Sketch of the Burgess Family, Warren County, Missouri

>From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous
sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in 
Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan,
Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876.
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Thomas Burgess, son of Reuben Burgess, of North Carolina, moved to
Tennessee with his family in 1814.  In 1830 he was drowned in the
Cumberland River, and left a widow and eleven children, viz:  Eliza-
beth, George W., Charles, Anderson, Margaret, Joel, Thomas, William,
Polly, Hiram and Nelly.  Two of these, Anderson and Thomas, settled
in Missouri.  The latter was in Nathan Boone's company of rangers 
during the Indian War, and also served in the Black Hawk War.  He
subsequently removed to Arkansas.  Anderson married Elizabeth White-
ason, daughter of William Whiteason and Ann Wiser, and settled in
Warren County, Missouri in 1831.  Their children were:  Malissa,
Wayman L., Celina, Polly A., Elizabeth, Sarah, Dudley H., Valentine
and Adolphus.

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