Lorenzo Dow Burgess of St. Charles Co., Missouri

[Haplotype R - U106 - FGC54227]

Note: This family is genetically related to:

Thomas Burgess of Barnstable Co. Massachussetts
Josiah Burgess of Monroe Co., New York 
Benjamin Burgess of Saint John Co., New Brunswick, Canada
Thomas Burgess of York Co., Ontario, Canada

Lorenzo Dow Burgess I was born about 1805 (or 1810) in Virginia (his year of birth is variously stated); he was named for Lorenzo Dow (1777-1834), an itinerant preacher who attained great popularity in the U.S., beginning with his initial tour through the South in 1803. He married firstly Harriet Curtis on 27 March 1828 in Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee (she probably died by 1840), and secondly as her second husband Sarah Ann “Sallie” or “Sarabet” Robinson (or Roberson) Hewitt, widow of Wilkerson (or Wilki[n]son) Hewitt [whom she had married on 2 July 1833 in Adams Co., Missouri—he died on 16 July 1851 in Pottawattamie Co., Iowa], having had by him she had at least six children), on 20 March 1853 in Mills Co., Iowa (she was born on 9 April 1816 in Virginia, and died on 8 March 1890 at Dexter, Dallas Co., Iowa [next to Guthrie Co.], being buried in the Dexter Cemetery). Lorenzo worked as a blacksmith. He is listed in the 1830 census for Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee, in the 1840 census for Patrick Co., Virginia (living by himself), in 1850 and 1870 in St. Charles, St. Charles Co., Missouri, in the 1854 and 1856 state censuses for Pottawattamie Co., Iowa (he moved there in 1852, according to the 1856 census), and in 1860 for Sarpy Co., Nebraska Territory. His widow remarried William Barnett on 5 October 1879 in Guthrie Co., Iowa, and is listed there in Penn Township in the 1880 census, and twice there in the 1885 state census; she is earlier listed with her first husband in the 1840 census for Hancock Co., Illinois, and from 1850-51 in Pottawattamie Co., Iowa. Lorenzo Burgess died between 1870-79, probably in Iowa, having had two daughters by his first wife (including Sarah, born about 1834 in Virginia); by his second wife he had one daughter, Tennessee Helena (born about 1855 in Iowa), and one son:

*1. Frank Patrick “Preston” Burgess (1858-1927) of Lancaster Co., NE

Only Son of Lorenzo Dow Burgess: Frank Patrick Burgess

Frank Patrick Burgess, also called Preston Burgess, was born on 6 April 1858 in Iowa or Nebraska (variously listed). He married Susanna “Anna” Wakeley on 24 August 1884 in Guthrie Co., Iowa (she was born on 9 March 1857 in Iowa, and died on 2 January 1938). He is listed in the 1880 census with his mother and stepfather, in the 1885 state census for Guthrie Co., Iowa, in the 1900 census for Polk Co., Iowa, in the 1905 state census for Guthrie Co., Iowa, in 1910 in Lincoln, Lancaster Co., Nebraska, and in 1920 in Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska; his widow (so noted) is listed as head of the family in 1930 in Lincoln, Lancaster Co., Nebraska. He died at Lincoln, Lancaster Co., Nebraska on 8 May 1927 (being buried there with his wife in the Wyuka Cemetery), having had four sons:

1. Lorenzo Dow Burgess II (1886-1967) of Lincoln, Lancaster Co., NE
2. Oren Franklin Burgess (1887-1971) of Lincoln, Lancaster Co., NE
3. Mark J. Burgess (1890-1946+) of Lincoln, Lancaster Co., NE
*4. Melvin Warren Burgess (1899-1984) of Tacoma, Pierce Co., WA

Fourth Son of Frank Patrick

Melvin Warren Burgess was born on 11 October 1899 at Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa. He married Irene Seba (or Ceba) Bailey about 1921 at Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska (divorced). He died on 13 May 1968 at Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington, having had one son:

1. Warren Dahl Burgess (1922-1984) of Staten Island, Richmond Co., NY

Warren Dahl Burgess is the ancestor of F. L. Burgess.

Test results received from one representative of this family match the numbers of descendants of Thomas Burgess of Barnstable Co., Massachusetts, Josiah Burgess of Monroe Co., New York, Benjamin Burgess of Saint John Co., New Brunswick, Canada, and Thomas Burgess of York Co., Ontario, Canada; they have a common Burgess ancestor, name unknown.