Name |
Vernon Lee Burress |
Born |
11 Apr 1889 |
Tazewell County, Virginia |
Census 1900 |
1900 |
Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA |
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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 | | | |
Census 1910 |
1910 |
Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA |
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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 | | | |
Newspaper |
8 Jun 1911 |
Graham, Tazewell, Virginia |
Vernon Burress accepts position with Engineering corps |
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VL Burress
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Newspaper |
11 Feb 1915 |
Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA |
Vernon Burress held the lucky number at the last drawing of the Moore suit club. |
Newspaper |
29 Jul 1915 |
Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA |
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 |
7 Sep 1915 |
Tazewell County, Virginia |
Labor Day parade |
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VL Burress
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Census 1920 |
1920 |
Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA |
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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 | | |
Newspaper |
8 Apr 1922 |
Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA |
V.L. Burress Narrowly Escapes Being Crushed to Death, Piano Falls on Driver of Truck... |
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Piano Falls on Driver of Truck (V.L. Burress) 8 April 1922 |
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 |
Census 1930 |
1930 |
Bluefield, Tazewell, Virginia, USA |
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5 | 119 | Vernon L | Burress | Head | M | White | 1890 | 40 | M | Virginia | Virginia | Virginia | | General Hauling | | | 6 | 119 | Mabel G. | Burress | Wife | F | White | 1902 | 28 | M | Virginia | Virginia | Virginia | | | | | 7 | 119 | Barkley | Burress | Son | M | White | 1925 | 5 | | Virginia | Virginia | Virginia | | | | | 8 | 119 | Phyllis A. | Burress | Daughter | F | White | 1927 | 3 | | Virginia | Virginia | Virginia | | | | | 9 | 119 | Nancy A. | Burress | Daughter | F | White | 1928 | 2 | | Virginia | Virginia | Virginia | | | | | 10 | 119 | George E. | Compton | Step Son | M | White | 1923 | 7 | | Virginia | Virginia | Virginia | | | | | 11 | 119 | Orgie | Burress | Sister | F | White | 1876 | 54 | S | Virginia | Virginia | Virginia | | Hospital Nurse | | | 12 | 119 | Bettie | Burress | Sister | F | White | 1882 | 48 | S | Virginia | Virginia | Virginia | | | | | |
Newspaper |
12 Oct 1941 |
Bailey, Tazewell, Virginia |
Mr. and Mrs. F.G. Adkinson, of Deland, FL, Mrs Madge Cook and son, Bluefield, VA and Mrs. Orga Burress, Bluefield, West Virginia were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. V.L Burress Sunday. |
Newspaper |
26 Oct 1941 |
Bluefield, Mercer County, WV |
Mr. and Mrs. V.L Burress and family attended the funeral of Mr. F.G. Atkinson, Friday in Bluefield. Mr. Atkinson was a brother in law of Mr. Burress. |
Newspaper |
13 Jun 1946 |
Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia |
Vernon L. Burress, 56 of 130 Hicks Street, Bluefield, Virginia received bruises about the face and left wrist when a stove fell from the rear of a truck, striking him as it fell. He was a patient at Bluefield sanitarium, but hospital attaches said their his condition was satisfactory. |
Newspaper |
11 May 1950 |
Tazewell County, Virginia |
Virginia Sider Fined / Bluefield Daily Telegrah |
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Died |
18 Oct 1961 |
Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA |
Age |
72 years |
Buried |
20 Oct 1961 |
Maple Hill Cemetery, Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia |
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Vernon Lee Burress Grave
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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 County, Virginia d. 31 Jul 1960, Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA (Age 87 years) | | 3. Orgie Burress b. 29 Nov 1875, Burkes Garden, Tazewell County, Virginia d. 25 Jun 1949, Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA (Age 73 years) | | 4. Bittle Gordon Burress b. 8 Sep 1877, Burkes Garden, Tazewell County, Virginia 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, USA (Age 79 years) | + | 7. Laura Annabelle Burress b. 18 Aug 1884, Burkes Garden, Tazewell County, Virginia d. 13 Apr 1956, Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA (Age 71 years) | | 8. Hattie E. Burress b. Oct 1886, Tazewell County, Virginia d. 24 Mar 1910, Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA (Age ~ 23 years) | | 9. Ida Grace Burress b. 15 Sep 1891, Tazewell County, Virginia d. May 1967, DeLand, Volusia, Florida, United States (Age 75 years) | + | 10. Jessie Elizabeth Burress b. 24 May 1894, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA d. 29 Oct 1975, Broward County, Pompano Beach, Florida (Age 81 years) | |
Person ID |
P1231 |
Burress |
Last Modified |
26 Dec 2018 |