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Ellen Jane Stevens Burgin

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Birth	:	17 May 1849 Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Death	:	10 Jan 1929 Edgewood, Delaware County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Modesto Pioneer Cemetery, Modesto, Stanislaus County, USA
Coordinate	:	37.6473350, -120.9829040
Description	:	She donated the land that later became the Edgewood City Park. C.B. Story was using it as a cow pasture. She purchased the land for $800 and in 1915 donated it to the town. She was featured in a long article in the Dubuque Telegraph Herald & Times Journal on Monday, June 4, 1928. A summary of that article follows: After leaving Michigan her family traveled by train to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, then ferried across the Mississippi to Clayton and traveled by wagon the rest of the way to a 200 acre farm near... Read More	She donated the land that later became the Edgewood City Park. C.B. Story was using it as a cow pasture. She purchased the land for $800 and in 1915 donated it to the town. She was featured in a long article in the Dubuque Telegraph Herald & Times Journal on Monday, June 4, 1928. A summary of that article follows: After leaving Michigan her family traveled by train to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, then ferried across the Mississippi to Clayton and traveled by wagon the rest of the way to a 200 acre farm near Volga City. She met her future husband while providing entertainments (she read and sang) during the Civil War. At the time he was on furlough. They married 25 Sep 1866 and lived on a farm near what was then Yankee Settlement. They had three children and two survived to adulthood. After her husband's death in 1900. she engaged in nursing. She had been the president of the Women's Relief Corp. in Edgewood for 17 years and attended two national conventions. She was president of the Cemetery Association for 19 years. She was treasurer of the Methodist Ladies Aid Society and Home Missionary Society. She had taught Sunday School for 29 years.

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Ellen Jane Stevens Burgin's memorial is located at: Modesto Pioneer Cemetery, Modesto, Stanislaus County, USA.
When did Ellen Jane Stevens Burgin death?
Ellen Jane Stevens Burgin death on 10 Jan 1929 in Edgewood, Delaware County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 37.6473350
Longitude: -120.9829040

Family Members:

Parent

Peter Stevens

(1821 - 1890)

Betsey Jane Brink Stevens

(1829 - 1886)

Spouse

Alva B. Burgin

(1842 - 1900)

Children

Eva Jane Burgin Rhines

(1868 - 1946)

Ernest J. Burgin

(1872 - 1877)

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