Lathrop "Lake" Crockett Burress

1891 - 1946  (55 years)

• Name	Lathrop "Lake" Crockett Burress
  	Birth Record says Crockett, but Death says Benjamin and sometimes he middle initial is listed as B. So not sure why there are two different names.
  Born	18 Sep 1891	Clear Fork, Tazewell County, Virginia
  Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917, p 310: Lathrop Crocket Burress 15 Nov 1890 (date incorrect?) Clear Fork, Tazewell, Virginia Father - Benj. Burress Mother - Emma Burress
  Census 1900	1900	Bluestone, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
  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 1 37 Benjamin R Burress Head White Sep 1859 40 M Virginia Virginia Virginia Farm Laborer 2 37 Emma Burress Wife White Nov 1866 33 M Virginia Virginia Virginia 3 37 Virginia A Burress Daughter White Apr 1881 19 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 4 37 Lula C Burress Daughter White Aug 1882 17 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 5 37 Hattie Shoters? Burress Daughter White Dec 1884 15 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 6 37 Ollette Burress Daughter White Oct 1886 13 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 7 37 Oconner Burress Son White Nov 1888 11 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 8 37 Lathrop Burress Son White Dec 1890 9 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 9 37 Roy Burress Son White Apr 1893 6 S Virginia Virginia Virginia 10 37 Nannie M. Burress Daughter White Feb 1897 3 S Virginia Virginia Virginia
  WWI Draft Card	1917	Williamson, Mingo County, West Virginia
  	Lake Burress WWI Draft Card
  Census 1920	1920	Williamson, Mingo, West Virginia, USA
  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 3 8899 Lake Burress Head Male White 1892 28 M Virginia Brakeman Railroad 4 8899 Myrtle Burress Wife Female White 1899 21 M Kentucky 5 8899 Edith Burress Daughter Female White 3 1/2 S West Virginia 6 8899 Harvey McGuire Brother (in law) Male White 1881 39 M Kentucky Overhauler RR 7 8899 Caroline Reynolds Mother in law Female White 1865 55 Widowed Kentucky 8 8899 Hester McGuire Sister (in law) Female White 1881 39 M Kentucky 9 8899 William C. Burton Boarder Male White 1882 38 S Kentucky Car Repair RR
  Census 1930	1930	Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
  Home Value $5000
  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 6 9191 Lake B Burress Head Male White 1891 39 Virginia conductor, Rail Road 7 9191 Myrtle Burress Wife Female White 1899 31 Kentucky 8 9191 Edith M. Burress Daughter Female White 1917 13 West Virginia 9 9191 Lucille E. Burress Daughter Female White 1920 10 West Virginia 10 9191 Hazel K.. Burress Daughter Female White 1923 7 Virginia
  Newspaper	31 Jul 1935	St. Clair's Crossing, Tazewell, Virginia
  Lake Burress of St. Clair's Crossing, who was admitted to Bluefield Sanitarium Monday for an emergency operation is improving.
  Newspaper	29 Jan 1936	St. Clair's Crossing, Tazewell, Virginia
  Several dead quail were found frozen in the snow near St. Clair's Crossing Monday, Is the report. The birds were found by Lake Burress. How many covies may have perished in the snow during the present spell will never be known.
  Newspaper	19 Sep 1936	North Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia
  Lake Burress hurt in fall from freight car
  Bluefield Daily Telegraph Falling from a freight car at North Tazewell yesterday morning, Lake Burress, 48, Norfolk and Western railroad brakeman, of Bluefleld, was painfully injured. Burress was riding a draft of cars when a sudden application of the air brakes caused him to lose his balance. He fell to a parallel track, landing across one rail. It was first thought that he had suffered a pelvic fracture but X-ray examination at Bluefleld sanitarium failed to show any broken bones.
  Census 1940	1940	St. Clair, Tazewell County, 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 9 5321 Lake Burress Head Male White 1892 48 M Virginia Brakeman NW Railroad Income $1618 10 5321 Myrtle Burress Wife Female White 1899 41 M Kentucky 11 5321 Lucille x Burress Daughter Female White 1920 20 S West Virginia 12 5321 Hazel L Burress Daughter Female White 1923 17 S Virginia 13 5321 Edith Patrick Daughter Female White 1916 24 M West Virginia Clerk Woolworth income $144 14 5321 Esther M. Patrick Grand Daughter Female White 1935 5 S Virginia
  WWII Draft Card	1942	Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia
  	Lake Burress WWII Draft Card
  Died	30 Dec 1946	Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA
  Bluefield Daily Telegraph Lake Burress, Virginia Side, Dies Lake Burress, 66, of Bluefield, Va. died at Bluefield sanitarium last night at 10:15, following an illness of two days. He was employed by the Norfolk and Western Railway company for the last 36 years, as a conductor. Mr. Burress was a member of the Masonic lodge and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Mr. Burress is survived by his wife, the former Miss Myrtle Thompson, of Bluefield, Va., and the following daughters, Mrs. Edith Patrick Mrs. Dewey Evans, and Mrs. Richard Yost, all of the Virginia Side. His mother, Mrs. Emma Burress, of Bluefield, Va.. also survives. His father, Ben Burress preceded him in death. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. 1 January 1947 - Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at the West Graham Methodist church for Lake Burress, 55, of ClearFork, Va who died at Bluefield sanitarium Monday night at 10:15, following an illness of two days. The body will be removed to the church at 1 o'clock where it will lie in state until the hour of the service. The Rev. D. T. Wright, assisted by the Rev. H. A. Phillips, will be in charge of the services. Interment will follow in Maple Hill cemetery. Harman Lodge AF & AM 222 will have charge of the services at the grave. Bluefield Daily Telegraph 21 January 1947 Resolution Of Respect Mrs. Lake Burress. Bluefield. Virginia Dear Mrs. Burress: On instructions of Harman Lodge, No. 222, A. F. & A. M.: and by appointment of the Worshipful Master, it is with deep sorrow and yet with full appreciation of the fine qualities of your late husband and our esteemed friend and brother, that we address to you these small and feeble words of regret at his early and untimely death. It seems most fitting that the members of this committee should have been appointed and directed to draft this expression of the regret of members of our lodge, as it was while the first named was Worshipful Master, and the second named an active member of the lodge, that your husband received the degree raising him to the rank of Master Mason. We regarded him as a fine Christian gentleman, one worthy of the esteem and love in which he was held by his Masonic brethren, and for them, each and every one, we send you our deepest and most heartfelt sympathy in this your darkest hour of bereavement. It is ordered that a copy of this letter be spread on the record of our lodge and a copy furnished the newspapers for publication. Wade H. Frazler, W. H. Bane, Committee.
  	Lake Burress Death Certificate
  Age	55 years
  Buried	Maple Hill Cemetery, Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia
  Siblings	10 siblings
  1. Virginia "Jennie" Gertrude Burress           b. 15 Apr 1878, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 30 May 1915, Tazewell County, Virginia  (Age 37 years)   2. Clara Lula Burress           b. 22 Aug 1880, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 10 Jan 1921, Mercer County, West Virginia  (Age 40 years)   3. Elizabeth Burress           b. 07 Dec 1882, Clear Fork, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. Before 1897, Tazewell County, Virginia  (Age 14 years)   4. Hattie Margaret Shother Burress           b. Dec 1884, Tazewell County, Virginia   5. Loll Oletta "Lettie" Burress           b. 27 Nov 1885, Clear Fork, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 19 Jul 1968, Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 82 years) + 6. Conner Otis Burress           b. 20 Feb 1888, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 24 Feb 1952, Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 64 years)   7. Roy Mason Burress           b. 6 Apr 1894, St. Clair, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 30 Mar 1975, Princeton, Mercer, West Virginia  (Age 80 years) + 8. Hazel Gladys Burress           b. 23 Aug 1895, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. Oct 1976, Montour Falls, Schuyler, New York  (Age 81 years)   9. William Claude Burress           b. 1897, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. After 1954  (Age 58 years) + 10. Tresa M. Burress           b. 26 Feb 1897, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 1974, Maryland  (Age 76 years)
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  Person ID	P992	Burress
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2018

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Rush Burress           b. 30 Sep 1857, Burkes Garden, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 01 Apr 1937, St. Clair's Crossing, Tazewell, Virginia  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Emeline "Emma" Cox           b. 18 Oct 1859, Floyd County, Virginia, USA           d. 3 Nov 1954, Mercer County, West Virginia  (Age 95 years)
  Married	09 Aug 1877	Tazewell County, Virginia
  Family ID	F149	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Myrtle Reynolds           b. 26 Jul 1898, Pikeville, Kentucky           d. 5 Jun 1978, Salem, Virginia, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Married	1 Apr 1916	Mingo, Williamson, West Virginia
  	Lake Burress & Myrtle Reynolds Marriage
  Children	3 children
  1. Edith Mae Burress           b. 19 Aug 1916, Williamson, Mingo County, West Virginia           d. 1 Apr 1988, Salem, Roanoke County, Virginia  (Age 71 years)   2. Lucille E. Burress           b. 8 Mar 1920, Williamson, Mingo County, West Virginia           d. 7 Jun 1992, Roanoke, Virginia  (Age 72 years)   3. Hazel Louise Burress           b. 2 Jan 1923, Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA           d. 21 Mar 2000, Roanoke, Virginia  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2018
  Family ID	F194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Sep 1891 - Clear Fork, Tazewell County, Virginia Newspaper - Lake Burress of St. Clair's Crossing, who was admitted to Bluefield Sanitarium Monday for an emergency operation is improving. - 31 Jul 1935 - St. Clair's Crossing, Tazewell, Virginia Newspaper - Several dead quail were found frozen in the snow near St. Clair's Crossing Monday, Is the report. The birds were found by Lake Burress. How many covies may have perished in the snow during the present spell will never be known. - 29 Jan 1936 - St. Clair's Crossing, Tazewell, Virginia Newspaper - Lake Burress hurt in fall from freight car - 19 Sep 1936 - North Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia Died - 30 Dec 1946 - Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA Buried - - Maple Hill Cemetery, Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia  = Link to Google Earth