Allen R. Burgess, the second son of Esther (née Williams) and William B. Burgess, was born in Massachusetts, perhaps in Pittsfield, where his grandfather Joseph Burgess lived.
Allen Burgess of Boonville, Oneida County, New York, married Mary Clark of Bennington, Vermont, on 10 March 1836 in Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut. (Mary had relatives in Harwinton.) Their first child, William Chandler Burgess, was born in 1838 in nearby New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut. By 1840, the family had moved to Geauga County, Ohio, where Allen's parents and younger brothers had moved in 1833.
"In 1840, 1841 and 1842 J. M. Childs, James Logan, Allen Burgess, Orrin Ford, Van Valkenburghs, Judd, Barber, David Houghton, Washburn, the Coltons, and others, all built log houses, had logging bees, were sociable and friendly, went to meeting on foot or with ox and sled, wagon or stoneboat, worked hard, slept well, and took comfort." (Pioneer and General History of Geauga County ([n.p.]: Geauga County Historical Society, 1880), p. 119.)
Allen and Mary Burgess's four younger children were born in Geauga County. Censuses show an increasingly prosperous farming family.
Notes
Date of birth reported in bio. of brother Cornelius Burgess in: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of Cleveland, Ohio (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1894), pp. 425-426.
"BURGESS, Allin [sic] of Booneville, N.Y., m. Mary Clark of Bennington [Vermont], Mar. 10, 1836, by Richard M. Chipman V.D.M." (Harwinton, Connecticut, Vol. M, p. 59) Note: V.D.M. = Verbi Dei Minister (Latin: Preacher of God's Word). A newspaper announcement reports 9 March 1836. Allen's elder brother, John Chandler, was then a hotel clerk in Hartford, Connecticut.
1840 U.S. Census, Bainbridge Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio; p. 126, line 3. Household of Allen Burgess (1 male aged 20 to 30). Note: William Burgess, father, is on line 4.
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, Russell Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio; dwelling 174, family 165, lines 36-40, p. 21 (written), 8 Jun 1860.
36. A. Burgess, 47, farmer, ($4,000, $6,000), Mass.
37. M. [Mary], 47, f, Vt.
38. H. C. [Horace C.], 20, m, Ohio.
39. A. [Alvin], 17, m, Ohio.
40. L. [Laura], 14, f, Ohio.
1870 U.S. Census, Russell Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio; dwelling 33, family 32, lines 27-29, p. 294B (printed), p. 4 (written), 13 Jul 1870. (Census Office Stamp, 22 Aug 1870)
27. Allen Burgess, 57, farmer ($7,000; $1,500), Massachusetts.
28. ----- Mary, 57, keeping house, Vermont.
29. ----- Alvin, 28, farmer, Ohio, married in Feb 1870.
• Alvin's wife, Anna, on p. 8 (written), with mother.
1870 U.S. Census, Russell Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio; dwelling 25, family 25, lines 33-38, p. 304 (printed), p. 3 (written), 15 Mar 1871--yes, 1871. (Census Office Stamp, 6 Apr 1871)
33. Allen Burgess, 58, farmer ($7,000; $1,000), Vermont.
34. ----- Mary, 58, keeping house, Vermont.
35. ----- "Alva," 28, at home, Ohio.
36. Kelley, Geo., 25, cheese maker (-0-; $1,500), Vermont.
37. ----- Laura, 25, keeping house, Ohio.
38. ----- Horace, 3, Ohio.
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 78, Russell Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio; dwelling 13, family 14, lines 8-9, p. 132B (written), p. 2 (written), 1-2 Jun 1880.
8. Burgess, Allen Burgess, 67, farmer; born in Vermont (parents' birthplace omitted).
9. ----- Burgess, 67, wife, keeping house; born in Vermont, parents in Conn.
• Married daughter Laura A. Kelley on line 2.
The will of Allen Burgess, "now residing in the Township of Bainbridge County of Geauga and State of Ohio," dated 13 March 1898, directed that the residue of his estate be given "to my son William C. Burgess, now residing in Clinton Iowa." Other estate papers identify also as next of kin: H. C. Burgess, son, Woodward, Iowa; and Alvin Burgess, son, Salon, Cuyahoga (County, Ohio).
"Allen Burgess, seventy-four" participated in "The seventeenth annual picnic of the Western Reserve Pioneer Association [that] was held at Burgess' Grove, North Solon," ("Merry Pioneers," The Leader and Herald, Cleveland, Ohio, 26 Aug 1886, p. 5, col. 1.)
Allen Burgess in: "Deaths," The Cleveland Leader, Cleveland, Ohio, 5 Dec 1898, p. 7, col. 3. (4 Dec 1898 was a Sunday.)
Great-great-great-grandfather of submitter.
Reviewed 14 June 2022.
Allen Burgess of Boonville, Oneida County, New York, married Mary Clark of Bennington, Vermont, on 10 March 1836 in Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut. (Mary had relatives in Harwinton.) Their first child, William Chandler Burgess, was born in 1838 in nearby New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut. By 1840, the family had moved to Geauga County, Ohio, where Allen's parents and younger brothers had moved in 1833.
"In 1840, 1841 and 1842 J. M. Childs, James Logan, Allen Burgess, Orrin Ford, Van Valkenburghs, Judd, Barber, David Houghton, Washburn, the Coltons, and others, all built log houses, had logging bees, were sociable and friendly, went to meeting on foot or with ox and sled, wagon or stoneboat, worked hard, slept well, and took comfort." (Pioneer and General History of Geauga County ([n.p.]: Geauga County Historical Society, 1880), p. 119.)
Allen and Mary Burgess's four younger children were born in Geauga County. Censuses show an increasingly prosperous farming family.
Notes
Date of birth reported in bio. of brother Cornelius Burgess in: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of Cleveland, Ohio (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1894), pp. 425-426.
"BURGESS, Allin [sic] of Booneville, N.Y., m. Mary Clark of Bennington [Vermont], Mar. 10, 1836, by Richard M. Chipman V.D.M." (Harwinton, Connecticut, Vol. M, p. 59) Note: V.D.M. = Verbi Dei Minister (Latin: Preacher of God's Word). A newspaper announcement reports 9 March 1836. Allen's elder brother, John Chandler, was then a hotel clerk in Hartford, Connecticut.
1840 U.S. Census, Bainbridge Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio; p. 126, line 3. Household of Allen Burgess (1 male aged 20 to 30). Note: William Burgess, father, is on line 4.
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, Russell Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio; dwelling 174, family 165, lines 36-40, p. 21 (written), 8 Jun 1860.
36. A. Burgess, 47, farmer, ($4,000, $6,000), Mass.
37. M. [Mary], 47, f, Vt.
38. H. C. [Horace C.], 20, m, Ohio.
39. A. [Alvin], 17, m, Ohio.
40. L. [Laura], 14, f, Ohio.
1870 U.S. Census, Russell Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio; dwelling 33, family 32, lines 27-29, p. 294B (printed), p. 4 (written), 13 Jul 1870. (Census Office Stamp, 22 Aug 1870)
27. Allen Burgess, 57, farmer ($7,000; $1,500), Massachusetts.
28. ----- Mary, 57, keeping house, Vermont.
29. ----- Alvin, 28, farmer, Ohio, married in Feb 1870.
• Alvin's wife, Anna, on p. 8 (written), with mother.
1870 U.S. Census, Russell Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio; dwelling 25, family 25, lines 33-38, p. 304 (printed), p. 3 (written), 15 Mar 1871--yes, 1871. (Census Office Stamp, 6 Apr 1871)
33. Allen Burgess, 58, farmer ($7,000; $1,000), Vermont.
34. ----- Mary, 58, keeping house, Vermont.
35. ----- "Alva," 28, at home, Ohio.
36. Kelley, Geo., 25, cheese maker (-0-; $1,500), Vermont.
37. ----- Laura, 25, keeping house, Ohio.
38. ----- Horace, 3, Ohio.
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 78, Russell Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio; dwelling 13, family 14, lines 8-9, p. 132B (written), p. 2 (written), 1-2 Jun 1880.
8. Burgess, Allen Burgess, 67, farmer; born in Vermont (parents' birthplace omitted).
9. ----- Burgess, 67, wife, keeping house; born in Vermont, parents in Conn.
• Married daughter Laura A. Kelley on line 2.
The will of Allen Burgess, "now residing in the Township of Bainbridge County of Geauga and State of Ohio," dated 13 March 1898, directed that the residue of his estate be given "to my son William C. Burgess, now residing in Clinton Iowa." Other estate papers identify also as next of kin: H. C. Burgess, son, Woodward, Iowa; and Alvin Burgess, son, Salon, Cuyahoga (County, Ohio).
"Allen Burgess, seventy-four" participated in "The seventeenth annual picnic of the Western Reserve Pioneer Association [that] was held at Burgess' Grove, North Solon," ("Merry Pioneers," The Leader and Herald, Cleveland, Ohio, 26 Aug 1886, p. 5, col. 1.)
Allen Burgess in: "Deaths," The Cleveland Leader, Cleveland, Ohio, 5 Dec 1898, p. 7, col. 3. (4 Dec 1898 was a Sunday.)
Great-great-great-grandfather of submitter.
Reviewed 14 June 2022.
Allen R. Burgess, the second son of Esther (née Williams) and William B. Burgess, was born in Massachusetts, perhaps in Pittsfield, where his grandfather Joseph Burgess lived.
Allen Burgess of Boonville, Oneida County, New York, married Mary Clark of Bennington, Vermont, on 10 March 1836 in Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut. (Mary had relatives in Harwinton.) Their first child, William Chandler Burgess, was born in 1838 in nearby New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut. By 1840, the family had moved to Geauga County, Ohio, where Allen's parents and younger brothers had moved in 1833.
"In 1840, 1841 and 1842 J. M. Childs, James Logan, Allen Burgess, Orrin Ford, Van Valkenburghs, Judd, Barber, David Houghton, Washburn, the Coltons, and others, all built log houses, had logging bees, were sociable and friendly, went to meeting on foot or with ox and sled, wagon or stoneboat, worked hard, slept well, and took comfort." (Pioneer and General History of Geauga County ([n.p.]: Geauga County Historical Society, 1880), p. 119.)
Allen and Mary Burgess's four younger children were born in Geauga County. Censuses show an increasingly prosperous farming family.
Notes
Date of birth reported in bio. of brother Cornelius Burgess in: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of Cleveland, Ohio (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1894), pp. 425-426.
"BURGESS, Allin [sic] of Booneville, N.Y., m. Mary Clark of Bennington [Vermont], Mar. 10, 1836, by Richard M. Chipman V.D.M." (Harwinton, Connecticut, Vol. M, p. 59) Note: V.D.M. = Verbi Dei Minister (Latin: Preacher of God's Word). A newspaper announcement reports 9 March 1836. Allen's elder brother, John Chandler, was then a hotel clerk in Hartford, Connecticut.
1840 U.S. Census, Bainbridge Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio; p. 126, line 3. Household of Allen Burgess (1 male aged 20 to 30). Note: William Burgess, father, is on line 4.
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, Russell Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio; dwelling 174, family 165, lines 36-40, p. 21 (written), 8 Jun 1860.
36. A. Burgess, 47, farmer, ($4,000, $6,000), Mass.
37. M. [Mary], 47, f, Vt.
38. H. C. [Horace C.], 20, m, Ohio.
39. A. [Alvin], 17, m, Ohio.
40. L. [Laura], 14, f, Ohio.
1870 U.S. Census, Russell Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio; dwelling 33, family 32, lines 27-29, p. 294B (printed), p. 4 (written), 13 Jul 1870. (Census Office Stamp, 22 Aug 1870)
27. Allen Burgess, 57, farmer ($7,000; $1,500), Massachusetts.
28. ----- Mary, 57, keeping house, Vermont.
29. ----- Alvin, 28, farmer, Ohio, married in Feb 1870.
• Alvin's wife, Anna, on p. 8 (written), with mother.
1870 U.S. Census, Russell Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio; dwelling 25, family 25, lines 33-38, p. 304 (printed), p. 3 (written), 15 Mar 1871--yes, 1871. (Census Office Stamp, 6 Apr 1871)
33. Allen Burgess, 58, farmer ($7,000; $1,000), Vermont.
34. ----- Mary, 58, keeping house, Vermont.
35. ----- "Alva," 28, at home, Ohio.
36. Kelley, Geo., 25, cheese maker (-0-; $1,500), Vermont.
37. ----- Laura, 25, keeping house, Ohio.
38. ----- Horace, 3, Ohio.
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 78, Russell Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio; dwelling 13, family 14, lines 8-9, p. 132B (written), p. 2 (written), 1-2 Jun 1880.
8. Burgess, Allen Burgess, 67, farmer; born in Vermont (parents' birthplace omitted).
9. ----- Burgess, 67, wife, keeping house; born in Vermont, parents in Conn.
• Married daughter Laura A. Kelley on line 2.
The will of Allen Burgess, "now residing in the Township of Bainbridge County of Geauga and State of Ohio," dated 13 March 1898, directed that the residue of his estate be given "to my son William C. Burgess, now residing in Clinton Iowa." Other estate papers identify also as next of kin: H. C. Burgess, son, Woodward, Iowa; and Alvin Burgess, son, Salon, Cuyahoga (County, Ohio).
"Allen Burgess, seventy-four" participated in "The seventeenth annual picnic of the Western Reserve Pioneer Association [that] was held at Burgess' Grove, North Solon," ("Merry Pioneers," The Leader and Herald, Cleveland, Ohio, 26 Aug 1886, p. 5, col. 1.)
Allen Burgess in: "Deaths," The Cleveland Leader, Cleveland, Ohio, 5 Dec 1898, p. 7, col. 3. (4 Dec 1898 was a Sunday.)
Great-great-great-grandfather of submitter.
Reviewed 14 June 2022.
Allen Burgess of Boonville, Oneida County, New York, married Mary Clark of Bennington, Vermont, on 10 March 1836 in Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut. (Mary had relatives in Harwinton.) Their first child, William Chandler Burgess, was born in 1838 in nearby New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut. By 1840, the family had moved to Geauga County, Ohio, where Allen's parents and younger brothers had moved in 1833.
"In 1840, 1841 and 1842 J. M. Childs, James Logan, Allen Burgess, Orrin Ford, Van Valkenburghs, Judd, Barber, David Houghton, Washburn, the Coltons, and others, all built log houses, had logging bees, were sociable and friendly, went to meeting on foot or with ox and sled, wagon or stoneboat, worked hard, slept well, and took comfort." (Pioneer and General History of Geauga County ([n.p.]: Geauga County Historical Society, 1880), p. 119.)
Allen and Mary Burgess's four younger children were born in Geauga County. Censuses show an increasingly prosperous farming family.
Notes
Date of birth reported in bio. of brother Cornelius Burgess in: Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and City of Cleveland, Ohio (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1894), pp. 425-426.
"BURGESS, Allin [sic] of Booneville, N.Y., m. Mary Clark of Bennington [Vermont], Mar. 10, 1836, by Richard M. Chipman V.D.M." (Harwinton, Connecticut, Vol. M, p. 59) Note: V.D.M. = Verbi Dei Minister (Latin: Preacher of God's Word). A newspaper announcement reports 9 March 1836. Allen's elder brother, John Chandler, was then a hotel clerk in Hartford, Connecticut.
1840 U.S. Census, Bainbridge Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio; p. 126, line 3. Household of Allen Burgess (1 male aged 20 to 30). Note: William Burgess, father, is on line 4.
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, Russell Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio; dwelling 174, family 165, lines 36-40, p. 21 (written), 8 Jun 1860.
36. A. Burgess, 47, farmer, ($4,000, $6,000), Mass.
37. M. [Mary], 47, f, Vt.
38. H. C. [Horace C.], 20, m, Ohio.
39. A. [Alvin], 17, m, Ohio.
40. L. [Laura], 14, f, Ohio.
1870 U.S. Census, Russell Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio; dwelling 33, family 32, lines 27-29, p. 294B (printed), p. 4 (written), 13 Jul 1870. (Census Office Stamp, 22 Aug 1870)
27. Allen Burgess, 57, farmer ($7,000; $1,500), Massachusetts.
28. ----- Mary, 57, keeping house, Vermont.
29. ----- Alvin, 28, farmer, Ohio, married in Feb 1870.
• Alvin's wife, Anna, on p. 8 (written), with mother.
1870 U.S. Census, Russell Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio; dwelling 25, family 25, lines 33-38, p. 304 (printed), p. 3 (written), 15 Mar 1871--yes, 1871. (Census Office Stamp, 6 Apr 1871)
33. Allen Burgess, 58, farmer ($7,000; $1,000), Vermont.
34. ----- Mary, 58, keeping house, Vermont.
35. ----- "Alva," 28, at home, Ohio.
36. Kelley, Geo., 25, cheese maker (-0-; $1,500), Vermont.
37. ----- Laura, 25, keeping house, Ohio.
38. ----- Horace, 3, Ohio.
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 78, Russell Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio; dwelling 13, family 14, lines 8-9, p. 132B (written), p. 2 (written), 1-2 Jun 1880.
8. Burgess, Allen Burgess, 67, farmer; born in Vermont (parents' birthplace omitted).
9. ----- Burgess, 67, wife, keeping house; born in Vermont, parents in Conn.
• Married daughter Laura A. Kelley on line 2.
The will of Allen Burgess, "now residing in the Township of Bainbridge County of Geauga and State of Ohio," dated 13 March 1898, directed that the residue of his estate be given "to my son William C. Burgess, now residing in Clinton Iowa." Other estate papers identify also as next of kin: H. C. Burgess, son, Woodward, Iowa; and Alvin Burgess, son, Salon, Cuyahoga (County, Ohio).
"Allen Burgess, seventy-four" participated in "The seventeenth annual picnic of the Western Reserve Pioneer Association [that] was held at Burgess' Grove, North Solon," ("Merry Pioneers," The Leader and Herald, Cleveland, Ohio, 26 Aug 1886, p. 5, col. 1.)
Allen Burgess in: "Deaths," The Cleveland Leader, Cleveland, Ohio, 5 Dec 1898, p. 7, col. 3. (4 Dec 1898 was a Sunday.)
Great-great-great-grandfather of submitter.
Reviewed 14 June 2022.
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ALLEN BURGESS
1812 1898
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1813 1897
CHARLES E. 1849 1855
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