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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Howard County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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James Burgess. In Cherokee County, Ala., October 10, 1855, Mr. Burgess was born. His parents moved to Arkansas in 1865, settling in what is now known as Howard County, and it was here that the subject of our sketch passed his youth, attending the common schools, commencing to support himself at the age of twenty-one by teaching. January 10, 1884, he married Miss Mary M. Parker, daughter of Franklin and Sally Parker, of Tennessee. Mrs. Burgess was born November 20, 1861, and is still living. They have had four children: James Oscar, Emet Andrew A., Jesse A. and Archa Virginia. Soon after his marriage Mr. Burgess moved to the farm where he now lives, owning 160 acres of very fine land. He is a Master Mason, an ardent Democrat, and has enjoyed a prosperous and happy life. Both Mrs. Burgess and himself are members of the Methodist Church, and active supporters of all worthy causes in Clay Township. His father, J. M. Burgess, was born in Tennessee, December 7, 1825, in Bledsoe County, and is still living. In 1847 he married Miss Martha Faulkner, of Alabama. She was born December 18, 1835, dying July 4, 1883. They had eleven children, of whom those living are: Thomas, Martha J., James, William D., Andrew J., Melvina, Franklin A., Julia A., Margaret and Fanny.

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This family biography is one of 116 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Howard County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Howard County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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