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Author: SherryRyan44
Surnames: Burgess/Richardson
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Hello, I checked the Wells County Public Library site at:
http://www.wellscolibrary.org/genealogy.html
Susan Burgess died on 03-18-1921 and is listed in their records as follows:
Last Name: Burgess First Name: Susan
Funeral Home: None shown
Date Printed: 03-18-1921
Age: 72
Residence: Bluffton
Paper: Bluffton Evening News; Page: 1 Column: 3
Maiden/Married/Previous Name/Notes mentioned:
daughterof Elijah & Elinore Richardson/James Burgess.
They also have a listing for Susan's Husband, James Burgess, who died on 12-19-1905 as
follows:
Last Name: Burgess First Name: James
Funeral Home: None shown
Date Printed: 1905-12-19
Age: 63
Residence: Bluffton
Paper: Evening News Page: 2 Column: 5
Maiden/Married/Previous and other Names/Notes:
son of Gabriel Burgess/ Susan Richardson/ CW Veteran/ Stahl.
I also checked the Library's Cemetery Records and found James buried in 1905 at the
Stahl Cemetery in Wells County; yet, Susan is buried at the Fairview Cemetery in Wells
County:
FAIRVIEW CEMETERY, Includes 4 people named Burgess:
Last Name: Burgess First Name: Susan A.
Obituary: EB 03-18-1921; p1c1
Cemetery: Fairview
DIED: 03-18-1921 Age: 72
BORN: 04-11-1848
Source: OCF Funeral: Thoma Funeral Home
Notes: birthplace: New Carlisle, OH/ wife of James Burgess/ da of Elijah & Elinore
Richardson
THE STAHL CEMETERY, includes 25 people named Burgess.
Last Name: Burgess First Name: James
Obituary: EN 12-19-1905; p2c2; BC 12-20-1925; p4c2
Cemetery: Stahl
DIED: 12-18-1905 Age: 63
BORN: 02-16-1842
Source: FN Funeral: Thoma Funeral Home
Notes: bp Wells/ son of Gabriel Burgess/ Susan Richardson/ Civil War Veteran, 47th IN
Volunteers, Company A.
STAHL CEMETERY:
Location: On County Road 700 S ½ mile west of State Road 1 in Nottingham Township, Wells
County, Indiana.
The original introduction states "The land for Stahl Cemetery was donated by Mr.
Benjamin Stahl, Mr. Reubin Stahl and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stout. The cemetery association
was incorporated in 1919. The first person to be buried here was a Stahl infant in 1835.
Data was compiled by Mr. & Mrs. Guy Martin and Mr. Richard Dailey, members of the
Wells County Historical Society."
The Evening News-Banner centennial edition states Joseph Blackledge first settler in 1837.
"John Dawson, Lyman Bass, Hezekiah Grimes, Peter Garner, Abram Stahl, John Nutter,
Isaac and Edward Haynes, Robert Smith and William Nutter came here with their families in
the year following Blackledge's settlement..Jacob Warner.in 1838"
T. Burns walked this cemetery and has updated the records through July 21, 2001. The
driveways within Stahl Cemetery divide it into five sections. There are three sections
along the north side and two sections along the south side with the larger of the two
being roughly twice the size of the other four sections and also the oldest section. For
ease in locating graves, this index denotes the four smaller sections as northwest (nw),
north central (nc), northeast (ne) and southeast (se). Any entry not carrying one of
these notations can be assumed to be in the larger section.
All Stahl records before 1928 were destroyed in a fire. The records that are available
were copied in June 1999 and that information was incorporated into this revised index.
FAIRVIEW CEMETERY:
Location: State Road 124, ¾ miles east of Bluffton in Lancaster Township, Wells County,
Indiana.
The original introduction states: "In 1874 a group of fourteen citizens purchased 40
acres of land from Mr. and Mrs. Newton Burwell to be used as a community burial place. It
was incorporated in 1902. Twenty-six additional acres were purchased in 1921 from Mr.
& Mrs. William Hunt. The mausoleum erected in 1918 holds 260 crypts. Data was compiled
by Mrs. Lester Bingaman; Mrs. Bill K. Campbell; Mrs. Thomas Williams and the Girl Scout
Cadettes #206.
The Evening News dated October 2, 1902 states Newton Burwell laid out the cemetery over
thirty years ago. The Wells County Family History 1837-1992 (page 95) states
"Ferdinand Effinger originally plotted the Fairview Cemetery, reserving an area as a
Catholic burying ground".
Due to it's size the cemetery was not walked for this update, however, the interment
records were borrowed, copied and incorporated into the original information.
If you go to the Wells County Public Library's site, above, you will find directions
for obtaining a copies of the Obituaries they have for Susan and James Burgess on
microfilm for a small fee from one of the volunteers who works in their Indiana Geanology
Room. They are VERY helpful. They also have copies of the Cemetery Records and early
Funeral Home records, so you should be able to get copies of them as well.
I hope this is helpful to you.
Sherry Ryan
San Diego
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