William Burgess of Wayne Co., Indiana

[Haplotype I - L38]

William Burgess was born about 1810 in Maryland (according to his sons’ census records). He married Margaret Cook on 13 December 1832 in Wayne Co., Indiana. He is listed in the 1840 census for Wayne Co.; his widow appears as head of the family there in 1850. Margaret moved the family to Wapello Co., Iowa about 1853. William apparently died in Wayne Co., Indiana, shortly after the 1840 census, having had three sons:

1. Joseph Burgess (1833-1850+) of Wayne Co., IN; died young?
2. John Wesley Burgess (1835-1885+) of Wapello Co., IA; extinct in the male line
*3. Samuel Lavern Burgess (1839-1922) of Wapello Co., IA

Third Branch: Samuel Lavern Burgess

Samuel Lavern Burgess was born in February 1839 in Wayne Co., Indiana. He married (Hannah) Maria(h) Hartshorn on 18 May 1862 in Wapello Co., Iowa. He is listed in the 1860 census for Wapello Co. with his mother, in 1870-80 in Mahaska Co., Iowa, and in 1885-1920 in Wapello Co., Iowa. He died in 1922 in Wapello Co., having had four sons:

1. William N. Burgess (1869- )
2. Clarence Burgess (1878-1955) of Wapello Co., IA
3. Vernie Ray Burgess (1880-1968) of Putnam Co., MO
4. John Clemets Burgess (1882-1954) of Wapello Co., IA

Vernie Ray Burgess is the ancestor of B. L. Burgess and D. E. Burgess.

Test results received from two representatives of this line match each other; they have a common male ancestor, Vernie Ray Burgess; a third Burgess match was found and is under investigation.