those who have known him from boyhood are numbered among his stanchest friends, a fact which indicates that his career has been an honorable and upright one. "
"FREDERICK BURGETT, who now follows the blacksmith trade in Genoa Junction, was born on a farm two miles west of this place, on the 29th of June, 1863, and is a representative of one of the honored pioneer families of Walworth County. His paternal grandfather, Conrad Burgett was a native of New York, but at an early day emigrated westward and took up his residence in Walworth County, where he purchased a small farm west of Genoa Junction. Thereon he made his home until 1865, when he removed to Nebraska, where his death occurred.
His family of nine children included Cornelius Burgett, the father of our subject. With his parents he came to the West, and in Walworth County followed farming and blacksmithing. Having arrived at mature years, he married Matilda Harrison, a daughter of Nathan Harrison, who was born in Pennsylvania, of German parentage. Her father left his home in the East in early life and became a resident of Ohio, where he grew to manhood. Subsequently he made his home for a time in Michigan, and then came to this county, where his last days were passed. His death occurred in Genoa Junction at the age of eighty-one years. His father died at the very advanced age of one hundred and three.
Unto Cornelius and Matilda Burgett were born six children, five of whom are yet living, namely: William; Ceola, wife of Leroy M. Kelley, of Milwaukee, Wis.; Ella, widow of Horace Morgan, and a resident of Lake Geneva; Frank L., who makes his home in New Mexico; and Frederick, of this sketch. Myrtie, the fifth in order of birth, is now deceased.
When our subject was a child of nine years he went to live with his maternal grandparents, and was reared in Genoa Junction, acquiring his education in the public schools. At the age of seventeen he began learning the blacksmith's trade, and has since followed that business. For some time he was in the employ of others, but for the past seven years has been in business for himself. He is an expert workman, and has therefore won from the public a liberal patronage, which is well deserved.
On the 13th of April, 1886, Mr. Burgett led to the marriage altar Miss Anna Feldkemp, daughter of George Feldkemp. Their union has been blessed with three children, a son and two daughters: Frank H., Edith D. and Vera May. They have a pleasant home in Genoa Junction, and its hospitable doors are ever open for the reception of their many friends.
In his political views, Mr. Burgett is a Republican, but has never sought or desired office, preferring to give his entire time and attention to his business interests. Socially, he is a Mason. His entire life has been passed in his native county, and those who have known him from boyhood are numbered among his stanchest friends, a fact which indicates that his career has been an honorable and upright one. "
-- Portrait and Biographical Record of Walworth and Jefferson Counties, Wisconsin, Chicago, Lake City Publishing Co., 1894. (Contributor: Burlington Historical Society (47783702) )
"FREDERICK BURGETT, who now follows the blacksmith trade in Genoa Junction, was born on a farm two miles west of this place, on the 29th of June, 1863, and is a representative of one of the honored pioneer families of Walworth County. His paternal grandfather, Conrad Burgett was a native of New York, but at an early day emigrated westward and took up his residence in Walworth County, where he purchased a small farm west of Genoa Junction. Thereon he made his home until 1865, when he removed to Nebraska, where his death occurred.
His family of nine children included Cornelius Burgett, the father of our subject. With his parents he came to the West, and in Walworth County followed farming and blacksmithing. Having arrived at mature years, he married Matilda Harrison, a daughter of Nathan Harrison, who was born in Pennsylvania, of German parentage. Her father left his home in the East in early life and became a resident of Ohio, where he grew to manhood. Subsequently he made his home for a time in Michigan, and then came to this county, where his last days were passed. His death occurred in Genoa Junction at the age of eighty-one years. His father died at the very advanced age of one hundred and three.
Unto Cornelius and Matilda Burgett were born six children, five of whom are yet living, namely: William; Ceola, wife of Leroy M. Kelley, of Milwaukee, Wis.; Ella, widow of Horace Morgan, and a resident of Lake Geneva; Frank L., who makes his home in New Mexico; and Frederick, of this sketch. Myrtie, the fifth in order of birth, is now deceased.
When our subject was a child of nine years he went to live with his maternal grandparents, and was reared in Genoa Junction, acquiring his education in the public schools. At the age of seventeen he began learning the blacksmith's trade, and has since followed that business. For some time he was in the employ of others, but for the past seven years has been in business for himself. He is an expert workman, and has therefore won from the public a liberal patronage, which is well deserved.
On the 13th of April, 1886, Mr. Burgett led to the marriage altar Miss Anna Feldkemp, daughter of George Feldkemp. Their union has been blessed with three children, a son and two daughters: Frank H., Edith D. and Vera May. They have a pleasant home in Genoa Junction, and its hospitable doors are ever open for the reception of their many friends.
In his political views, Mr. Burgett is a Republican, but has never sought or desired office, preferring to give his entire time and attention to his business interests. Socially, he is a Mason. His entire life has been passed in his native county, and those who have known him from boyhood are numbered among his stanchest friends, a fact which indicates that his career has been an honorable and upright one. "
"FREDERICK BURGETT, who now follows the blacksmith trade in Genoa Junction, was born on a farm two miles west of this place, on the 29th of June, 1863, and is a representative of one of the honored pioneer families of Walworth County. His paternal grandfather, Conrad Burgett was a native of New York, but at an early day emigrated westward and took up his residence in Walworth County, where he purchased a small farm west of Genoa Junction. Thereon he made his home until 1865, when he removed to Nebraska, where his death occurred.
His family of nine children included Cornelius Burgett, the father of our subject. With his parents he came to the West, and in Walworth County followed farming and blacksmithing. Having arrived at mature years, he married Matilda Harrison, a daughter of Nathan Harrison, who was born in Pennsylvania, of German parentage. Her father left his home in the East in early life and became a resident of Ohio, where he grew to manhood. Subsequently he made his home for a time in Michigan, and then came to this county, where his last days were passed. His death occurred in Genoa Junction at the age of eighty-one years. His father died at the very advanced age of one hundred and three.
Unto Cornelius and Matilda Burgett were born six children, five of whom are yet living, namely: William; Ceola, wife of Leroy M. Kelley, of Milwaukee, Wis.; Ella, widow of Horace Morgan, and a resident of Lake Geneva; Frank L., who makes his home in New Mexico; and Frederick, of this sketch. Myrtie, the fifth in order of birth, is now deceased.
When our subject was a child of nine years he went to live with his maternal grandparents, and was reared in Genoa Junction, acquiring his education in the public schools. At the age of seventeen he began learning the blacksmith's trade, and has since followed that business. For some time he was in the employ of others, but for the past seven years has been in business for himself. He is an expert workman, and has therefore won from the public a liberal patronage, which is well deserved.
On the 13th of April, 1886, Mr. Burgett led to the marriage altar Miss Anna Feldkemp, daughter of George Feldkemp. Their union has been blessed with three children, a son and two daughters: Frank H., Edith D. and Vera May. They have a pleasant home in Genoa Junction, and its hospitable doors are ever open for the reception of their many friends.
In his political views, Mr. Burgett is a Republican, but has never sought or desired office, preferring to give his entire time and attention to his business interests. Socially, he is a Mason. His entire life has been passed in his native county, and those who have known him from boyhood are numbered among his stanchest friends, a fact which indicates that his career has been an honorable and upright one. "
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