George Washington Burroughs

Other Events:

• WWII Draft Card: 29 Apr1942, Tazewell County, Virginia
• Census 1900: 1900, Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, USA
• Census 1910: 1910, Jeffersonville, Tazewell, VA; Married 1 year, number of children born 1; number of children living 1; Both can read and write; Renting House.
• WWI Draft Card: 12 Sep 1918, Tazewell County, Virginia
• Census 1930: 1930, North Tazewell, Tazewell, VA; Renting home value $8; All can read/write
• Census 1940 : 1940, North Tazewell, Tazewell, VA; George highest grade; 5th / Daisy highest grade; 7th / Vernon highest grade 3rd

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Died:
OBIT: Clinch Valley News

George W. Burress, 65 years of age, died Monday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wade Jennings at Adria. He had been in declining health for several years. He was the son of the late William and Sarah Pack Burress, of Pounding Mill. He had been a resident of North Tazewell for about fifty years. He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Daisy Arnold, two daughters and three sons: Mrs. Jennings, Mrs. James Whitman, of North Tazewell; Paul and Lloyd, of Norfolk, and Vernon, of Whiteville, W. Va. A sister also survives, Mrs. Laura Vann, fo Huntington WV. Funeral services were held from the Christian church Tuesday afternoon with the Rev. C.B. Dickenson, of Crumpler, WV., and the Rev. M. E. N. Lindsay in charge.

George married Dela A. "Daisy" Arnold on 03 Feb 1909 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Dela (daughter of L.L Arnold and Cordelia McEntire) was born on 14 Feb 1887 in Saltville, Smyth, Virginia; died on 06 Oct 1962 in Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried on 09 Oct 1962 in Maplewood Cemetery, Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 1910, Jeffersonville, Tazewell, VA
• Census 1910: 1910, Jeffersonville, Tazewell, VA
• Census_1930: 1930, North Tazewell, Tazewell, VA

Family/Spouse: James P. Whitman. James (son of John C. Whitman and Elizabeth Jennings) was born on 10 Jan 1907 in Virginia, United States; died on 30 Nov 1979 in Tazewell County, Virginia; was buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census_1930: 1930, North Tazewell, Tazewell, VA
• Newspaper: 3 Dec 1936, Tazewell County, Virginia; Charged with car theft

Paul married Margaret Bennett on 27 Aug 1938 in North Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia. Margaret (daughter of Henry Bennett and Sarah Catron) was born in 1916 in Smyth, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census_1930: 1930, North Tazewell, Tazewell, VA

James married Ethel Booth in Bland County, Virginia. Ethel died in Jul 2001. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census_1930: 1930, North Tazewell, Tazewell, VA

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Died:
Mrs. Louise Jennings, 50, of Rt. 1, North Tazewell, died Friday evening in Bluefield Sanitarium. She was the wife of Wade H. Jennings and a daughter of the late George and Daisy Burress. Survivors in addition to her husband include one son, Louie Wade Jennings; two daughters, Pamela Sue and Betty Louise Jennings; two brothers Vernon Burress of Marietta, Ohio, Lloyd Burress, of Portsmouth; and one sister Mrs. Virginia Whitman of North Tazewell. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the Riverside Methodist church. Burial followed in Maplewood Cemetery.

Family/Spouse: Wade Hampton Jennings. Wade (son of Robert L Jennings and Sapphira Virginia Pressley) was born on 20 May 1912 in Horsepen, Tazewell, Virginia, United States; died on 8 Nov 1995 in Marion, Smyth, Virginia, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census_1930: 1930, North Tazewell, Tazewell, VA
• Census 1940 : 1940, North Tazewell, Tazewell, VA
• Newspaper: 11 April 1941, Tazewell County, Virginia; Vernon "Punk" Burress, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Burress, of North Tazewell, left last week for Manassas, Va. where he will enter a school of training.

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Died:
Heart Condition

Family/Spouse: Ruth Randell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]