Individual Details

Burgess is said to have been educated at Trinity College in North Carolina and Bryant & Strattons Business College in Philadelphia. He is said to have worked at the Charleston Navy Yards as a shipbuilder during the Civil War. The article in Makers of America about Jesse Franklin Hayden gives the date of Burgess's marriage to 1860, rather than 1864.

1850 Census, Davidson Co NC. p.276b; Dwelling 797

Wife was Mary Levina Caudle. They are both buried in the Fitzgerald/Haden Cemetery in Davidson Co NC Also two children are in the cemetery: Infant daughter d. 20 Jan 1862. Maco, son, 17 Jan 1864; 11 Jan 1865
NC Marriage Bonds, Davidson Co.: Burgess F. Haden married Mary Caudle 13 Nov 1864.
Both of the dead babies seem to have been born prior to the marriage, yet in 1900, Mary L. Haden stated she had 5 children, 3 living. I wonder if the two in the cemetery were by an earlier wife for Burgess and that Mary L. also lost two babies, or did Burgess and Mary just take their time about marriage...
The bio in Makers of America stated Mary Levina's name was Cauble/Coble and that they had married in 1860.

1870 Census. Boone Twp, Davidson Co, NC Hh 118, next to his mother
Burgess Haden, age 34, farmer
Mary, age 33
Laura 4.
Adda, 9 months, born in September


1880 Census. Boon Twp, Davidson Co NC Hh 229
Burges F. Hayden, age 44, Farmer, b. NC as were his parents and all members of his family
Mary, age 42, wife
Laura, age 14, daughter. Ida age 10, daughter. Jim age 5, Son.
Abraham & Millie Haden lived next door - a Black couple - he was 70; she was 65.

1900 Census. Boone Twp, Davidson Co NC Hh 168
Burges M. Hayden, b. March 1836, age 64, married for 40 years.
Mary L., wife, b. Oct 1837, age 62. Had 5 children, 3 are living.
They had a cook - Ellen [no different surname given], black, born 1882.


LDS #1888288 Loose Paper Estate Files - Davidson Co
B. F. Haden 1906 Burgess F. p.686
Son of Franklin W. & Aurena

Will of B. F. Haden dated 4 May 1904 judged as valid and ordered recorded Nov. Term of Superior Court 1906. J. F. Hayden, Extr.

Will of Burgess F. Hayden.
To sheriff of Davidson Co: summon Jessie Hayden, Velva Hayden [crossed out], W. H. Townsend & Laura Hayden Townsend [Laura, daughter listed in 1880] to appear at Aug Term 1906 and make themselves parties to a proceeding wherein Ada M. Lutterloh by next friend I. H. Lutterloh has filed a caveat to the will of Burgess F. Hayden
9 Jun 1906

This paper found in this file but doesn't belong - it should have been in the file of B. F. Haden [Benjamin Franklin Haden] son of William & Sibby Wilson Haden - William was a son of Joseph & Jenny Haden. He died in 1870, living the widow Martha McCrary
Henderson March & J. W. Bailey & H. B. Dusenberg - Commissioners to lay off to Martha Haden, widow of B. F. Haden a years support for herself.
Oct 24 1870

Inventory: money on hand - $361.76
Jul 13, 1906 J. F. Hayden, Executor
Hadens who purchased at sale: J. F. Haden, Mrs. M. L. Haden
28 Mar 1908 - filed

I found daughter Laura and her husband W. H. Townsend.
1900 Census. Rockfish Twp, Cumberland Co NC Hh 70
W. H. Townsend, b. Feb 1855, age 45, married for 10 years
Laura, wife, b. May 1866, age 34, no children

I also believe I found daughter "Ida", whose name was actually Ada. In 1900 she was in the State Hospital for the Insane, in Morganton, Burke Co NC. She was listed as Ada M. Lutterloh, born 1870, age 30. Then I found Isaac Luttlerloh living in Sanford Twp, Moore Co NC. He was born Jan 1866 and was age 34. He had been married for 5 years. He was a Physician. Although marked as married there was no spouse present in the household. There was a son, Hayden, born Sept 1896, age 3. Also Isaac's brother Thomas H. lived with him, born Sep 1868, age 31. They had a boarder and a Black servant as well.

Burgess's son "Jim" age 5 in 1880, was apparently Jesse F. Haden. I found him in Thomasville, Davidson Co NC in 1910. He was living with his in-laws John & Almeda Green.
John A. Green, age 56, married 1 time for 27 years, b. NC as were his parents and the rest of the family and their parents
Almeda J., wife, age 55, had 4 children only 1 living,
Jesse F. Haden, son-in-law, age 35, married 1 time for 8 years,
Velva, daughter, age 24, has had 2 children
Nellie L., granddaughter age 5
Elizabeth M., granddaughter, age 2.

Birth	1836
Marriage	13 Nov 1864	Mary Levina Cauble
Death	1906	Davidson County, North Carolina

Spouse	Mary Levina Cauble ( - )
Child	Laura D. Haden (1866 - 1936)
Child	Ada M. Haden (1869 - )
Child	Jesse Franklin Hayden (1875 - )
Child	Manco Haden ( - )

Father	Franklin W. Haden (1811 - 1856)
Mother	Aurena Miller (1816 - 1872)
Sibling	James Hamilton Haden (1837 - 1868)
Sibling	Jesse Thomas Haden (1839 - 1892)
Sibling	Charles A. Haden (1840 - 1897)
Sibling	Ellen F. Haden (1848 - )
Sibling	Albert Lindsey Haden (1848 - 1892)