Mary S. BURGESS

Jan 1848 - 26 Mar 1919

• BIRTH: Jan 1848, MI
• DEATH: 26 Mar 1919, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI
• BURIAL: 28 Mar 1919, Oakwood Cemetery, Lowell, Kent, MI

• MARRIAGE: 1892, Lowell, Kent, MI

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[4898] 1900 US Federal Census
Roll: T623_723; Page 3A
(Note that the wife Mary here is Mary S. Burgess, not first wife Mary J. Needham.
The census provides the date of birth and the number of years married.)

"Marriage Index for Kent County Marriages: 1845 to Present"
Western Michigan Genealogical Society
http://data.wmgs.org/
"Burgess, Mary S.; Needham, Bela C.; Book 11, Page 57; 1892-1896"
"Needham, Bela C.; Sparks, Mary S.; Book 11, Page 57; 1892-1896 "

Obituary of Mrs. Mary Needham
Lowell (MI) Ledger
03 Apr 1919

"Oakwood Cemetery - D. A. R. and 1997 Transcriptions"
Lowell Township, Kent County, Michigan
Transcribed by the Sophie de Marsac Campau Chapter of the DAR, 1928
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikent/cemeteries/lowell/oakwood/n.html
Transcribed by Evelyn Sawyer, 1997
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikent/cemeteries/lowell/oakwood/97no.html
"Needham, Bela (Father) ; b. Apr. 11, 1842; d. May 18, 1908"
"Needham, Mary J. (Mother); w. of B. Jr.; b. Aug. 20, 1844; d. Apr. 18, 1890"
"Needham, Mary S. (Mother); b. 1848; d. 1919; (on lot with Julia F. Wisner)"

Private communication from Gerald (Jerry) Wisner
jerwisner@juno.com
"Her maiden name was Mary S. Burgess from NY parents B. Burgess and
Lydia C. Minor. She married Thompson Derr Wisner in Reading, MI in 1864.
William Henry Wisner was their son born in 1864. Mary S. got married to
Harvey O. Sparks Jan 15, 1890. Some time by 1900 she was married to Bela."