[p. 1002] superintendent of the pattern department of the Pennsylvania Engineering Works, at New Castle, was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, in 1857, and is a son of John and Mary A. P. (Morse) Burgess. The father of Mr. Burgess was born in Poland, Ohio, and later was a resident of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. He married Mary A. P. Morse, who was born in Massachusetts. During the Civil War John Burgess was a brave and satisfactory soldier in the Federal Army, being a member of the famous "Roundhead Regiment," belonging to Company H, One Hundredth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. By trade he was a carpenter.
H. V. Burgess received his educational training in the schools of his native county, and with his father he learned the carpenter's trade. About 1880 he came to New Castle and went into the Withrow & Gordon shops and, with the exception of a period of two years, he has been in the employ of the same company ever since, in spite of its changes in names, in owners and in many of its employes. For two years he was at Youngstown, Ohio, with William Todd, and also at Oil City for a short time. In the spring of 1895 he returned to New Castle and has held his present position since that time. He is a stockholder in this large enterprise. In 1885 Mr. Burgess was married to Miss Caroline A. Higgins, who was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and is a daughter of Richard L. and Elizabeth (Hammond) Higgins. Mr. and Mrs. Burgess attend the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is an Odd Fellow, belonging to both the subsidiary lodge and to the Encampment.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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