HENDERSON L. BURGESS
HENDERSON L. BURGESS, attorney at law, was born at Hubbard, Trumball Co., Ohio, July 13, 1849. His father, Nelson Burgess, was a Methodist minister. Henderson resided with him in some thirteen different States. Finally settled in Olathe, Kas., in 1866. He enlisted in the summer of 1867, in Company D, Eighteenth Kansas Cavalry, which was assigned to the command of Gen. George A. Custer, and served about six months. Returning here, was for two or three years employed on various farms in the county, and in 1870 began business life as a clerk in the store of J. C. Morgan & Co., Olathe, and a year later was admitted to a partnership. Mr. M. sold out his interest in about a year to E. Roedel, and Mr. Burgess continued in the business with him until sometime in 1873, when he sold out and began the study of law in the office with Gov. John P. St. John. After four years close study he was admitted to the bar June 20, 1878, before Tenth Judicial District, since which time he has practiced law at this place. He is a member of the Sloans Legal Union. He was married in Olathe, December 30, 1874, to Sadie M. Shreve, a native of Illinois. By this union they are blessed with two children--Lucy E., born March 10, 1877, and Goldie Lillian, born February 15, 1879.
From William G. Cutler, History of the State of Kansas, first published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.
