1851 - 1927 Hymnal Number: 124 Author of "Showers of Sunshine and Rain" in Voices of Victory Born: January 1, 1851, Dansville, New York. Died: May 20, 1927, San Diego County, California.
Buried: Cypress View Mausoleum and Crematory, San Diego, California.
A journalist and temperance crusader, Burgess edited God’s Blessings (Dansville, New York: A. M. Hall, 1890), and founded the Dansville Breeze. In 1889, he married Helen Frances Sutton in Hornellsville, New York. They later settled in San Diego, California.
Sources: Findagrave, accessed 17 Nov 2016
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J. W. Burgess