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Show SHOR'£ SKEi'0H Oi ,ILLIA .Bl,. GESS PIO?,E~ O ' 1S48-1SS1 Dy his grand :ughter, Jennie lhu- ,.ess ! ilas At L8.ite Geor,•e, Hew York, May 21st 1794 ' illia.m gess ti:>.G borr1. He died lfov . 20th 18$0 at Pin.a Valley Utah in his S37 ch ye,:i:r. Married Vila e Stockwell, she was born Oct. 10th, 1794 at Ve~ ;,ont, \ ind.r.~ Coun.,:Y and died July 21st, 1ggo fi. r. 'ine Vru.le y,, ta,ll. :Both are b\ll'ied il1 ce ,eliery ;;here. ...1hey were both pioneers of lSli 1861. 3? T'enh of ele\ten children. ln their e9rly m~rried life they liv in Putman, :.fa.shing ton, .State of New Yor • 1'he1r first child" a boy w:-.s Lorn there Sapt. 3rd. lSlh . 'J.1hey n~..:::1ed him »Its,,.!Tiflonn . ;.'his boy, when a young mnll st!'l.rted with his ather' s fa. il;y in Sept.18 34 for Kirt1.and, Ohio . .fue :fa.ther relll.!'.ined behind to transctCt soue tu.sinf:S"', later journin.,... to his amily. On this ,1ourne;v th~y acciden~ly met t.he P:r:op e Joseph $ .ith. sa, ~nd heard him nre ch for the :dr&t tie at Spring ... ield Pen11. 'i:hey arrivei at Kirtland sa:fel~ . 1,illie.m and . i e ere converted lat.er to the - or ,on ]'nith·b~ this son•s teP.chin"". 1 illir,., ein an industrious .. an v1or1dn. s ccess.i:ttlly as a. C"'rpenter. bl .. cks .. ,i .. h and se till€.: 1.to and opera~ill,.:, sa.,7 ills al ays i1ad .lent ot wprk to do. So r:h.en u'he ._ le 0.1. the Lor·d r.as st..,rted at 'irtl~na., he l10r.{:ed fait •• - i·all, lli t.il he res on it. ln the s:Jrin' o .... 1s...,; i;he e aole v:as so r:.:r co,..plete tl.a he a:nd 'his 1,i:1:e n:i ot er , e.J crs , o his :i.:- Jily received their tmdov.::r.ents . 'Z'llis terrmle w s ded.ic ed. . ; rch 2 > th 1g3s. .1.'here see Jed no 1Jle.ce wa• to be had for the Sain s , o la ·e-r, all er~ t-;.is;y pre1>arin~ -co lerve Kirtland. So t the noon hour or a rizht .Jul;, day {J1::ily Gth) V11llia.m 13-urgess v'li th his f'a;.lil) • his . ia.rri.ed son... "' d wivf:s ti ' ir lends and neighbors started on their journey. A threat Wt".S ••• de oy their enetrties th.at thev would never ler>ve Kir1,land. But when the~ did le::-ve hey were the lDr ~est co ... ro1y of Saints that had ever traveled to16et:,er . "ra.velir..t- a ie hr...ndred iles they s.;o':>">ed one mon:;h at lJ!l)ton O io, \, .ere ).orki~. th!!ly otta.i.ned. ..neans to nunh on to .Ussouri. '\..s hrn vhe t.otins , eo ,le r.ou.1..d s.,and in their doors o look e..t t 1,e .... and so r-t ~es ,Ud wor ti.an look---e. ~. etc._, "err tJ: rm n ~ ith force at tho.~~. In one villa e they went thru, n cannon w~s placed in the s reet t.o fire on the.1. , :Uliom Burgess r.i th otl).ers )erin.iPded these n. teftll ou.ar·relso .1e .:ien to let the.Ia pass. ..,1hcy <l.id, :>fter putt in!! so-me or: the Brethern in pri on. J.'hese i·;ere t.ocn relao.sed and joined be co ,nt?n;,. did not stPy lon .. t ... ar 1est, v·ent th!rt ..iiile far ~her to Adan. o di-ah man. ,."lny wer' driv -n t'rom thAir ho.nes that they hP.d v.orked f"O :1.r,.rd :t'or. Orders wer iver. to the,n to leE:ve, ·Some ho,.tes r.ere burned. Lob burned V- illir- Dur ·ess hone t.o the -round and hll they ha.d in it • . 'rc..ri 1K39 '.illil',;.,1 Burgess '-'nd t tU7, hifl mr:.rried son' s nnr1 f~ilies, His dear friends .~Jld rel .,lves Zerinh Pulsiph.er n d fa ily left for Illi ois . .i.1.hey traveled. two hu.r.dred mil s , crossed the el\t l'ississip' i l)ivflr safely and he~.rin of some vacant land in the north o:f d,-';U.1s co. ' illiam, his son Hora,;e "'nd John Pul:.i,~her uuil t a ro.g.d into he wods celled !3e~r · Creek J.1 1Jer. In one :.onth sri,. Lo : Ca.bins ,are bnil t ,· 12 cres of l::>.nd fen~!ed and planted into orn and .... 1e: raised ple t· oi' grain. |
