1890's Leroy & Harry Burgess Cabinet Photo, Milo, Warren County, Iowa

 #785

On reverse: "Harry and Leroy Burgess" is handwritten in pencil. Photo Type: Original Vintage Victorian Cabinet Card Photograph. Photographer: Proctor, Milo, Iowa, Warren County. (known to be photographer C.B. Proctor, Charles Proctor, Charles B. Proctor)

Note: Found with another related photo here, same handwriting, assumed related.

Photo of: 2 Step Brothers Leroy Burgess 1892-1894 & Harry Burgess 1882–1944
They both have the same Father: George Washington Burgess 1836–1915

Found in Public Genealogy Records:
Harry Burgess 1882–1944
Born in Milo, Warren County, Iowa
Died in San Bernardino, California
Married: Ora B Burgess 1891-1977
Harry is buried at Mountain View Cemetery, San Bernardino County, California

His Father: George Washington Burgess 1836–1915 born in Muskingum County, Ohio, died in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California
His Father was: Thornton Burgess 1801-1852
His Mother was: Sarah Jane Tanner Bryan Burgess 1806-1873
His Siblings were:
Edward E. Burgess 1827-1857
Mary Jane Burgess Essex 1830-1851
John T. Burgess 1832-1834
George Washington Burgess 1836-1915
Kiziah Burgess 1837-1846
Samuel Thomas Burgess 1844-1921
James Burgess 1847-1849
Buried at Sunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach, Los Angeles County California

George's 1st Wife, died 1885, Harry's mother
Abigail Jewell Burgess 1845–1886 known as Abbie Jewell Burgess
Born in Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois
Died 1886 in Milo, Warren County, Iowa
Married George Washington Burgess 1836–1915
Her children with him before her death:
Sarah Burgess 1865–1942 (known as Jennie Burgess)
Edward Jewell Burgess 1868–1944
Carrie Burgess 1871–1880
George Burgess 1873–1880
Lena Burgess 1878–1880
Harry Burgess 1882–1944 (shown in this photo)
Abby Burgess 1885–1885

George's 2nd Wife after Abbie died, Etta Burgess:
Mary Etta Dennis 1864–1921 known as Etta Dennis Burgess, they married 1887
Her father: William Robert Dennis, a blacksmith, born 1828, Kentucky as per census, a Civil War soldier, also lived in West Agen, Ringgold County, Iowa.
Her Mother: Lydia Ann Nelson Dennis known as Lib Dennis, born 1837 in Greene County, Ohio to parents Henry Nelson 1795–1856 & Elizabeth Metsker Burgess 1803–1888. Etta and family lived in Belmont, Warren County, Iowa in 1880.
Children listed as born in Iowa.
Her siblings in 1880 census:
William Dennis 22
Albert Dennis 19
Corwin Dennis 17
Maryetta Dennis 15 ("Etta" born in Iowa)
Cora Dennis 13
Edith Dennis 10
Lulu Dennis 7
Elisabeth Dennis 5
Dott Dennis 1

Etta is the mother of Baby Leroy Burgess 1892-1894 in this photo
Another son sadly died as a baby: Harley Burgess 1898–1898

Inscription on Leroy's grave: Son of G.W. and Etta Burgess
Buried at Milo IOOF Cemetery, Milo, Warren County, Iowa

Harry may be a nickname for Harold Burgess. This photo was found in Oswego County, New York with another on our site of Henrietta Blasingame, Mary Lela Blasingame and James Blasingame taken in Clinton, Dewitt County, Illinois, see their photo here. The inscription on back is handwritten by the same hand, found together. That photo has written "Mary Alice's Sister & family" known to be Henrietta's younger sister, Mary Alice Jenkins.

A beautiful close up portrait of these 2 boys. Sadly, baby Leroy died at age 2, fairly soon after this photo was taken. He is buried at the Milo IOOF Cemetery in Milo, Warren County, Iowa.

Size: 4.5 by 7 inches
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