Miss Hannah Burgin, 80 years old, died last Tuesday night, June 28, at her home near Burgin after a lingering illness. The whole community feels a deep and sincere sorrow that her splendid life has closed, for no woman who ever lived here has left a truer influence for good. The funeral was held at her residence on Thursday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock, conducted by the Reverend E.C. Booso, of the Burgin Christian Church, assisted by the Reverend L.E. Sellers of the Harrodsburg Christian Church. She was laid to rest in the family lot in the Burgin Cemetery.
Miss Burgin was the daughter of Temple Brown and Sophia Oldham Burgin. She was born in Madison County, Kentucky, May 29, 1841. The family came to Mercer County in 1854 and soon became prominently identified with the life of the community. She attended school at Harrodsburg's Greenville Institute, afterward known as Daughters College, and graduated from there in 1857, being 16 years of age. She taught four years at the school and then bought the college at Hustonville, Kentucky, where she became the President. She conducted this position until the death of her father, when she sold the building to Doctor B.J. Pinkerton and returned to the old home place and managed the large farm until the return of her brother, Squire John Burgin, from Kansas City, Kansas.
Surviving are her two sisters; Mrs. Narcissa Burgin Jones, 82 years old, who is critically ill, and Miss Alice Burgin; her brother, Squire John Burgin, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Preston Burgin of Lexington.
Obituary sources:
The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky; June 30, 1921
The Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, Kentucky; July 2, 1921
The Harrodsburg Democrat, Harrodsburg, Kentucky; July 5, 1921
Miss Burgin was the daughter of Temple Brown and Sophia Oldham Burgin. She was born in Madison County, Kentucky, May 29, 1841. The family came to Mercer County in 1854 and soon became prominently identified with the life of the community. She attended school at Harrodsburg's Greenville Institute, afterward known as Daughters College, and graduated from there in 1857, being 16 years of age. She taught four years at the school and then bought the college at Hustonville, Kentucky, where she became the President. She conducted this position until the death of her father, when she sold the building to Doctor B.J. Pinkerton and returned to the old home place and managed the large farm until the return of her brother, Squire John Burgin, from Kansas City, Kansas.
Surviving are her two sisters; Mrs. Narcissa Burgin Jones, 82 years old, who is critically ill, and Miss Alice Burgin; her brother, Squire John Burgin, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Preston Burgin of Lexington.
Obituary sources:
The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky; June 30, 1921
The Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, Kentucky; July 2, 1921
The Harrodsburg Democrat, Harrodsburg, Kentucky; July 5, 1921
Miss Hannah Burgin, 80 years old, died last Tuesday night, June 28, at her home near Burgin after a lingering illness. The whole community feels a deep and sincere sorrow that her splendid life has closed, for no woman who ever lived here has left a truer influence for good. The funeral was held at her residence on Thursday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock, conducted by the Reverend E.C. Booso, of the Burgin Christian Church, assisted by the Reverend L.E. Sellers of the Harrodsburg Christian Church. She was laid to rest in the family lot in the Burgin Cemetery.
Miss Burgin was the daughter of Temple Brown and Sophia Oldham Burgin. She was born in Madison County, Kentucky, May 29, 1841. The family came to Mercer County in 1854 and soon became prominently identified with the life of the community. She attended school at Harrodsburg's Greenville Institute, afterward known as Daughters College, and graduated from there in 1857, being 16 years of age. She taught four years at the school and then bought the college at Hustonville, Kentucky, where she became the President. She conducted this position until the death of her father, when she sold the building to Doctor B.J. Pinkerton and returned to the old home place and managed the large farm until the return of her brother, Squire John Burgin, from Kansas City, Kansas.
Surviving are her two sisters; Mrs. Narcissa Burgin Jones, 82 years old, who is critically ill, and Miss Alice Burgin; her brother, Squire John Burgin, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Preston Burgin of Lexington.
Obituary sources:
The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky; June 30, 1921
The Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, Kentucky; July 2, 1921
The Harrodsburg Democrat, Harrodsburg, Kentucky; July 5, 1921
Miss Burgin was the daughter of Temple Brown and Sophia Oldham Burgin. She was born in Madison County, Kentucky, May 29, 1841. The family came to Mercer County in 1854 and soon became prominently identified with the life of the community. She attended school at Harrodsburg's Greenville Institute, afterward known as Daughters College, and graduated from there in 1857, being 16 years of age. She taught four years at the school and then bought the college at Hustonville, Kentucky, where she became the President. She conducted this position until the death of her father, when she sold the building to Doctor B.J. Pinkerton and returned to the old home place and managed the large farm until the return of her brother, Squire John Burgin, from Kansas City, Kansas.
Surviving are her two sisters; Mrs. Narcissa Burgin Jones, 82 years old, who is critically ill, and Miss Alice Burgin; her brother, Squire John Burgin, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Preston Burgin of Lexington.
Obituary sources:
The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky; June 30, 1921
The Harrodsburg Herald, Harrodsburg, Kentucky; July 2, 1921
The Harrodsburg Democrat, Harrodsburg, Kentucky; July 5, 1921
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