Jennie
Belinda (Rose) Burgess
(1861- ? )
Jennie Belinda (Rose) Burgess was born in Kingwood, Somerset County, PA, the daughter of Charles and Catherine (Minerd) Rose.
On May 3, 1882, at the age of 21, Jennie married William Burgess ( ? - ? ) at the office of Squire Campbell. The event was reported by the Connellsville Keystone Courier.
In May 1891, at the time of the birth of their son Charles, the Burgesses were living in Perryopolis, Fayette County, PA.
William may have died sometime between 1891 and 1896.
In 1896, Jennie purchased a four-acre parcel of farmland from her parents near Ursina, Somerset County, PA. The tract was located next to the farms of her brothers J. Grant Rose and William Rose.
Jennie's fate after that is unknown.
Son Charles
Burgess (1891-1977) served in World War I as a private in Company G of
the 52nd Infantry, 6th Division. He returned to Ursina and married Sabina Hinzy
(1906-1983), a native of Middlecreek Twp., Somerset County, and the daughter of
Josiah and Ida M. (Reeseman) Hinzy. They had no children. Charles passed away at
home in Ursina on July 21, 1977, at the age of 86. His obituary, published in
the Somerset newspaper, was clipped by Hazel
(Rose) Cameron, who saved it in a notebook, and inscribed it in the margin,
"1st cousin." Sabina outlived Charles by six years. She died at home
at the age of 76 on Aug. 26, 1983.
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