Nelson
W
Burgess
Born in Livermore, Oxford, Maine, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Burgess
and Eliza (Sturtevant) Burgess
Brother of
Eliza E. (Burgess) Peasley, Thomas J. Burgess, Andrew B. Burgess, Horatio G. Burgess, Dinah S Burgess, Julia A. (Burgess) Hill, Infant Burgess, John A. Burgess [half], Lafayette M. Burgess [half], Violette M. (Burgess) Lord [half], Greene M. Burgess [half], Henry Toby Burgess [half] and Henrietta D. Burgess [half]
Husband of
Martha (Abbott) Burgess
— married
17 May 1846 in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 40
in Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 31 Aug 2017
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Biography
Nelson W. Burgess was born at Livermore, Maine, on 23 Nov 1822, the son of Thomas Burgess and Eliza (Sturtevant) Burgess.[1]
A FindAGrave memorial that cites no sources says that Nelson W. Burgess enlisted on 20 Dec 1861 as a private from Andover, Maine, at the age of 39, was promoted to corporal in 1862, and died of disease at Fort Barrancas, Florida, on 15 Jun 1863. The memorial includes a photo of a gravestone for "N. W. Burgess," with no date, at the Barrancas National Cemetery in Pensacola, Florida.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Vital Records of Livermore, Maine; Vital and town records, 1797-1910; "Livermore Vital Records, 1805-1862", page 13; FHL Microfilm 11332, Image 214 of 718
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #77097353 for Nelson W. Burgess
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