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James Benjamin Burgess 1844 – 1925 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 Jan 1844

Birth Location: Pickens, Pickens, South Carolina, United States

Death Date: 16 Jan 1925

Death Location: Jocassee, Oconee, South Carolina, United States

Father: William Burgess

Mother: Sarah Hester

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The birth of James Benjamin Burgess took place in 1844 in Pickens, Pickens, South Carolina, United States, to William Rugless Burgess and Sarah Hester. James Benjamin Burgess's death occurred in 1925 in Jocassee, Oconee, South Carolina, United States.

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William Burgess
1809 – 1869
Birth Location: Greenville, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
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Sarah Hester
1823 – 1861
Birth Location: Pickens, Pickens, South Carolina, United States
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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 26 Jan 1844
    Event Place: Pickens, Pickens, South Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 16 Jan 1925
    Event Place: Jocassee, Oconee, South Carolina, United States
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