Delilah (Dorsey) Burgess (1848 - 1929)

Born 11 Jan 1848 in Burke County, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John H. Burgess — married 1893 in Burke Co., NC

Died 31 Jan 1929 at age 81 in Forest City, Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Delilah was born in 1848. She was the daughter of John Dorsey and Sarah Walker. She passed away in 1929.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4B7-VB5 : 12 April 2016), *Ah Dorsey in household of John Dorsey, Burke county, part of, Burke, North Carolina, United States; citing family 415, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD6Q-HVS : 12 December 2017), Delila A Dorsey in entry for John Dorsey, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW8H-CNT : 14 June 2019), Delila A Dorsey in entry for John Dorsey, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6D-VNM : 20 August 2017), Delilah Dorsey in household of Joe W Dorsey, Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 40, sheet 252C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,954.

• "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F89D-GHC : 10 February 2018), John Burgess and Deliah Darsey, 02 Feb 1894; citing Burke, North Carolina, reference White Book 1872-1908; FHL microfilm 369,544.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSBG-XWG : accessed 4 October 2019), Delilah Burgess in household of Joseph W Dorsey, Rutherfordton Township Rutherfordton town, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 143, sheet 7B, family 130, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,216.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZN1-RLC : accessed 4 October 2019), Delila M Burgess in household of John H Burgess, Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States; citing ED 171, sheet 14A, line 39, family 270, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1321; FHL microfilm 1,821,321.

• "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F34L-5VS : 16 August 2019), Delila Burgess, 31 Jan 1929; citing Forest City, Rutherford, N. C., reference fn 1262 cn 86, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,907,464.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKX-DS11 : 11 July 2016), Delilah A Dorsey Burgess, 1929; Burial, Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States of America, Rutherfordton City Cemetery; citing record ID 44191222, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.