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J. W. Burgess › Hymnals

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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