Bios: H. W. BURGESS, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  
    Copyright.  All rights reserved.
  http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
  http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm
  ************************************************
  
  File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
  Ed McClelland
  
  An html version of this volume may be found at
    
  http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/lawrence/1908/
  
   ************************************************
 
      H. W. BURGESS,*  not proofed by submitter
  
  [p. 1002] superintendent of the pattern department of the Pennsylvania
  Engineering Works, at New Castle, was born in Mercer County,
  Pennsylvania, in 1857, and is a son of John and Mary A. P. (Morse)
  Burgess. The father of Mr. Burgess was born in Poland, Ohio, and later
  was a resident of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. He married Mary A. P.
  Morse, who was born in Massachusetts. During the Civil War John Burgess
  was a brave and satisfactory soldier in the Federal Army, being a member
  of the famous "Roundhead Regiment," belonging to Company H, One
  Hundredth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. By trade he was a carpenter.
  
  H. V. Burgess received his educational training in the schools of his
  native county, and with his father he learned the carpenter's trade.
  About 1880 he came to New Castle and went into the Withrow & Gordon
  shops and, with the exception of a period of two years, he has been in
  the employ of the same company ever since, in spite of its changes in
  names, in owners and in many of its employes. For two years he was at
  Youngstown, Ohio, with William Todd, and also at Oil City for a short
  time. In the spring of 1895 he returned to New Castle and has held his
  present position since that time. He is a stockholder in this large
  enterprise. In 1885 Mr. Burgess was married to Miss Caroline A. Higgins,
  who was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of
  Richard L. and Elizabeth (Hammond) Higgins. Mr. and Mrs. Burgess attend
  the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is an Odd Fellow, belonging to both
  the subsidiary lodge and to the Encampment.
  
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
  Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
  Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
  
  Co. Histories <http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/lawrence/>
  Updated: 15 Feb 2002