When John Senseney Burgess was born on 15 May 1836, in New Middletown, Webster Township, Harrison, Indiana, United States, his father, West Burgess, was 46 and his mother, Hannah H. Senseney, was 41. He married Sarah A. Haas on 7 October 1856, in Harrison, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Spencer Township, Harrison, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Harrison Township, Spencer, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. He died on 7 March 1923, in Indiana, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Loudens Chapel Cemetery, Depauw, Blue River Township, Harrison, Indiana, United States.
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The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.
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Historical Boundaries: 1860: Harrison, Indiana, United States
English: status name from Middle English burge(i)s, burgis, borgeis ‘inhabitant of a borough’ (strictly one possessing full municipal rights), ‘freeman of a borough’. Burgesses generally had tenure of land or buildings from a landlord by burgage. In medieval England burgage involved the payment of a fixed money rent (as opposed to payment in kind); in Scotland it involved payment in service, guarding the town. The -eis ending is from Latin -ensis (modern English -ese as in Portuguese). Compare Burger .
Americanized form of French Bourgeois .
History: Thomas Burgess came from England to MA c. 1630 and eventually settled in Sandwich, MA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesJohn S. Burgess, of Spencer township, has been awarded a trio of White Faced Black Spanish Fowls by the publishers of the Indiana Farmer as a premium for subscribers obtained for that journal. (Corydo …
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