William Chandler Burgess, eldest child of Mary (née Clark) and Allen R. Burgess, was born in New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, and grew up in Geauga County, Ohio, where his Burgess grandparents had settled in the 1830s. He shared his middle name, Chandler, with his father's eldest brother, John Chandler Burgess.
William C. Burgess and Olive A. Frazer were married on 21 November 1860 in Russell, Geauga County. Earlier that year, William Burgess had been enumerated in nearby Cleveland, Ohio, where he was working as a railroad brakeman. The couple were the parents of three sons (one died in infancy).
In 1868, the family of William and Olive Burgess relocated to Montour, Indian Spring Township, Tama County, Iowa, as did a number of their relations, including: William's brother Horace with his family and their uncle "Doctor" Frank; and Olive's sister Charlotte Ellis and her family. The township's first settler arrived in 1849, but the population grew slowly until 1863 with the arrival of the Chicago and North Western Railroad (C. & N. W.), then known as the Cedar Rapids & Missouri.
In Tama County, and later Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa, William C. Burgess worked as a carpenter, laborer, and railroad weigh master. (The move to Clinton may have been connected with son Junius' 1890 assignment to Clinton as a cashier for the C. & N. W. Railway.)
Notes
1850 U.S. Census, Russell Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio; dwelling 48, family 50, lines 24-31, p. 110 (printed), p. 219 (written), 25 Sep 1850.
24. Allen Burgess, 37, farmer ($1,200), Mass.
25. Mary, 37, Vt.
26. Wm., 12, Conn.
27. "Orris" [Horace], 10, O [Ohio].
28. Alvin, 7, O.
29. Laura E., 4, O.
30. Charles, 1, O.
31. M. A. Woller, 15, f [female], O.
1860 U.S. Census, Ward 3, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio; dwelling 174, family 172, lines 32-40+, p. 22 (written), 5 Jun 1860.
32. Charles Coates, 32, proprietor (of the New England Hotel), Ireland.
[...]
40. Wm. Burgess, 21, R R Brakeman, NY.
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZCG-ZBK : 26 August 2019), William C. Burgess and Olive A. Frazer, 21 Nov 1860; citing Marriage, Geauga, Ohio, United States, pg 390, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
W. C. & H. C. Burgess offered for sale a 115-acre farm ¾ of a mile west of Orford. The offer included livestock and farm implements. ("Farm Sale," The Orford Weekly Leader, Orford, Iowa, 27 Apr 1869, p. 2.)
• Ads for the $6,500 property continued until at least September.
1870 U.S. Census, Indian Village Twp., Tama Co., Iowa; dwelling 215-216, families 212-213, lines 40, 1-4 and 5-6, pp. 292B-293 (printed), pp. 25-26 (printed), 13 Aug 1870.
40. Burgess, "M. C." [William C., head], 32, carpenter ($2,500; $-0-), Connecticut.
1. Burgess, Olive, 31, keeping house, Ohio.
2, ----- "Julius L.," 8, Ohio.
3. ----- Allen B., 4, Ohio.
4. ----- "Doctor Frank" [uncle], 37, carpenter, New York.
5. Burgess, Horace C. [head], 30, carpenter ($2,500; $-0-), Ohio.
6. ----- Julia B., 20, keeping house, Ohio.
W. C. Burgess elected Assessor for Indian Village Township. ("Township officers," The Republican, Toledo, Iowa, 9 Nov 1871, p. 3.)
Montour, along a Chicago and North Western Railroad line, was incorporated as a town by the vote of its inhabitants in 1870 in which S. (Smitzer) Ellis was elected a Trustee. In 1879, W. C. Burgess held the office of Recorder, and H. C. Burgess was a Trustee. (Samuel Chapman, History of Tama County, Iowa (Toledo, Iowa: Toledo Time Office, 1879), p. 270.)
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 326, Montour, Tama Co., Iowa; dwelling 6, family 6, lines 25-27, p. 505 (printed), p. 20 (written), 25 Jun 1880.
25. Burgess, William C., 42, carpenter; born in Connecticut, parents in Conn.
26. ----- Olive A., 41, wife, keeping house; born in Ohio, father in Scotland, mother in NY.
27. ----- Allen B., 14, son, at school; Ohio.
In the R.L. Polk & Co. and A.C. Danser, Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1884-5, H. and W. C. Burgess were carpenters in Montour, and Mrs. H. C. Burgess was a milliner there.
1885 Iowa state census: not found.
"William Burgess stopped on his transfer from Moutour to Potter just long enough to say that he is on his way to Colorado. His brother Horace was to accompany him from Woodward and their destined place is Colorado Springs. Mr. Horace Burgess intends to locate there for his wife as soon as a suitable place can be found. We learned that Mrs. Burgess is suffering from catarrhal and throat trouble to which an Iowa winter is no friend." ("County News: Montour," Toledo Chronicle, Toledo, Iowa, 12 Apr 1888, p. 2.) Montour is in the center of Indian Village Township; Potter is in the southeast corner.
1895 Iowa state census, Ward 4, Clinton, Clinton Co.; dwelling 1114, family 1047, lines 15-17, p. 159 (written), 1 Jan 1895.
15. Burgess, William, 57, Conn., R. R. W. Master.
16. ----- Ollie, 57, Ohio, Keeping H.
17. ----- Allen B., 29, single, Ohio, clerk.
1900 U.S. Census, E.D. 10, Ward 3, City of Clinton, Clinton Co., Iowa; 531 Seventh Ave., household 84, dwelling 85, lines 65-66, p. 148 (printed), p. 4B (written), 4 Jun 1900.
65. Burgess, William C., head, Jan 1838, 62, mar. 39 yrs.; born in Connecticut, father in Massachusetts, mother in Vermont; laborer.
66. ----- Olive A., wife, Aug 1838, 61, mar. 39 yrs, 3 children (2 living); born in Ohio, father in Scotland, mother in New York.
1905 Iowa state census, Clinton Co.
Enumerated twice in 1910—
1910 U.S. Census, E.D. 11, Ward 3, Clinton, Clinton Co., Iowa; dwelling 560, family 569, lines 49-50, p. 109B, p. 3B (written), 18 Apr 1910.
49. Burgess, William C., head, 72, married 49 years; born in Connecticut, father in Massachusetts, mother in Vermont; laborer, steam rail road.
50. ----- Olive, wife, 71, married 49 years, 3 children (2 living); born in Ohio, father in England, mother in New York; no occupation.
1910 U.S. Census, E.D. 10, Ward 2, Clinton, Clinton Co., Iowa; dwelling 54, family 55, lines 55-56, p. 101 (printed), p. 25A (written), 12 May 1910.
55. Burgess, William C., head, 72, married 50 years; self and parents born in Connecticut, father; weigh master, railroad.
56. ----- Olive A., wife, 72, married 50 years, 3 children (2 living); born in Ohio, father in Scotland, mother in New York; no occupation.
"WILLIAM C. BURGESS, 76 years old, of Clinton, Ia., died at the residence of his son, J. T. Burgess, 121 South East avenue, Oak Park, yesterday." ("Obituary," The Chicago Daily Tribune, 28 Feb 1914, p. 2.)
William Chandler Burgess: "Obituary," The Toledo Chronicle, Toledo, Iowa, 5 Mar 1914, p. 6, cols. 2-3.
"Death of W. C. Burgess," Oak Leaves, Oak Park, Illinois, 28 Feb 1914, p. 1, col. 3.
No known photograph.
Great-great-grandfather of submitter.
Reviewed 26 October 2022.
William C. Burgess and Olive A. Frazer were married on 21 November 1860 in Russell, Geauga County. Earlier that year, William Burgess had been enumerated in nearby Cleveland, Ohio, where he was working as a railroad brakeman. The couple were the parents of three sons (one died in infancy).
In 1868, the family of William and Olive Burgess relocated to Montour, Indian Spring Township, Tama County, Iowa, as did a number of their relations, including: William's brother Horace with his family and their uncle "Doctor" Frank; and Olive's sister Charlotte Ellis and her family. The township's first settler arrived in 1849, but the population grew slowly until 1863 with the arrival of the Chicago and North Western Railroad (C. & N. W.), then known as the Cedar Rapids & Missouri.
In Tama County, and later Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa, William C. Burgess worked as a carpenter, laborer, and railroad weigh master. (The move to Clinton may have been connected with son Junius' 1890 assignment to Clinton as a cashier for the C. & N. W. Railway.)
Notes
1850 U.S. Census, Russell Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio; dwelling 48, family 50, lines 24-31, p. 110 (printed), p. 219 (written), 25 Sep 1850.
24. Allen Burgess, 37, farmer ($1,200), Mass.
25. Mary, 37, Vt.
26. Wm., 12, Conn.
27. "Orris" [Horace], 10, O [Ohio].
28. Alvin, 7, O.
29. Laura E., 4, O.
30. Charles, 1, O.
31. M. A. Woller, 15, f [female], O.
1860 U.S. Census, Ward 3, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio; dwelling 174, family 172, lines 32-40+, p. 22 (written), 5 Jun 1860.
32. Charles Coates, 32, proprietor (of the New England Hotel), Ireland.
[...]
40. Wm. Burgess, 21, R R Brakeman, NY.
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZCG-ZBK : 26 August 2019), William C. Burgess and Olive A. Frazer, 21 Nov 1860; citing Marriage, Geauga, Ohio, United States, pg 390, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
W. C. & H. C. Burgess offered for sale a 115-acre farm ¾ of a mile west of Orford. The offer included livestock and farm implements. ("Farm Sale," The Orford Weekly Leader, Orford, Iowa, 27 Apr 1869, p. 2.)
• Ads for the $6,500 property continued until at least September.
1870 U.S. Census, Indian Village Twp., Tama Co., Iowa; dwelling 215-216, families 212-213, lines 40, 1-4 and 5-6, pp. 292B-293 (printed), pp. 25-26 (printed), 13 Aug 1870.
40. Burgess, "M. C." [William C., head], 32, carpenter ($2,500; $-0-), Connecticut.
1. Burgess, Olive, 31, keeping house, Ohio.
2, ----- "Julius L.," 8, Ohio.
3. ----- Allen B., 4, Ohio.
4. ----- "Doctor Frank" [uncle], 37, carpenter, New York.
5. Burgess, Horace C. [head], 30, carpenter ($2,500; $-0-), Ohio.
6. ----- Julia B., 20, keeping house, Ohio.
W. C. Burgess elected Assessor for Indian Village Township. ("Township officers," The Republican, Toledo, Iowa, 9 Nov 1871, p. 3.)
Montour, along a Chicago and North Western Railroad line, was incorporated as a town by the vote of its inhabitants in 1870 in which S. (Smitzer) Ellis was elected a Trustee. In 1879, W. C. Burgess held the office of Recorder, and H. C. Burgess was a Trustee. (Samuel Chapman, History of Tama County, Iowa (Toledo, Iowa: Toledo Time Office, 1879), p. 270.)
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 326, Montour, Tama Co., Iowa; dwelling 6, family 6, lines 25-27, p. 505 (printed), p. 20 (written), 25 Jun 1880.
25. Burgess, William C., 42, carpenter; born in Connecticut, parents in Conn.
26. ----- Olive A., 41, wife, keeping house; born in Ohio, father in Scotland, mother in NY.
27. ----- Allen B., 14, son, at school; Ohio.
In the R.L. Polk & Co. and A.C. Danser, Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1884-5, H. and W. C. Burgess were carpenters in Montour, and Mrs. H. C. Burgess was a milliner there.
1885 Iowa state census: not found.
"William Burgess stopped on his transfer from Moutour to Potter just long enough to say that he is on his way to Colorado. His brother Horace was to accompany him from Woodward and their destined place is Colorado Springs. Mr. Horace Burgess intends to locate there for his wife as soon as a suitable place can be found. We learned that Mrs. Burgess is suffering from catarrhal and throat trouble to which an Iowa winter is no friend." ("County News: Montour," Toledo Chronicle, Toledo, Iowa, 12 Apr 1888, p. 2.) Montour is in the center of Indian Village Township; Potter is in the southeast corner.
1895 Iowa state census, Ward 4, Clinton, Clinton Co.; dwelling 1114, family 1047, lines 15-17, p. 159 (written), 1 Jan 1895.
15. Burgess, William, 57, Conn., R. R. W. Master.
16. ----- Ollie, 57, Ohio, Keeping H.
17. ----- Allen B., 29, single, Ohio, clerk.
1900 U.S. Census, E.D. 10, Ward 3, City of Clinton, Clinton Co., Iowa; 531 Seventh Ave., household 84, dwelling 85, lines 65-66, p. 148 (printed), p. 4B (written), 4 Jun 1900.
65. Burgess, William C., head, Jan 1838, 62, mar. 39 yrs.; born in Connecticut, father in Massachusetts, mother in Vermont; laborer.
66. ----- Olive A., wife, Aug 1838, 61, mar. 39 yrs, 3 children (2 living); born in Ohio, father in Scotland, mother in New York.
1905 Iowa state census, Clinton Co.
Enumerated twice in 1910—
1910 U.S. Census, E.D. 11, Ward 3, Clinton, Clinton Co., Iowa; dwelling 560, family 569, lines 49-50, p. 109B, p. 3B (written), 18 Apr 1910.
49. Burgess, William C., head, 72, married 49 years; born in Connecticut, father in Massachusetts, mother in Vermont; laborer, steam rail road.
50. ----- Olive, wife, 71, married 49 years, 3 children (2 living); born in Ohio, father in England, mother in New York; no occupation.
1910 U.S. Census, E.D. 10, Ward 2, Clinton, Clinton Co., Iowa; dwelling 54, family 55, lines 55-56, p. 101 (printed), p. 25A (written), 12 May 1910.
55. Burgess, William C., head, 72, married 50 years; self and parents born in Connecticut, father; weigh master, railroad.
56. ----- Olive A., wife, 72, married 50 years, 3 children (2 living); born in Ohio, father in Scotland, mother in New York; no occupation.
"WILLIAM C. BURGESS, 76 years old, of Clinton, Ia., died at the residence of his son, J. T. Burgess, 121 South East avenue, Oak Park, yesterday." ("Obituary," The Chicago Daily Tribune, 28 Feb 1914, p. 2.)
William Chandler Burgess: "Obituary," The Toledo Chronicle, Toledo, Iowa, 5 Mar 1914, p. 6, cols. 2-3.
"Death of W. C. Burgess," Oak Leaves, Oak Park, Illinois, 28 Feb 1914, p. 1, col. 3.
No known photograph.
Great-great-grandfather of submitter.
Reviewed 26 October 2022.
William Chandler Burgess, eldest child of Mary (née Clark) and Allen R. Burgess, was born in New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, and grew up in Geauga County, Ohio, where his Burgess grandparents had settled in the 1830s. He shared his middle name, Chandler, with his father's eldest brother, John Chandler Burgess.
William C. Burgess and Olive A. Frazer were married on 21 November 1860 in Russell, Geauga County. Earlier that year, William Burgess had been enumerated in nearby Cleveland, Ohio, where he was working as a railroad brakeman. The couple were the parents of three sons (one died in infancy).
In 1868, the family of William and Olive Burgess relocated to Montour, Indian Spring Township, Tama County, Iowa, as did a number of their relations, including: William's brother Horace with his family and their uncle "Doctor" Frank; and Olive's sister Charlotte Ellis and her family. The township's first settler arrived in 1849, but the population grew slowly until 1863 with the arrival of the Chicago and North Western Railroad (C. & N. W.), then known as the Cedar Rapids & Missouri.
In Tama County, and later Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa, William C. Burgess worked as a carpenter, laborer, and railroad weigh master. (The move to Clinton may have been connected with son Junius' 1890 assignment to Clinton as a cashier for the C. & N. W. Railway.)
Notes
1850 U.S. Census, Russell Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio; dwelling 48, family 50, lines 24-31, p. 110 (printed), p. 219 (written), 25 Sep 1850.
24. Allen Burgess, 37, farmer ($1,200), Mass.
25. Mary, 37, Vt.
26. Wm., 12, Conn.
27. "Orris" [Horace], 10, O [Ohio].
28. Alvin, 7, O.
29. Laura E., 4, O.
30. Charles, 1, O.
31. M. A. Woller, 15, f [female], O.
1860 U.S. Census, Ward 3, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio; dwelling 174, family 172, lines 32-40+, p. 22 (written), 5 Jun 1860.
32. Charles Coates, 32, proprietor (of the New England Hotel), Ireland.
[...]
40. Wm. Burgess, 21, R R Brakeman, NY.
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZCG-ZBK : 26 August 2019), William C. Burgess and Olive A. Frazer, 21 Nov 1860; citing Marriage, Geauga, Ohio, United States, pg 390, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
W. C. & H. C. Burgess offered for sale a 115-acre farm ¾ of a mile west of Orford. The offer included livestock and farm implements. ("Farm Sale," The Orford Weekly Leader, Orford, Iowa, 27 Apr 1869, p. 2.)
• Ads for the $6,500 property continued until at least September.
1870 U.S. Census, Indian Village Twp., Tama Co., Iowa; dwelling 215-216, families 212-213, lines 40, 1-4 and 5-6, pp. 292B-293 (printed), pp. 25-26 (printed), 13 Aug 1870.
40. Burgess, "M. C." [William C., head], 32, carpenter ($2,500; $-0-), Connecticut.
1. Burgess, Olive, 31, keeping house, Ohio.
2, ----- "Julius L.," 8, Ohio.
3. ----- Allen B., 4, Ohio.
4. ----- "Doctor Frank" [uncle], 37, carpenter, New York.
5. Burgess, Horace C. [head], 30, carpenter ($2,500; $-0-), Ohio.
6. ----- Julia B., 20, keeping house, Ohio.
W. C. Burgess elected Assessor for Indian Village Township. ("Township officers," The Republican, Toledo, Iowa, 9 Nov 1871, p. 3.)
Montour, along a Chicago and North Western Railroad line, was incorporated as a town by the vote of its inhabitants in 1870 in which S. (Smitzer) Ellis was elected a Trustee. In 1879, W. C. Burgess held the office of Recorder, and H. C. Burgess was a Trustee. (Samuel Chapman, History of Tama County, Iowa (Toledo, Iowa: Toledo Time Office, 1879), p. 270.)
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 326, Montour, Tama Co., Iowa; dwelling 6, family 6, lines 25-27, p. 505 (printed), p. 20 (written), 25 Jun 1880.
25. Burgess, William C., 42, carpenter; born in Connecticut, parents in Conn.
26. ----- Olive A., 41, wife, keeping house; born in Ohio, father in Scotland, mother in NY.
27. ----- Allen B., 14, son, at school; Ohio.
In the R.L. Polk & Co. and A.C. Danser, Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1884-5, H. and W. C. Burgess were carpenters in Montour, and Mrs. H. C. Burgess was a milliner there.
1885 Iowa state census: not found.
"William Burgess stopped on his transfer from Moutour to Potter just long enough to say that he is on his way to Colorado. His brother Horace was to accompany him from Woodward and their destined place is Colorado Springs. Mr. Horace Burgess intends to locate there for his wife as soon as a suitable place can be found. We learned that Mrs. Burgess is suffering from catarrhal and throat trouble to which an Iowa winter is no friend." ("County News: Montour," Toledo Chronicle, Toledo, Iowa, 12 Apr 1888, p. 2.) Montour is in the center of Indian Village Township; Potter is in the southeast corner.
1895 Iowa state census, Ward 4, Clinton, Clinton Co.; dwelling 1114, family 1047, lines 15-17, p. 159 (written), 1 Jan 1895.
15. Burgess, William, 57, Conn., R. R. W. Master.
16. ----- Ollie, 57, Ohio, Keeping H.
17. ----- Allen B., 29, single, Ohio, clerk.
1900 U.S. Census, E.D. 10, Ward 3, City of Clinton, Clinton Co., Iowa; 531 Seventh Ave., household 84, dwelling 85, lines 65-66, p. 148 (printed), p. 4B (written), 4 Jun 1900.
65. Burgess, William C., head, Jan 1838, 62, mar. 39 yrs.; born in Connecticut, father in Massachusetts, mother in Vermont; laborer.
66. ----- Olive A., wife, Aug 1838, 61, mar. 39 yrs, 3 children (2 living); born in Ohio, father in Scotland, mother in New York.
1905 Iowa state census, Clinton Co.
Enumerated twice in 1910—
1910 U.S. Census, E.D. 11, Ward 3, Clinton, Clinton Co., Iowa; dwelling 560, family 569, lines 49-50, p. 109B, p. 3B (written), 18 Apr 1910.
49. Burgess, William C., head, 72, married 49 years; born in Connecticut, father in Massachusetts, mother in Vermont; laborer, steam rail road.
50. ----- Olive, wife, 71, married 49 years, 3 children (2 living); born in Ohio, father in England, mother in New York; no occupation.
1910 U.S. Census, E.D. 10, Ward 2, Clinton, Clinton Co., Iowa; dwelling 54, family 55, lines 55-56, p. 101 (printed), p. 25A (written), 12 May 1910.
55. Burgess, William C., head, 72, married 50 years; self and parents born in Connecticut, father; weigh master, railroad.
56. ----- Olive A., wife, 72, married 50 years, 3 children (2 living); born in Ohio, father in Scotland, mother in New York; no occupation.
"WILLIAM C. BURGESS, 76 years old, of Clinton, Ia., died at the residence of his son, J. T. Burgess, 121 South East avenue, Oak Park, yesterday." ("Obituary," The Chicago Daily Tribune, 28 Feb 1914, p. 2.)
William Chandler Burgess: "Obituary," The Toledo Chronicle, Toledo, Iowa, 5 Mar 1914, p. 6, cols. 2-3.
"Death of W. C. Burgess," Oak Leaves, Oak Park, Illinois, 28 Feb 1914, p. 1, col. 3.
No known photograph.
Great-great-grandfather of submitter.
Reviewed 26 October 2022.
William C. Burgess and Olive A. Frazer were married on 21 November 1860 in Russell, Geauga County. Earlier that year, William Burgess had been enumerated in nearby Cleveland, Ohio, where he was working as a railroad brakeman. The couple were the parents of three sons (one died in infancy).
In 1868, the family of William and Olive Burgess relocated to Montour, Indian Spring Township, Tama County, Iowa, as did a number of their relations, including: William's brother Horace with his family and their uncle "Doctor" Frank; and Olive's sister Charlotte Ellis and her family. The township's first settler arrived in 1849, but the population grew slowly until 1863 with the arrival of the Chicago and North Western Railroad (C. & N. W.), then known as the Cedar Rapids & Missouri.
In Tama County, and later Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa, William C. Burgess worked as a carpenter, laborer, and railroad weigh master. (The move to Clinton may have been connected with son Junius' 1890 assignment to Clinton as a cashier for the C. & N. W. Railway.)
Notes
1850 U.S. Census, Russell Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio; dwelling 48, family 50, lines 24-31, p. 110 (printed), p. 219 (written), 25 Sep 1850.
24. Allen Burgess, 37, farmer ($1,200), Mass.
25. Mary, 37, Vt.
26. Wm., 12, Conn.
27. "Orris" [Horace], 10, O [Ohio].
28. Alvin, 7, O.
29. Laura E., 4, O.
30. Charles, 1, O.
31. M. A. Woller, 15, f [female], O.
1860 U.S. Census, Ward 3, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio; dwelling 174, family 172, lines 32-40+, p. 22 (written), 5 Jun 1860.
32. Charles Coates, 32, proprietor (of the New England Hotel), Ireland.
[...]
40. Wm. Burgess, 21, R R Brakeman, NY.
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZCG-ZBK : 26 August 2019), William C. Burgess and Olive A. Frazer, 21 Nov 1860; citing Marriage, Geauga, Ohio, United States, pg 390, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
W. C. & H. C. Burgess offered for sale a 115-acre farm ¾ of a mile west of Orford. The offer included livestock and farm implements. ("Farm Sale," The Orford Weekly Leader, Orford, Iowa, 27 Apr 1869, p. 2.)
• Ads for the $6,500 property continued until at least September.
1870 U.S. Census, Indian Village Twp., Tama Co., Iowa; dwelling 215-216, families 212-213, lines 40, 1-4 and 5-6, pp. 292B-293 (printed), pp. 25-26 (printed), 13 Aug 1870.
40. Burgess, "M. C." [William C., head], 32, carpenter ($2,500; $-0-), Connecticut.
1. Burgess, Olive, 31, keeping house, Ohio.
2, ----- "Julius L.," 8, Ohio.
3. ----- Allen B., 4, Ohio.
4. ----- "Doctor Frank" [uncle], 37, carpenter, New York.
5. Burgess, Horace C. [head], 30, carpenter ($2,500; $-0-), Ohio.
6. ----- Julia B., 20, keeping house, Ohio.
W. C. Burgess elected Assessor for Indian Village Township. ("Township officers," The Republican, Toledo, Iowa, 9 Nov 1871, p. 3.)
Montour, along a Chicago and North Western Railroad line, was incorporated as a town by the vote of its inhabitants in 1870 in which S. (Smitzer) Ellis was elected a Trustee. In 1879, W. C. Burgess held the office of Recorder, and H. C. Burgess was a Trustee. (Samuel Chapman, History of Tama County, Iowa (Toledo, Iowa: Toledo Time Office, 1879), p. 270.)
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 326, Montour, Tama Co., Iowa; dwelling 6, family 6, lines 25-27, p. 505 (printed), p. 20 (written), 25 Jun 1880.
25. Burgess, William C., 42, carpenter; born in Connecticut, parents in Conn.
26. ----- Olive A., 41, wife, keeping house; born in Ohio, father in Scotland, mother in NY.
27. ----- Allen B., 14, son, at school; Ohio.
In the R.L. Polk & Co. and A.C. Danser, Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1884-5, H. and W. C. Burgess were carpenters in Montour, and Mrs. H. C. Burgess was a milliner there.
1885 Iowa state census: not found.
"William Burgess stopped on his transfer from Moutour to Potter just long enough to say that he is on his way to Colorado. His brother Horace was to accompany him from Woodward and their destined place is Colorado Springs. Mr. Horace Burgess intends to locate there for his wife as soon as a suitable place can be found. We learned that Mrs. Burgess is suffering from catarrhal and throat trouble to which an Iowa winter is no friend." ("County News: Montour," Toledo Chronicle, Toledo, Iowa, 12 Apr 1888, p. 2.) Montour is in the center of Indian Village Township; Potter is in the southeast corner.
1895 Iowa state census, Ward 4, Clinton, Clinton Co.; dwelling 1114, family 1047, lines 15-17, p. 159 (written), 1 Jan 1895.
15. Burgess, William, 57, Conn., R. R. W. Master.
16. ----- Ollie, 57, Ohio, Keeping H.
17. ----- Allen B., 29, single, Ohio, clerk.
1900 U.S. Census, E.D. 10, Ward 3, City of Clinton, Clinton Co., Iowa; 531 Seventh Ave., household 84, dwelling 85, lines 65-66, p. 148 (printed), p. 4B (written), 4 Jun 1900.
65. Burgess, William C., head, Jan 1838, 62, mar. 39 yrs.; born in Connecticut, father in Massachusetts, mother in Vermont; laborer.
66. ----- Olive A., wife, Aug 1838, 61, mar. 39 yrs, 3 children (2 living); born in Ohio, father in Scotland, mother in New York.
1905 Iowa state census, Clinton Co.
Enumerated twice in 1910—
1910 U.S. Census, E.D. 11, Ward 3, Clinton, Clinton Co., Iowa; dwelling 560, family 569, lines 49-50, p. 109B, p. 3B (written), 18 Apr 1910.
49. Burgess, William C., head, 72, married 49 years; born in Connecticut, father in Massachusetts, mother in Vermont; laborer, steam rail road.
50. ----- Olive, wife, 71, married 49 years, 3 children (2 living); born in Ohio, father in England, mother in New York; no occupation.
1910 U.S. Census, E.D. 10, Ward 2, Clinton, Clinton Co., Iowa; dwelling 54, family 55, lines 55-56, p. 101 (printed), p. 25A (written), 12 May 1910.
55. Burgess, William C., head, 72, married 50 years; self and parents born in Connecticut, father; weigh master, railroad.
56. ----- Olive A., wife, 72, married 50 years, 3 children (2 living); born in Ohio, father in Scotland, mother in New York; no occupation.
"WILLIAM C. BURGESS, 76 years old, of Clinton, Ia., died at the residence of his son, J. T. Burgess, 121 South East avenue, Oak Park, yesterday." ("Obituary," The Chicago Daily Tribune, 28 Feb 1914, p. 2.)
William Chandler Burgess: "Obituary," The Toledo Chronicle, Toledo, Iowa, 5 Mar 1914, p. 6, cols. 2-3.
"Death of W. C. Burgess," Oak Leaves, Oak Park, Illinois, 28 Feb 1914, p. 1, col. 3.
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