Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1915 — Pioneer Business Man of Goodland Dead. [ARTICLE]

Pioneer Business Man of Goodland Dead.

Word came to relatives in Goodland on Friday, April 9, of the death of Hiram Burgess at his home in Los Angeles, Cali., on Thursday. Mr. Burgess was one'of the pioneer merchants oMGoodland, having come to that from Will county in 1879. He was a native of New York and was born near the shores of Lake George on July 9, 1832. He moved to Will county, 111., in 1867, and' 1 came to Goodland in 1870. He was a farmer by occupation and fol

lowed that business arter coming to Goodland until 1873 when he entered the drug business. He was one of the prominent business men of that place until his health failed him several years ago when he moved to California where lie has since resided; • Mr. Burgess was a man of strong personality, an active worker In the Methodist church, of which he was a member,, and was superintendent of the Sunday school for 19 years. He was one of the oldest business men of the county when he retired and was well and favorably known to many people of this section. lie leaves a wife, one son, Elmer and a daughter, Mrs. Hunter, all of whom reside in Los Angeles.—Brook Reporter.