Ida Grace Burress

1891 - 1967  (75 years)

• Name	Ida Grace Burress
  Birth	15 Sep 1891	Tazewell County, Virginia
  	"Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917, p 321" Ida Grace Burress 15 Sep 1891 Tazewell Co., Virginia Father - Wesley Burress; Mother; Margret Burress
  Census 1900	1900	Clear Fork, Tazewell, Virginia
  	No Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status Years Married Children Born/Living BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation 26 63 Wesley Burress Head M White Sep 1852 47 M Virginia Virginia Virginia Day Laborer 27 63 Maggie Burress Wife F White Jun 1856 43 M Virginia Virginia Virginia 28 63 Bittle G. Burress Son M White Nov 1877 22 S Virginia Virginia Virginia RR Flagman 29 63 Betty M. Burress Daughter F White Apr 1880 20 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 30 63 Josie M. Burress Daughter F White Jul 1882 17 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 31 63 Laura B. Burress Daughter F White Aug 1884 15 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 32 63 Hattie E. Burress Daughter F White Oct 1886 13 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 33 63 Vernon L Burress Son M White Apr 1889 1 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 34 63 Ida G. Burress Daughter F White Sep 1891 8 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 35 63 Jessie Burress Daughter F White May 1894 6 S Virginia Virginia Virginia   Transcript ID is  dbid=9999&iid=n16y_164
  Census 1910	1910	Clear Fork, Tazewell, Virginia
  	No Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status Years Married Children Born/Living BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation 56 91 John W. Burress Head M White 1850 60 M Virginia Virginia Virginia Farmer 57 91 Mary M. Burress Wife F White 1854 56 M Virginia Virginia Virginia 58 91 Orgie Burress Daughter F White 1876 34 S Virginia Virginia Virginia Phone Operator 59 91 Bettie Burress Daughter F White 1881 29 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 60 91 Ida Burress Daughter F White 1892 18 S Virginia Virginia Virginia Phone Operator 61 91 Vernon Burress Son M White 1889 21 S Virginia Virginia Virginia Dreyman 62 91 Jessie Burress Daughter F White 1895 15 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 63 91 Lydia Burress Daugter F White 1874 36 Widowed Virginia Virginia Virginia   Transcript ID is  dbid=9999&iid=w148_165
  Newspaper	29 Jul 1915	Graham, Tazewell, Virginia
  	A number of Grahamites, including several ladies, enjoyed a big fox chase on East River Mountain Tuesday night. Grace Hall was chosen master of hounds and the dogs were not long in finding a good trail. The chase lasted an hour when the fox went to earth near the big bluffs under the brink of the mountain. It WaS the first experience at chasing for some of the ladies but they enjoyed the fun immensely. Those in the party were Mrs. J.W Moore, Misses Orgie, Ida and Jessie Burress, Marue Scott, Mandeline Trout, Gertrude and Mabel Rucker, Billie and Marie Hall and Edna Kelster and Donald Sanders, Ray Hart, Verny Burress, Bob Greever, Walter Keister, A.G. Hall and Amos Wade
  Newspaper	27 Jul 1916	Graham, Tazewell, Virginia
  	Miss Ida Burress, who was knocked down and painfully injured....
  		Ida Burress Newspaper Notice
  Census 1920	1920	Graham, Tazewell, Virginia
  	No Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation Veteran Street 5 64 Vernon Burress Head M White 1891 29 S Virginia Virginia Virginia Truck Dr 6 64 Orgie Burress Sister F White 1880 40 S Virginia Virginia Virginia Nurse Pr 7 64 Bettie Burress Sister F White 1883 37 S Virginia Virginia Virginia Seamstre 8 64 Ida Burress Sister F White 1892 28 S Virginia Virginia Virginia Milliner   Transcript ID is  dbid=9999&iid=vr59_166
  Newpaper	3 Feb 1923	Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia
  	Mrs. George Dodd and Miss Ida Burress left yesterday for the New York market to purchase the stock for the Fashion Shop. Miss Burress will remain in New York during the present month studying the Persian and French shops for the last word in up to date ladies headgear and lingerie finery.
  Newspaper	26 Sep 1923	Graham, Tazewell, Virginia
  	Miss Ida Burress, the well known milliner, has returned from an extended sojourn at De Land, FL and while there she was the guest of Miss Patty Higginbotham.
  Newspaper	2 Dec 1923	Graham, Tazewell, Virginia
  	2 Dec 1923 Vernon Burress and sisters, Misses Orgie and Ida and Miss Edith Cook motored to Norton for the weekend to visit Mrs. G.W. Floyd
  Newspaper	5 Oct 1924	Tazewell County, Virginia
  	Miss Ida Burres, head milliner at the Ideal Hat Shop, says she never has experienced such a busy season....
  		Ida Buress Newspaper Notice Miss Ida Burress, head milliner at the Ideal Hat Shop....
  Newspaper	11 Sep 1936	Tazewell County, Virginia
  	Bluefield Daily Telegraph Mr. & Mrs. Fletcher Atkinson, of Deland, Florida, have been visiting Mrs. Atkinson's sisters, Mrs. Joseph Shelton & Misses Betty & Orgie Burress, 330 fourth St. this city & Mrs. Frank Cook Bluefleld, Va. They have gone to Visit relatives of Mr. Atkinson at Columbus, Ohio & will return here Thursday evening, leaving Sunday for their home.
  Newspaper	15 Sep 1936	Tazewell County, Virginia
  	Mr. & Mrs. Fletcher Atkinson, of Deland, Florida, have been visiting Mrs. Atkinson's sisters, Mrs. Joseph Shelton & Misses Betty & Orgie Burress, 330 fourth St. this city & Mrs. Frank Cook Bluefleld, Va. They have gone to Visit relatives (more...)
  Census 1940	1940	DeLand, Volusia, Florida
  	No Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Relation Gender Race BirthDate Age Status BirthPlace BirthPlace of Father BirthPlace of Mother Immigration Year Occupation Veteran Street 5 29 Fletcher J. Adkinson Head M White 1879 61 West Virginia Pharmacist 6 29 Ida G. Adkinson Wife F White 1895 45 Virginia Virginia Virginia Seamstress 7 29 Betty M. Burress Sister in Law F White 1891 49 Virginia Virginia Virginia Seamstress   Transcript ID is  dbid=9999&iid=9z2d_168
  Newspaper	26 Nov 1941	DeLand, Volusia, Florida
  	Mrs. Fletcher Atkinson accompanied by her sister, Miss Betty Burress, left Tuesday for Mrs. Atkinson's home in Deland, FL. Mrs. Atkinson's husband died recently. Mrs. Atkinson conducts a ladies shop in Deland.
  Newspaper	13 Jul 1949	Tazewell County, Virginia
  	Attending funeral of sister Orgie
  		Orgie Burress death
  Death	May 1967	DeLand, Volusia, Florida
  Burial	Walnut Grove Cemetery, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia
  		Fletcher & Ida Burress Atkinson Gravestone
  Siblings	10 siblings
  1. Victoria E. Burress           b. 12 Dec 1870, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 20 Nov 1895, Tazewell County, Virginia  (Age 24 years)   2. Lydia G. Burress           b. 18 Jan 1873, Burkes Garden, Tazewell, Virgina           d. 31 Jul 1960, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia  (Age 87 years)   3. Orgie Burress           b. 29 Nov 1875, Burkes Garden, Tazewell, Virgina           d. 25 Jun 1949, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia  (Age 73 years)   4. Bittle Gordon Burress           b. 8 Sep 1877, Burkes Garden, Tazewell, Virgina           d. 20 Jan 1906, Tazewell County, Virginia  (Age 28 years)   5. Elizabeth "Bettie" M. Burress           b. 11 May 1880, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 15 May 1967, DeLand, Volusia, Florida  (Age 87 years) + 6. Josephine "Josie" Mae Burress           b. 16 Jul 1882, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 4 Jun 1962, Draper, Pulaski, Virginia  (Age 79 years) + 7. Laura Annabelle Burress           b. 18 Aug 1884, Burkes Garden, Tazewell, Virgina           d. 13 Apr 1956, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia  (Age 71 years)   8. Hattie E. Burress           b. Oct 1886, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 24 Mar 1910, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia  (Age 23 years) + 9. Vernon Lee Burress           b. 11 Apr 1889, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 18 Oct 1961, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia  (Age 72 years) + 10. Jessie Elizabeth Burress           b. 24 May 1894, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia           d. 29 Oct 1975, Broward County, Florida  (Age 81 years)
  Person ID	P1174	Burress

  
  

  Father	John Wesley Burress           b. Sep 1849, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 2 Jan 1920, Tazewell County, Virginia (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Mary Margurite Hall           b. 28 Apr 1854, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 24 Dec 1917, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1867	Tazewell County, Virginia
  Family ID	F185	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Husband	Fletcher Gay Atkinson           b. 26 Nov 1878, West Virginia           d. 20 Oct 1940, DeLand, Volusia, Florida (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	2 Jan 1925	Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia
  	Newspaper Notice, Clinch Valley News, Bluefield Daily Telegraph, 31 December 1924. A very pretty marriage that some of the friends of the bride and groom had been expecting took place in the pastor's study in the First Presbyterian Church yesterday morning at 9:00 o'clock When Miss Ida Grayson Burrees, of Bluefleld, Va., became the bride of Fletcher Gay Atkinson, of Deland, Fla. The ceremony was performed by, the Rev. Samuel W. Moore, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, who has known the bride since her childhood. The beautiful ring service being used. The bride, a most attractive young lady, is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Burress. She was reared in Bluefleld, Va., and graduated from the high school there. She is a girl of fine character, quiet and unassuming and of a lovable disposition. She wore a most becoming ensemble suit of penny-brown with accessories to match. The groom is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. L.F. Atkinson, and is well known in Bluefield, having been druggist at the White Pharmacy several years ago. More recently, he has made his home in Deland, FL where he is engaged in the automobile supplies and accessories business. His many friends in Bluefield and in Florida will congratulate him on his good fortune in winning such a lovely young bride. Immediately after the ceremony, the happy young couple left on the 9:30 morning train for the sunshine and flowers of Florida, and will make their future home in Deland. Those attending the marriage were Miss Bettie Burress and Vernon L. Burress, of Bluefield, VA and Mrs. George Floyd, of Norton, Va. Sisters and brother of the bride; Mrs. F.R Cook and Misses Helen and Edith Cook and Earl Higginbotham of this city, a long time friend of the groom.
  Family ID	F1524	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 15 Sep 1891 - Tazewell County, Virginia Census 1900 - 1900 - Clear Fork, Tazewell, Virginia Census 1910 - 1910 - Clear Fork, Tazewell, Virginia Newspaper - A number of Grahamites, including several ladies, enjoyed a big fox chase on East River Mountain Tuesday night. Grace Hall was chosen master of hounds and the dogs were not long in finding a good trail. The chase lasted an hour when the fox went to earth near the big bluffs under the brink of the mountain. It WaS the first experience at chasing for some of the ladies but they enjoyed the fun immensely. Those in the party were Mrs. J.W Moore, Misses Orgie, Ida and Jessie Burress, Marue Scott, Mandeline Trout, Gertrude and Mabel Rucker, Billie and Marie Hall and Edna Kelster and Donald Sanders, Ray Hart, Verny Burress, Bob Greever, Walter Keister, A.G. Hall and Amos Wade - 29 Jul 1915 - Graham, Tazewell, Virginia Newspaper - Miss Ida Burress, who was knocked down and painfully injured.... - 27 Jul 1916 - Graham, Tazewell, Virginia Census 1920 - 1920 - Graham, Tazewell, Virginia Newpaper - Mrs. George Dodd and Miss Ida Burress left yesterday for the New York market to purchase the stock for the Fashion Shop. Miss Burress will remain in New York during the present month studying the Persian and French shops for the last word in up to date ladies headgear and lingerie finery. - 3 Feb 1923 - Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia Newspaper - Miss Ida Burress, the well known milliner, has returned from an extended sojourn at De Land, FL and while there she was the guest of Miss Patty Higginbotham. - 26 Sep 1923 - Graham, Tazewell, Virginia Newspaper - 2 Dec 1923 Vernon Burress and sisters, Misses Orgie and Ida and Miss Edith Cook motored to Norton for the weekend to visit Mrs. G.W. Floyd - 2 Dec 1923 - Graham, Tazewell, Virginia Newspaper - Miss Ida Burres, head milliner at the Ideal Hat Shop, says she never has experienced such a busy season.... - 5 Oct 1924 - Tazewell County, Virginia Marriage - 2 Jan 1925 - Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia Newspaper - Bluefield Daily Telegraph Mr. & Mrs. Fletcher Atkinson, of Deland, Florida, have been visiting Mrs. Atkinson's sisters, Mrs. Joseph Shelton & Misses Betty & Orgie Burress, 330 fourth St. this city & Mrs. Frank Cook Bluefleld, Va. They have gone to Visit relatives of Mr. Atkinson at Columbus, Ohio & will return here Thursday evening, leaving Sunday for their home. - 11 Sep 1936 - Tazewell County, Virginia Newspaper - Mr. & Mrs. Fletcher Atkinson, of Deland, Florida, have been visiting Mrs. Atkinson's sisters, Mrs. Joseph Shelton & Misses Betty & Orgie Burress, 330 fourth St. this city & Mrs. Frank Cook Bluefleld, Va. They have gone to Visit relatives (more...) - 15 Sep 1936 - Tazewell County, Virginia Census 1940 - 1940 - DeLand, Volusia, Florida Newspaper - Mrs. Fletcher Atkinson accompanied by her sister, Miss Betty Burress, left Tuesday for Mrs. Atkinson's home in Deland, FL. Mrs. Atkinson's husband died recently. Mrs. Atkinson conducts a ladies shop in Deland. - 26 Nov 1941 - DeLand, Volusia, Florida Newspaper - Attending funeral of sister Orgie - 13 Jul 1949 - Tazewell County, Virginia Death - May 1967 - DeLand, Volusia, Florida  = Link to Google Earth
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