Sierra-El Dorado County CA Archives Biographies.....Burgess, William H. 1814 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

WILLIAM H. BURGESS of Goodyear's bar was born at New Bedford, Massachusetts, in
1814. He resided at that place and in Boston until the fall of 1838, when he
went to Mississippi on account of his health. He came by the southern route in
1849 to California, reaching San Francisco in the latter part of November. His
first mining was done at Oregon gulch, near Georgetown. In the spring of 1851
Mr. Burgess went to the northern part of Sierra county, and worked a while at
Sears'Diggings, but on the first of August removed to Downieville, and again to
Goodyear's in September, where he has since resided. For a number of years he
was engaged more or less in mining, and had an interest in the Fir Cap mine. Of
late years he has been occupied in carpentering and building. Mr. Burgess was
elected justice of the peace in 1854, and has served the people in this capacity
most of the time since. He was a member of the board of supervisors in 1857, and
afterwards an associate justice of the court of sessions for four terms.

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Extracted from:

Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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