Dallas County, Texas - Bios: Henry Burgoon
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HENRY BURGOON was one among the oldest settlers of Grapevine Prairie, Dallas
County, was born in Sandusky County, Ohio, a son of Charles Burgoon, a native
of Baltimore, Maryland, and successively a citizen of Oho, Iowa and Texas.

After contributing  his share toward the settlement of the communities in
which he resided, he died, in Tarrant county, this State, where he located in
1853, passing away a few  years ago, at the age of seventy-eight years. Our
subject's mother, nee Ann Maria Geiger, was also a native of Baltimore,
Maryland.

Mr. and Mrs. Burgoon were married in their  native place, and started West
soon after this event, and the mother died at our  subject's home in March,
1889, at the age of seventy-six years. They were the  parents of twelve
children, namely: Francis, Julia Ann, Eli, Joseph A., George, Caroline, Maria,
Elizabeth, Margaret, Priscilla and  Henry. The latter was born June 17, 1884,
and was reared mainly in Linn and Scott counties, Iowa. He was one among the
first settlers of Grapevine Prairie, Dallas county, having settled on the farm
where he now lives, in 1853.

He located a headright of 320 acres, but being anxious to secure new settlers
for the community, he sold off 120 acres of this land, and  now has 100 acres,
of his remaining land under cultivation, the remainder being in pasture and
hay. He has comfortable buildings, beautiful hedges and good orchards. When he
settled where he now lives, his nearest neighbors were from  two to four miles
distant, and the country was an open prairie. In October, 1883, Mr. Burgoon
erected a store building on his premises, near his residence, and began a
mercantile business, which he has since followed in connection with  his
farming. At the same time, he secured the removal of the post office from
Estelle to his place in Dallas County, Texas.

In September, 1861, he married Miss Mary  V. Boals, a native of Christian
County, Missouri, and a daughter of John T. Boals. The parents came to Texas
in 1859, settling in Tarrant County, where they now reside. Mr. and Mrs.
Burgoon have had ten children, as follows: Edward M., Effie M, now the wife of
W. J. Crawford; Henry T.; Mary Idelia, wife of Thomas  P. Goodfellow; Oscar
L., Charles E., Anna F., Jesse E., Rosser I. and Homer T. All of the children
are still living, and most of them are now grown, and those  who have settled
in life reside near the old homestead, either in Dallas or Tarrant Counties.
Mr. Burgoon is a plain, unpretentious citizen, a man of more than ordinary
intelligence, of a kindly disposition, and is esteemed by his  neighbors.

- Memorial & Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas (1892), pp. 464-465.