J. W. Burgess

Short Name: J. W. Burgess
Full Name: Burgess, J. W. (Joseph W.), 1851-1927
Birth Year: 1851
Death Year: 1927

Born: January 1, 1851, Dansville, New York. Died: May 20, 1927, San Diego County, California.
Buried: Cypress View Mausoleum and Crematory, San Diego, California.

A journalist and temperance crusader, Burgess edited God’s Blessings (Dansville, New York: A. M. Hall, 1890), and founded the Dansville Breeze. In 1889, he married Helen Frances Sutton in Hornellsville, New York. They later settled in San Diego, California.

Sources: Findagrave, accessed 17 Nov 2016

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Why stand ye idle all the day, when there's so much sork to do?J. W. B. (Author)English2
When the waves are rolling fastJ. W. B. (Author)English5
When temptations come upon meJoseph W. Burgess (Author)2
When I'm footsore and wearyJ. W. B. (Author)English2
We as pilgrims journey onJoseph W. Burgess (Author)English2
Was it for me the Savior came from heaven to earth?Joseph W. Burgess (Author)English2
The sower goes forth in the morningJ. W. Burgess (Author)English4
The Lord said to Gideon: Go forward!J. W. B. (Author)English3
The gospel ship is sailing, Across the rolling seaJ. W. B. (Author)English2
The Christ who died my soul to saveJ. W. Burgess (Author)English2
It is strange, so very strange, that I cannot understandJ. W. B. (Author)English3
I know not where the way may lead me (Burgess)Joseph W. Burgess (Author)English2
I am thinking tonight of the far away yearsJoseph W. Burgess (Author)1
How long since you wrote to your motherJoseph W. Burgess (Author)English3
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