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William Berrien Burroughs 1842 – 1917 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 Apr 1842

Birth Location: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA

Death Date: 21 Jan 1917

Death Location: Brunswick, Glynn, Georgia, USA

Father: Joseph Burroughs

Mother: Valeria Berrien

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Hazlehurst

Children(s): Mary Burroughs, Josephine Burroughs, William Burroughs, Mac Burroughs

William Berrien Burroughs was born in 1842 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA, the child of Joseph Hallett Burroughs and Valeria Gibbons Berrien. William Berrien Burroughs married Elizabeth Pettingill Wilson Hazlehurst, and had children including Mary McNish Burroughs, Josephine Hallett Burroughs, William Berrien Jr Burroughs, Mac Hazlehurst Burroughs. William Berrien Burroughs passed away in 1917 in Brunswick, Glynn, Georgia, USA.

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Biography

  • William Berrien Burroughs was born in 1842 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA, the child of Joseph Hallett Burroughs and Valeria Gibbons Berrien.
  • William Berrien Burroughs married Elizabeth Pettingill Wilson Hazlehurst, and had children including Mary McNish Burroughs, Josephine Hallett Burroughs, William Berrien Jr Burroughs, Mac Hazlehurst Burroughs.
  • William Berrien Burroughs passed away in 1917 in Brunswick, Glynn, Georgia, USA.

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William Burroughs's Ancestors

Self
William Burroughs
1842 – 1917
Birth Place: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
Parents
Joseph Hallett Burroughs
1803 – 1854
Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
Valeria (Gibbons) Berrien
1806 – 1883
Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
Grandparents
Benjamin Burroughs
1779 – 1837
Newtown, Queens, New York, USA
Catherine Eirick
1780 – 1858
Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Joseph Burroughs
1748 – 1820
Lydia Hallett
1738 – 1793
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Hallett
1714 – 1779
Anna Moore
1715 –

William Burroughs's Descendants

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William (Berrien) Burroughs (7 Apr 1842 – 21 Jan 1917) m. Elizabeth (Pettingill Wilson) Hazlehurst (15 Jun 1844 – 7 Jan 1901)
  1. 1. Mary (McNish) Burroughs (17 Feb 1873 – 28 Sep 1958) m. Charles (Walter) Deming (1870 – 26 Nov 1956)
    1. 1. Hazelhurst Deming (1 Feb 1910 – )
    2. 2. Leighton (Burroughs) Deming (18 Mar 1919 – ) m. Martha (Ellen) Phillips (18 Jan 1920 – )
  2. 2. Josephine (Hallett) Burroughs (15 Jan 1877 – 23 May 1965) m. Clyde (Afton) Taylor (6 May 1871 – 14 Sep 1954)
    1. 1. Clyde (Afton) Taylor (5 Jan 1900 – 15 Nov 1992) m. Hildreth (Sethelya) Fricks (25 Jun 1904 – 14 Feb 1993)
    2. 2. Elizabeth (Hazlehurst) Taylor (5 Jul 1901 – 16 Aug 1975) m. Ernest (Ogg) Houseman (30 Apr 1895 – 17 Dec 1977)
  3. 3. William (Berrien Jr) Burroughs (26 Aug 1879 – 30 Jan 1943) m. Ida (Mae) Hartfelder (1878 – 18 Apr 1941)
    1. 1. Ida (Mae) Burroughs (1906 – 3 Feb 1911)
  4. 4. Mac (Hazlehurst) Burroughs (22 Jul 1885 – 7 Jun 1947) m. Eliza (Fenton) McIntosh (2 Jul 1883 – 17 Oct 1978)
    1. 1. Lila (Fenton) Burroughs (22 Jul 1913 – 15 Aug 1986) m. Francis (Anderson) Baker (7 Nov 1906 – 25 Sep 1994)
    2. 2. Mac (Hazlehurst II) Burroughs (4 Jun 1917 – 22 Jul 2003) m. Regis (Mary) White (16 May 1921 – 4 Jan 2002)
      1. 1. Mac (Hazlehurst III) Burroughs (28 Jul 1946 – 12 Dec 2003) m. Dorothy Bauer
    3. 3. Valeria (Berrien) Burroughs (14 Sep 1918 – 14 May 1963) m. Charles (Brinton) Wells (17 Jan 1921 – 15 Apr 1992)
    4. 4. Swinton (McIntosh) Burroughs (27 Nov 1921 – 20 Mar 2014) m. Betty (Ann) Pope ( – 14 Jun 2017)

William Burroughs's Timeline

2 Records

1842
7 Apr 1842
Birth of William Berrien Burroughs in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA
1917
21 Jan 1917
Age 75
Death of William Berrien Burroughs in Brunswick, Glynn, Georgia, USA
Brunswick, Glynn, Georgia, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Apr 1842
    Event Place: Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Jan 1917
    Event Place: Brunswick, Glynn, Georgia, USA

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