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Welby Wilson Burgin (1866 - 1952)

Welby Wilson Burgin
Born in Madison, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Son of and
Brother of and
Husband of — married 29 Nov 1892 in Hamilton, Ohio, United Statesmap
Husband of — married 1898 [location unknown]
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Father of , , , , , , , and
Died at age 86 in Lincoln, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Biography

Welby Wilson Burgin was the son of Easom Burgin and Mary Travis and was born in 1866 and died in 1952. Welby was a dentist.

In 1870 Welby Burgin is 3 years old and is living with his parents in Union Township of Madison County, Kentucky. [1]

In 1880 Welby Burgin is 13 years old living with his parents in Foxtown, Madison County, Kentucky. Welby is attending school. [2]

On 29 November 1892 Dr. Welby W. Burgin married Dovie Martin in Hamilton County, Ohio. [3]

Dovie dies in 1895 and Welby marries again in 1898 to a Bettie Edminston in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. [4]

In 1900 Welby is 33 years old and states in the U.S. Census that he was born in August of 1866 in Kentucky. Welby is married to Elizabeth and his mother Mary is living with them in Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky. Welby's occupation is that of a dentist, and they are renting their house. [5]

In 1910 Welby is 43 years old and is living in Crab Orchard Ward 2 of Lincoln County, Kentucky. Welby lists his occupation as Tooth Duties (dentist) and he is the employer. Welby states at this time they are living on a farm that they own free and clear. [6]

In 1920 Welby is 53 years old and is living in Campbellsville, Taylor County, Kentucky on Press Avenue. Welby is a dentist still and is working for himself. [7]

1930 Welby is found in the U.S. Census living back in Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky. Welby is 63 years old and is working as the manager for Kentucky Central Power Company. Welby states in the census that his home has a value of $7500 and that there is a radio set within the home. [8]

In 1940 Welby is now 73 years old and is living with his family in Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky on Sancaster Avenue. Welby is once again working as a dentist and states that his income is $15000, and that his home has a value of $7500. [9]

Welby Wilson Burgin died on 23 November 1952 in Lincoln County, Kentucky. [10][11][12]

Obituary

[13]

Dr. W. Burgin Dies Sunday in Crab Orchard

Dr. Welby Wilson Burgin died peacefully at 8:40pm. Sunday night, Nov. 23 at his home in Crab Orchard. His death ended a long tenure of practicing dentistry in different towns in Kentucky and he was still maintaining offices in Crab Orchard a month before the time of his death.

At 86 he still maintained dentistry service to people in this vicinity and was active in social and religious circles. He had devoted almost 60 years to his profession. Born in Richmond, Ky., he attended High School there, attending the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Louisville School of Dentistry. He had practiced in Richmond, Lexington, Campbellsville, Standford and Crab Orchard.

He was a member of the Campbellsville Christian Church, a Mason, a charter member of the Elks Club in Richmond and held in high esteem in the medical profession throughout the state.

He married the former Miss Bettie Edmiston of Crab Orchard in 1898 and moved to Lincoln County in 1909.

Survivors are his wife, five daughters, Mary Lucille Burgin and Nancy Cathryn Burgin, Crab Orchard; Mrs. Cloyd Leigh Jr., Stanford; Mrs. William Pearson of Houston, Tex.; four sons, Welby and Howard Burgin, Stanford and J. Calvin and Francis E., Louisville, and four grandchildren, Bettie Hall Burgin, Stanford; Bettie Ann, Barbara Ann and Billy, Louisville.

Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, Nov. 25 at the Crab Orchard Christian Church at 2 p.m. Name of officiating minister was not known at press time.

Morgan Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.

Acknowledgement

This person was created through the import of LaBach Family TreeApril28_2011.ged on 05 May 2011.

Sources

  1. ↑ "1870 United States Federal Census" "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXW2-FCJ : 18 October 2021), Welby Burgin in entry for Eakom Burgin, 1870.
  2. ↑ "1880 United States Federal Census" "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZD-JS5 : 19 November 2021), Welby Burgin in household of Easom Burgin, Bobtown, Madison, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
  3. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016" "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZT9-MYF : 27 September 2021), Welby W. Burgin and Dovie Martin, 1892.
  4. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954" "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1D-1ZV9 : 9 March 2021), W W Burgin and Bettie Edminston, 28 Apr 1898; citing Marriage, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 9,012.
  5. ↑ "1900 United States Federal Census" "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9HZ-GR3 : accessed 23 November 2021), Welby Burgin, Magisterial District 1 Richmond city Ward 3, Madison, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 43, sheet 5A, family 89, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,541.
  6. ↑ "1910 United States Federal Census" "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M26S-TX4 : accessed 23 November 2021), William W Burgin, Crab Orchard Ward 2, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 52, sheet 6B, family 66, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 490; FHL microfilm 1,374,503.
  7. ↑ "1920 United States Federal Census" "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHPN-CY3 : 1 February 2021), Welby W Burgin, 1920.
  8. ↑ " 1930 United States Federal Census" "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMXY-67S : accessed 23 November 2021), W W Burgin, Crab Orchard, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 1B, line 96, family 34, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 764; FHL microfilm 2,340,499.
  9. ↑ "1940 United States Federal Census" "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7T1-NQ8 : 9 January 2021), W W Burgin, Crab Orchard, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 69-4, sheet 6B, line 77, family 128, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1332.
  10. ↑ "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999" "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKCM-QYYQ : 11 February 2018), Welby W Burgin, 23 Nov 1952; citing Death, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
  11. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9RJ-FR6 "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"] "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9RJ-FR6 : 2 March 2021), Welby Wilson Burgin, 25 Nov 1952; citing Death, Crab Orchard, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 2,373,003.
  12. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75782519/welby-wilson-burgin : accessed 23 November 2021), memorial page for Dr Welby Wilson Burgin (22 Aug 1866–23 Nov 1952), Find A Grave: Memorial #75782519, citing Crab Orchard Cemetery, Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Mary Walton (contributor 46821796).
  13. ↑ "Interior Journal (Stanford, Kentucky), 25 Nov 1952" Newspapers.com




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