Individual Details

Sarah Alice Cowan

(12 Feb 1888 - 4 Dec 1958)

Phoenix Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona, Saturday, December 6, 1958, Page 34, Col. 2: Miami---Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Alice Burgess,70, who died here Thursday, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Miles Mortuary. Burial will be in Pinal Cemetery. Born in Dublin, Ar., she had lived in Arizona 27 years, the past 16 in Miami. She was the widow of the late Dr. Marshall E. Burgess, who died in 1953. She belonged to the Emblem Club. Survivors include two sons, Dr. Roy Burgess of Phoenix, and Carl Burgess of Rapid City, S. D.; and a daughter Miss Glen Dean Burgess, Anchorage, Alaska; her mother, Mrs. M. E. Cowan, Clarksville, Ark.; two sisters, Mrs. Ruby Lewis of Clarksville and Mrs. Bertha Russell of Russellville, Ark.; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Movie Actress Lana Turner is a niece of Mrs. Burgess.

Events

Birth12 Feb 1888Lamar, Johnson Co., Arkansas
Marriage31 Dec 1905Pope Co., Arkansas - Marshell Early Burgess
Residence1930Township 35, Shannon Co., South Dakota
Death4 Dec 1958Miami, Gila Co., Arizona
Alt nameAlice C Burgess
BurialPinal Cemetery, Central Heights, Gila Co., Arizona

Families

SpouseMarshell Early Burgess (1879 - 1953)
ChildRoy E. Burgess (1906 - 1996)
ChildHilda Glen Burgess (1909 - )
ChildCarl T. Burgess (1910 - 1994)
FatherJames Martin Cowan (1857 - 1911)
MotherSusan M. Hutchens (1867 - 1960)
SiblingEdgar Monroe Cowan (1885 - 1953)
SiblingWilliam Weaver Cowan Sr. (1892 - 1934)
SiblingBertha Virginia Cowan (1894 - 1966)
SiblingRubye Cowan (1899 - 1991)
SiblingRobbie Cowan (1900 - 1946)

Endnotes

1. 1910 Census Johnson Co., Arkansas.

2. Ancestry.com, 1930 Census Dickinson Co.,Kansas (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002), Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Township 35, Shannon, South Dakota; Roll: 2230; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 5; Image: 548.0..

3. Arizona Vital Statistics.

4. 1910 Census Johnson Co., Arkansas.

5. Family Search.

6. Ancestry.com, 1930 Census Dickinson Co.,Kansas (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002), Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Township 35, Shannon, South Dakota; Roll: 2230; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 5; Image: 548.0..

7. Arizona Vital Statistics.

8. Ancestry.com, 1930 Census Dickinson Co.,Kansas (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002), Database online. Year: 1930; Census Place: Township 35, Shannon, South Dakota; Roll: 2230; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 5; Image: 548.0..

9. Arizona Vital Statistics.