{"id":10943,"date":"2026-02-15T14:50:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T14:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/?p=10943"},"modified":"2026-02-15T14:50:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T14:50:35","slug":"frederick-howard-burgess-1865-1937","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/?p=10943","title":{"rendered":"Frederick Howard Burgess 1865 \u2013 1937"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/100_0384-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/100_0384-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/100_0384-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/100_0384-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/100_0384-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/100_0384-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Frederick H Burgess Headstone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ancestry:<\/strong>&nbsp; Edmund C. Burgess;&nbsp; Jabez Burgess;&nbsp; Covill Burgess;&nbsp; Thomas Burgess;&nbsp; Samuel Burgess;&nbsp; Jacob Burgess;&nbsp; Thomas Burgess<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Born:<\/strong>&nbsp;March 20, 1865 in Sandwich Ma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Father:<\/strong>\u00a0Edmund C. Burgess; (1831 \u2013 1918) (Jabez Burgess &amp; Rebecca L. Bassett)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mother:<\/strong>\u00a0Betsey W. Ellis; (1837 \u2013 1914) (Reuben Lawrence Ellis &amp; Hepsibeth\/Hepsy (\u2013))<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Died:<\/strong>&nbsp;January 15, 1937 in Bourne Ma. at 71 yrs, 9 mos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Buried:<\/strong>\u00a0Pocasset Cemetery; area B (with his wife Fannie L. Baker &amp; his brother Everett B. Burgess)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Occupation:<\/strong>&nbsp;Carpenter, Laborer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Married:<\/strong>&nbsp;September 23, 1885 in Rhode Island<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>To:<\/strong>\u00a0Frances\/Fannie L. (Baker) Avery; (1865 \u2013 1952) (Lewis Almon Baker &amp; Emily W. Mecarta); Frances\/Fannie married (1) Walter S. Avery (1857 \u2013 1883) (John Avery &amp; Levina Taylor) in Sandwich Ma. on February 27, 1881.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Children:<\/strong>&nbsp;4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>1.<\/strong>\u00a0Sheldon Seymour Burgess; (August 10, 1887 \u2013 May 1966); Married Selina Torr West (1893 \u00a0\u2013 1995) (William West &amp; Lizzie Turner (West) Clark) in Holbrook Ma. on August 3, 1914; Sheldon died in Brockton Ma..<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2.<\/strong>\u00a0Walter Everett Burgess; (1890 \u2013 1952); Married Celia Shiverick Robbins (1890 \u2013 1987) (Battalma G. Robbins &amp; Mary Brooks Enos) in Wareham Ma. on October 26, 1910; They had 2 daughters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>3.<\/strong>\u00a0Leonard Latter Burgess, WW l; (March 28, 1897 \u2013 September 27, 1953); Married (1)\u00a0Kathryn Josephine Wallace (1895 \u2013 1974) (Thomas Wallace &amp; Mary Ann (\u2013)) in Buzzards Bay Ma. on August 22, 1921; Leonard married (2) Helen Fay Cable (1906 \u2013 1987) (George Washington Cable &amp; Laura Jane Day); Leonard &amp; Helen are buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery in Hilliard Ohio.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>4.<\/strong>\u00a0Emily Woodward Burgess Butler Angus; (December 16, 1898 \u2013 May 14, 1974); Married (1) William C. Butler (1890 \u2013 1971) (William F. Butler &amp; Arvilla Winifred Carpenter) in Pocasset Ma. on September 19, 1914; Emily married (2) Andrew Harold Angus (1893 \u2013 1964) (John Avard Angus &amp; Lillian\/Lillie Frances Braley) in Bourne Ma. on August 1, 1920; Andrew married (1) Hazel Bernadine Briggs (1895 \u2013 1963) (Charles Henry Briggs &amp; Kitty\/Ruth Rebecca Johnson) in Wareham Ma. on August 7, 1915.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ancestry:&nbsp; Edmund C. Burgess;&nbsp; Jabez Burgess;&nbsp; Covill Burgess;&nbsp; Thomas Burgess;&nbsp; Samuel Burgess;&nbsp; Jacob Burgess;&nbsp; Thomas Burgess Born:&nbsp;March 20, 1865 in Sandwich Ma. Died:&nbsp;January 15, 1937 in Bourne Ma. at 71 yrs, 9 mos. 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